South Korea women's national handball team
Appearance
South Korea | |||
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Shirt badge/Association crest | |||
Information | |||
Nickname | - | ||
Association | Korea Handball Association | ||
Coach | Lim Young-Chul | ||
Most caps | (114), Oh Seong-Ok | ||
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Results | |||
World Championship | |||
Appearances | 8 (First in 1986) | ||
Best result | Champion (1st), 1995 World Women's Handball Championship | ||
Asian Handball Championship | |||
Appearances | 11 (First in 1987) | ||
Best result | Winnners 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2004 | ||
Last updated on Unknown. |
The South Korea women's national handball team is the national team of South Korea. They won the gold at the 1995 World Women's Handball Championship. It is also a nine time Asian Champion, the tournament has been won by any other nation only twice. Since their appearances at the Olympics in 1984, they have won two gold medals and three silver medals.
Summer Olympics
- 2004 Olympics: 2nd
- 1996 Olympics: 2nd
- 1992 Olympics: 1st
- 1988 Olympics: 1st
- 1984 Olympics: 2nd
Current Roster (As of Mar 28, 2008)
- Oh Yong-Ran (GK) - 1972/09/06 - Byucksan (South Korea)
- Woo Sun-Hee (FP) - 1978/07/01 - Rulmentul Braşov (Romania)
- Kim, Ona (FP) - 1988/09/06 - Byucksan (South Korea)
- Huh Soon-Young (FP) -1975/09/28 - SK Aarhus (Denmark)
- Jung, Ji-Hea (FP) - 1985/03/06 - Samcheok (South Korea)
- An, Jung-Hwa (FP) - 1981/02/20 - Daegu (South Korea)
- Kim, Nam-Sun (FP) - 1981/05/03 - Byucksan (South Korea)
- Kim Cha-Youn (FP) - 1981/02/10 - Hypo Niederösterreich (Austria)
- OH Seong-Ok (FP) - 1972/10/10 - Hypo Niederösterreich (Austria)
- Hong Jeong-Ho (FP) - 1974/05/21 - Omron (Japan)
- Park, Jung-Hee (FP) - 1974/04/10 - Byucksan (South Korea)
Noteable Players
- Lim O-Kyeong - 1996 World handball Player of the Year
- Hyun-Mee Kim - 1989 World handball Player of the Year