South Korea women's national handball team
| South Korea | |||
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| 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. Since 1984 the Korean team has not only participated constantly in Olympic Games but also ranked among the top four nations every time. Korea grabbed the gold medal in 1988 and 1992, and won the silver medal in 1984, 1996, and 2004. They have earned two World Championship medals so far: In 1995, they also won the World Championship title in Austria/Hungary 1995 World Women's Handball Championship, they came off third to secure the bronze medal at the Croatia in 2003 World Women's Handball Championship. It is a nine time Asian Champion, the tournament has been won by any other nation only twice.
Major Achievements
- World Champion 1995
- 3rd place at WCh 2003
- 8th place at the WCh 2005
- 6th place at WCh 2007
Olympic Games
2004 Olympics: 2nd- 2000 Olympics: 4th
- 1996 Olympics: 2nd
1992 Olympics: 1st- 1988 Olympics: 1st
- 1984 Olympics: 2nd
Current Roster
- 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)
- Lee, Min-Hee (GK) - 1980/02/04 - Yongin (South Korea)
- Myoung_Bok-Hee (FP) - 1979/01/29 - Byucksan (South Korea)
- Choi Im-Jeong (FP) - 1981/02/14 - SK Aarhus (Denmark)
- Moon Pil-Hee (FP) - 1982/12/02 - Byucksan (South Korea)
(As of March, 2008)[2]
Noteable Players
- Lim O-Kyeong - 1996 World handball Player of the Year
- Hyun-Mee Kim - 1989 World handball Player of the Year