South Korea men's national handball team
Appearance
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Association | Korea Handball Federation | ||
Coach | Kang Il-koo | ||
Most caps | Yoon Kyung-shin | ||
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Results | |||
Summer Olympics | |||
Appearances | 7 (First in 1984) | ||
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World Championship | |||
Appearances | 11 (First in 1986) | ||
Best result | 8th (1997) | ||
Asian Championship | |||
Appearances | 17 (First in 1977) | ||
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Last updated on Unknown. |
The South Korea national handball team is the national handball team of South Korea and is controlled by the Korea Handball Federation.
Competitive record
Champions Runners-up
Olympic Games
Games | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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Did not participate | ||||||||
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Match for 11th place | 11th of 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 148 | 178 | −30 |
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Runners-up | 2nd of 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 152 | 149 | +3 |
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Match for 5th place | 6th of 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 135 | 153 | −18 |
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Did not qualify | ||||||||
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Match for 9th place | 9th of 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 152 | 150 | +2 |
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Match for 7th place | 8th of 12 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 221 | 238 | −15 |
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Match for 7th place | 8th of 12 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 198 | 224 | −26 |
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Group stage | 11th of 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 115 | 140 | −25 |
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To be determined | ||||||||
Total | 7/14 | 0 Titles | 45 | 15 | 2 | 28 | 1,121 | 1,232 | −111 |
World Championship
- 1986 – 12th place
- 1990 – 12th place
- 1993 – 15th place
- 1995 – 12th place
- 1997 – 8th place
- 1999 – 14th place
- 2001 – 12th place
- 2007 – 15th place
- 2009 – 12th place
- 2011 – 13th place
- 2013 – 21st place
- 2019 – Participated as Unified Korea
- 2021 – Qualified
Asian Games record
- 1982 –
3rd place
- 1986 –
Champions
- 1990 –
Champions
- 1994 –
Champions
- 1998 –
Champions
- 2002 –
Champions
- 2010 –
Champions
- 2014 –
Runners-up
- 2018 –
3rd place
Asian Championship
- 1977 –
Runners-up
- 1983 –
Champions
- 1987 –
Champions
- 1989 –
Champions
- 1991 –
Champions
- 1993 –
Champions
- 1995 –
Runners-up
- 2000 –
Champions
- 2002 – 4th place
- 2006 –
Runners-up
- 2008 –
Champions
- 2010 –
Champions
- 2012 –
Champions
- 2014 – 5th place
- 2016 – 6th place
- 2018 –
3rd place
- 2020 –
Runners-up
Notable players
- Yoon Kyung-shin: 2001 World Handball Player of the Year
- Kang Jae-won: 1989 World Handball Player of the Year, six-time MVP of Swiss Bundesliga