South Korea men's national ice hockey team

South Korea men's national ice hockey team
Hangul	대한민국 아이스하키 국가대표팀
Hanja	大韓民國 아이스하키 國歌代表팀
Revised Romanization	Daehan Minguk Aiseuhaki Gukga Daepyo Tim
McCune–Reischauer	Taehan Min'guk Aisŭhak'i Kukka Taep'yo T'im

Korea
(South Korea / Republic of Korea)
Association	Korea Ice Hockey Association
Head coach	Jim Paek
Assistants	Kim Woo-jae; Richard Park; Son Ho-seung
Captain	Park Woo-sang
Most games	Kim Ki-sung (102)
Most points	Kim Ki-sung (134)
Team colors
IIHF code	KOR
Home colours	Away colours
Ranking
Current IIHF	16 2
Highest IIHF	16 (2018)
Lowest IIHF	33 (2010)
First international
	Spain 7–1 South Korea ; (Barcelona, Spain; 16 March 1979)
Biggest win
	South Korea 44–0 Hong Kong ; (Perth, Australia; 14 March 1987)
Biggest defeat
	Latvia 27–0 South Korea ; (Bled, Slovenia; 18 March 1993)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances	34 (first in 1979)
Best result	16th (2018)
Asian Winter Games
Appearances	8 (first in 1986)
Best result	Silver (2017); Bronze (1986, 1990, 2007, 2011)
Olympics
Appearances	1 (first in 2018)
International record (W–L–T)
	94–166–14

The South Korean national ice hockey team (Korean: 대한민국 아이스하키 국가대표팀) is the national men's ice hockey team of the Republic of Korea (South Korea). They are currently ranked 16th in the IIHF World Rankings and competed in the World Championship top division tournament. The team's most successful campaign thus far was a second place finish in the 2017 Division I Group A tournament and thus qualifying for the top division in 2018. They competed in their first Winter Olympics in 2018 in Pyeongchang as the host nation.

History

South Korea first participated in the World Championship in 1979, playing in Pool C, the third level of the tournament. They did not return until 1982, again in Pool C, and became a regular participant in 1986. They remained at the Division I level, the second tier of the World Championship, from 2010 until 2017, when they earned a promotion to the 2018 World Championship.

Upon being named the host country for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, the South Korean team began efforts to steadily improve themselves in order to be competitive with the other teams expected at the tournament. Several North American players playing for teams in South Korea were offered South Korean citizenship, thus allowing them to play at the Olympics.^[1] This was done to help the team perform better in the lead-up to the Olympics, which proved successful: when awarded the Olympics in 2011, the South Korean team was ranked 31st in the IIHF World Ranking, while on the eve of the Olympics had moved up to 18th.^[2]

Tournament record

Olympic Games

2018 – 12th place

World Championship

1979 – 25th place (7th in Pool C)
1982 – 24th place (8th in Pool C)
1986 – 25th place (9th in Pool C)
1987 – 26th place (2nd in Pool D)
1989 – 23rd place (7th in Pool C)
1990 – 25th place (9th in Pool C)
1991 – 24th place (8th in Pool C)
1992 – 26th place (6th in Pool C, Group A)
1993 – 25th place (9th in Pool C)
1994 – 30th place (10th in Pool C)
1995 – 33rd place (13th in Pool C)
1996 – 33rd place (5th in Pool D)
1997 – 30th place (2nd in Pool D)
1998 – 31st place (7th in Pool C)
1999 – 30th place (6th in Pool C)
2000 – 29th place (5th in Pool C)
2001 – 30th place (1st in Division II, Group A) Promoted to Division I

2002 – 27th place (6th in Division I, Group A) Relegated to Division II
2003 – 29th place (1st in Division II, Group A) Promoted to Division I
2004 – 27th place (6th in Division I, Group B) Relegated to Division II
2005 – 33rd place (3rd in Division II, Group A)
2006 – 31st place (2nd in Division II, Group B)
2007 – 30th place (1st in Division II, Group B) Promoted to Division I
2008 – 28th place (6th in Division I, Group A) Relegated to Division II
2009 – 29th place (1st in Division II, Group B) Promoted to Division I
2010 – 25th place (5th in Division I, Group B)
2011 – 22nd place (3rd in Division I, Group A)
2012 – 23rd place (1st in Division I, Group B) Promoted to Division I A
2013 – 21st place (5th in Division I, Group A)
2014 – 22nd place (6th in Division I, Group A) Relegated to Division I B
2015 – 23rd place (1st in Division I, Group B) Promoted to Division I A
2016 – 21st place (5th in Division I, Group A)
2017 – 18th place (2nd in Division I, Group A) Promoted to Top Division
2018 – 16th place (8th in Group B) Relegated to Division I A

Asian Winter Games

1986 – 3rd place
1990 – 3rd place
1996 – 4th place
1999 – 4th place
2003 – 4th place
2007 – 3rd place
2011 – 3rd place
2017 – 2nd place

Current roster

Roster for the 2018 IIHF World Championship.^[3]

Head coach: Jim Paek

No.	Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Team
1	G	Matt Dalton	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	(1986-07-04) July 4, 1986 (age 37)	Anyang Halla
3	D	Seo Yeong-jun	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	(1995-03-08) March 8, 1995 (age 29)	Daemyung Killer Whales
5	D	Bryan Young	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	(1986-08-06) August 6, 1986 (age 37)	Daemyung Killer Whales
6	D	Kim Won-jun	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	(1991-05-04) May 4, 1991 (age 33)	Anyang Halla
7	D	Oh Hyon-ho	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	(1986-10-29) October 29, 1986 (age 37)	Daemyung Killer Whales
8	F	Kim Won-jung	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	(1984-12-18) December 18, 1984 (age 39)	Anyang Halla
9	F	Jeon Jung-woo	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	(1994-05-27) May 27, 1994 (age 29)	Daemyung Sangmu
10	F	Michael Swift	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	(1987-03-26) March 26, 1987 (age 37)	High1
11	F	Kim Ki-sung	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	(1985-05-14) May 14, 1985 (age 38)	Anyang Halla
12	D	Song Hyeong-cheol	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	(1996-01-28) January 28, 1996 (age 28)	Anyang Halla
13	F	Lee Young-jun	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	(1991-01-03) January 3, 1991 (age 33)	Daemyung Killer Whales
19	F	Kim Sang-wook	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	(1988-04-21) April 21, 1988 (age 36)	Anyang Halla
23	D	Eric Regan	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	97 kg (214 lb)	(1988-05-20) May 20, 1988 (age 35)	Anyang Halla
25	F	Brock Radunske	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	(1983-04-05) April 5, 1983 (age 41)	Anyang Halla
27	F	Ahn Jin-hui	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	(1991-03-06) March 6, 1991 (age 33)	Daemyung Sangmu
31	G	Lee Yeon-seung	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	77 kg (170 lb)	(1995-04-17) April 17, 1995 (age 29)	Daemyung Killer Whales
36	F	Park Woo-sang – C	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	(1985-05-30) May 30, 1985 (age 38)	Anyang Halla
44	D	Alex Plante – A	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	106 kg (234 lb)	(1989-05-09) May 9, 1989 (age 35)	Anyang Halla
47	F	Shin Sang-hoon	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	77 kg (170 lb)	(1993-08-01) August 1, 1993 (age 30)	Daemyung Sangmu
50	G	Park Sung-je	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	(1988-08-03) August 3, 1988 (age 35)	High1
61	D	Lee Don-ku	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	(1988-02-07) February 7, 1988 (age 36)	Anyang Halla
63	F	Park Jin-kyu	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	(1991-12-18) December 18, 1991 (age 32)	Daemyung Sangmu
81	F	Lee Chong-hyun	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	(1996-07-11) July 11, 1996 (age 27)	Yonsei Univ.
87	F	Cho Min-ho – A	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	(1987-01-04) January 4, 1987 (age 37)	Anyang Halla
96	F	Shin Sang-woo	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	(1987-12-12) December 12, 1987 (age 36)	Anyang Halla

All-time record against other nations

Last match update: 16 February 2018^[4]

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA
Japan	24	3	1	20	44	173
China	21	5	2	14	59	120
Hungary	15	3	1	11	45	105
Australia	14	9	3	2	84	55
Spain	14	7	3	4	54	52
North Korea	12	5	1	6	40	64
Kazakhstan	11	1	0	10	14	79
Poland	9	4	0	5	23	32
Romania	9	4	0	5	27	50
Bulgaria	9	3	0	6	44	54
Netherlands	9	3	0	6	39	49
Croatia	9	3	1	5	24	24
Great Britain	8	3	0	5	23	42
Belgium	7	4	0	3	27	24
Yugoslavia/ Serbia and Montenegro	8	2	0	6	19	62
New Zealand	6	6	0	0	99	5
Italy	6	1	0	5	6	33
South Africa	5	5	0	0	46	8
Slovenia	5	0	0	5	7	31
Denmark	7	1	0	7	9	61
Mexico	4	4	0	0	49	6
Israel	4	3	1	0	23	11
Lithuania	5	2	1	2	17	17
Austria	7	1	0	6	16	37
France	4	0	0	4	7	60
Hong Kong	3	3	0	0	79	1
Ukraine	4	1	0	3	7	28
Estonia	3	1	0	2	7	24
Chinese Taipei	2	2	0	0	46	0
Mongolia	2	2	0	0	37	2
Iceland	2	2	0	0	24	2
Norway	4	0	0	5	5	27
Turkey	1	1	0	0	14	0
Malaysia	1	1	0	0	14	1
Canada	3	0	0	3	2	18
Belarus	1	0	0	1	1	12
Latvia	1	0	0	2	0	32
Finland	3	0	0	3	3	17
Sweden	1	0	0	1	1	5
Czech Republic	1	0	0	1	1	2
Germany	1	0	0	1	1	6
United States	1	0	0	1	1	13
Total	275	94	14	166	1113	1465

All-time record against other clubs

Last match update: 11 August 2017^[4]

Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA
Russia Olympic Team	2	0	2	7	9
Admiral Vladivostok	2	0	2	5	8
HC Sparta Praha	1	1	0	2	1
Mountfield HK	1	0	1	3	4
HC Dynamo Pardubice	1	0	1	1	4
HC Škoda Plzeň	1	0	1	1	2
Motor České Budějovice	1	0	1	1	9
Total	11	2	9	25	43

References

^ Crouse, Karen; Berkman, Seth (2017-02-23). "South Korea, Next Olympics Host, Went Shopping in North America to Build Its Hockey Teams". NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
^ Lerner, Matt (4 May 2017). "South Korea and China Chasing Hockey Dreams". The Diplomat. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
^ 2018 IIHF World Championship roster
^ ^a ^b "South-Korea-Men-All-Time-Results.pdf" (PDF). National Teams of Ice Hockey. Retrieved 2 February 2018.

External links

[1] Crouse, Karen; Berkman, Seth (2017-02-23). "South Korea, Next Olympics Host, Went Shopping in North America to Build Its Hockey Teams". NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2017-04-23.

[2] Lerner, Matt (4 May 2017). "South Korea and China Chasing Hockey Dreams". The Diplomat. Retrieved 4 October 2018.

[3] 2018 IIHF World Championship roster

[NTOIH-4] "South-Korea-Men-All-Time-Results.pdf" (PDF). National Teams of Ice Hockey. Retrieved 2 February 2018.

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