South Korea national rugby sevens team
| Union | Korea Rugby Union |
|---|---|
| Coach(es) | John Walters |
| World Cup Sevens | |
| Appearances | (First in 1993) |
| Best result | 5th (1997) |
The South Korea national rugby sevens team is a minor national sevens side. They regularly take part in the Rugby World Cup Sevens, and have competed in the Hong Kong Sevens since the 1980s.[1]
Tournament history
Summer Olympics
| Olympics Games record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | D | |||
 2016
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Did Not Qualify | ||||||||
| Total | 0 Titles | 0/0 | - | - | - | - | |||
Rugby World Cup Sevens
| World Cup record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | D | |||
 1993
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Group Stage | 11th | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |||
 1997
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Cup Quarter Finals | 5th | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||
 2001
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Plate Quarter Finals | 13th | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |||
| 2005
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Bowl Quarter Finals | 21st | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||
 2009
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Did Not Qualify | ||||||||
 2013
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 2018
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- | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Total | 0 Titles | 4/6 | 23 | 7 | 14 | 2 | |||
Asian Games
| Asian Games record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | D | |||
 1998
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Winners | 1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
 2002
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Winners | 1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
 2006
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Runner Up | 2nd | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |||
 2010
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Semi Finalist | 3rd | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2014
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Semi Finalist | 3rd | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |||
 2018
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- | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Total | 2 Titles | 5/5 | 26 | 22 | 4 | 0 | |||
Hong Kong Sevens results
| Year | Venue | Cup | Plate | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Final Score | Runner-up | Winner | Runner-up | ||
| 1982 Details |
Government Stadium |  Australia |
18-14 |  Scottish Border Club |
 South Korea |
 Japan |
| 1983 Details |
Government Stadium | Australia |
14-4 |  Fiji |
South Korea |
 Canada |
| 1991 Details |
Government Stadium | Fiji |
18-14 |  New Zealand |
 Argentina |
South Korea |
| 1994 Details |
Hong Kong Stadium | New Zealand |
32-20 | Australia |
South Korea |
 Hong Kong |
| 1998 Details |
Hong Kong Stadium | Fiji |
28-19 |  Western Samoa |
South Korea |
 Morocco |
Sri Lanka Sevens
Current Squad
Squad to 2016 Hong Kong Sevens:[2]
- Kun Kyu Han
- In Jo Hwang
- Seong Min Jang
- Seokhwan Jang
- Jin-Hyeok Kim
- Nam Uk Kim
- Hyun Soo Kim
- Young Soo Nam
- Byoung Joon Lee
- Seong-Bae Lee
- Youn Hyung Oh
- Dong-Hoon Han
Previous Squads
References
- McLaren, Bill A Visit to Hong Kong in Starmer-Smith, Nigel & Robertson, Ian (eds) The Whitbread Rugby World '90 (Lennard Books, 1989),
- ^ McLaren, p70
- ^ "KOREA 7s". World Rugby.org. 8 April 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
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