South Korea women's national handball team

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 until 2012. Korea grabbed the gold medal in 1988 and 1992, won the silver medal in 1984, 1996, 2004 and took bronze medal in 2008. 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 twelve time Asian Champion, the tournament has been won by any other nation only twice.

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Information
AssociationKorea Handball Federation
CoachHenrik Signell
CaptainRyu Eun-hee
Most capsWoo Sun-hee (119)
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1st
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2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances9 (First in 1984)
Best result Gold medal (1988, 1992)
World Championship
Appearances19 (First in 1978)
Best result Champions (1995)
Asian Championship
Appearances19 (First in 1987)
Best resultGold Champions (1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022)
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South Korea women's national handball team
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1988 SeoulTeam
Gold medal – first place1992 BarcelonaTeam
Silver medal – second place1984 Los AngelesTeam
Silver medal – second place1996 AtlantaTeam
Silver medal – second place2004 AthensTeam
Bronze medal – third place2008 BeijingTeam
World Championship
Gold medal – first place1995 Austria/Hungary
Bronze medal – third place2003 Croatia
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place1990 BeijingTeam
Gold medal – first place1994 HiroshimaTeam
Gold medal – first place1998 BangkokTeam
Gold medal – first place2002 BusanTeam
Gold medal – first place2006 DohaTeam
Gold medal – first place2014 IncheonTeam
Gold medal – first place2018 Jakarta-PalembangTeam
Bronze medal – third place2010 GuangzhouTeam
Asian Championship
Gold medal – first place1987 Amman
Gold medal – first place1989 Beijing
Gold medal – first place1991 Hiroshima
Gold medal – first place1993 Shantou
Gold medal – first place1995 Seoul
Gold medal – first place1997 Amman
Gold medal – first place1999 Kumamoto
Gold medal – first place2000 Shanghai
Gold medal – first place2006 Guangzhou
Gold medal – first place2008 Bangkok
Gold medal – first place2012 Yogyakarta
Gold medal – first place2015 Jakarta
Gold medal – first place2017 Suwon
Gold medal – first place2018 Kumamoto
Gold medal – first place2021 Amman
Gold medal – first place2022 Incheon/Seoul
Silver medal – second place2002 Almaty
Silver medal – second place2010 Almaty
Bronze medal – third place2004 Hiroshima
Korean handball players' uniforms at the 1988 Olympics

Both the men's and women's and children's teams failed to qualify in the regional qualifiers for the 2008 Beijing Olympics in 2007 August due to the biased refereeing, but the International Handball Federation ordered replays of both qualifying tournaments after acknowledging biased officiating by Middle Eastern referees. South Korea beat Japan in both the men's and women's matches and qualified for the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008 January. However, the Executive Committee of the Kuwait-based federation, which had rejected the International Handball Federation's ruling to hold the replays, agreed to fine Japan and South Korea $1,000 and issued a warning to both countries. In addition, the Asian Handball Federation appealed the IHF's decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which ruled the Asian women's qualification invalid and forced the Korean ladies to play in the final Olympic qualifying tournament. The replay was decided to be invalid by the Court. The Korean women's team earned their ticket to the Beijing Olympics at the Olympic qualifying game held at Nîmes, France.
In the semi-final match of 2008 Beijing Olympic games with Norway, Norway's deciding goal was requested to be annulled by the Korean delegation, because they claimed the ball had not crossed the goal line before the end whistle of the game. Korea's appeal was turned down by the IHF's Disciplinary Commission, confirming the end result to be 29–28 in favor of Norway.[1]

The 2008 film Forever the Moment is a fictionalized account of the teams' journey to the 2004 Athens Olympics.

Results

Olympic Games
Year Position Tournament Host
19842United States Los Angeles OlympicsUnited States
19881South Korea Seoul OlympicsSouth Korea
19921Spain Barcelona OlympicsSpain
19962United States Atlanta OlympicsUnited States
20004Australia Sydney OlympicsAustralia
20042Greece Athens OlympicsGreece
20083China Beijing OlympicsChina
20124United Kingdom London OlympicsGreat Britain
201610Brazil Rio OlympicsBrazil
20208Japan Tokyo OlympicsJapan
2024QualifiedFrance Paris OlympicsFrance

World Championship

Asian Games

Asian Championship

Other tournaments

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2021 World Women's Handball Championship.[2]

Head coach: Jang In-ik

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
1 GK Oh Sa-ra (1992-11-26) 26 November 1992 1.73 m 12 3 South Korea Busan
6 RW Song Ji-young (1995-05-05) 5 May 1995 1.64 m 7 12 South Korea Seoul City
7 LW Shin Eun-joo (1993-09-09) 9 September 1993 1.70 m 8 14 South Korea Incheon City
8 P Lee Han-sol (1995-08-23) 23 August 1995 1.80 m 4 9 South Korea SK Sugar Gliders
9 CB Song Hye-soo (1999-08-27) 27 August 1999 1.63 m 8 12 South Korea Korea National Sport University
11 RB Ryu Eun-hee (1990-02-24) 24 February 1990 1.79 m 26 79 Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC
12 GK Jeong Jin-hui (1999-03-24) 24 March 1999 1.80 m 11 0 South Korea Korea National Sport University
13 RW Kim Yun-ji (2000-01-16) 16 January 2000 1.70 m 3 1 South Korea Wonderful Samcheok
17 LB Jo Su-yeon (1994-06-06) 6 June 1994 1.72 m 13 11 South Korea SK Sugar Gliders
19 CB Oh Ye-dam (2000-05-08) 8 May 2000 1.62 m 3 7 South Korea Incheon City
21 LW Jo Ha-rang (1991-07-15) 15 July 1991 1.65 m 15 30 South Korea Colorful Daegu
22 RB Jeong Hyun-hui (2001-12-09) 9 December 2001 1.74 m 5 9 South Korea Gwangji City
23 CB Lee Mi-gyeong (1991-10-02) 2 October 1991 1.70 m 39 57 Japan Omron
24 P Kim So-ra (1998-03-23) 23 March 1998 1.80 m 10 13 South Korea Gyeongnam
27 LB Kim Jin-yi (1993-06-20) 20 June 1993 1.80 m 26 43 South Korea Busan
29 RW Shin Da-rae (1999-06-14) 14 June 1999 1.70 m 0 0 South Korea Incheon City
34 RW Jung Ji-in (2000-07-18) 18 July 2000 1.80 m 8 15 South Korea Korea National Sports University

Notable players

See also

References
  1. "Decision of the IHF Disciplinary Commission". 21 August 2008. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008.
  2. "Team Roster South Korea" (PDF). ihf.info. 4 December 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
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