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South Korea women's national handball team

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South Korea South Korea
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AssociationKorea Handball Federation
CoachHenrik Signell
Assistant coachErik Larholm
Vanja Radić
CaptainShin Eun-joo
Most capsRyu Eun-hee (171)
Colours
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1st
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2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances11 (First in 1984)
Best result Gold medal (1988, 1992)
World Championship
Appearances20 (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)
Last updated on Unknown.
South Korea women's national handball team
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1988 Seoul Team
Gold medal – first place 1992 Barcelona Team
Silver medal – second place 1984 Los Angeles Team
Silver medal – second place 1996 Atlanta Team
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens Team
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1995 Austria/Hungary
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Croatia
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1990 Beijing Team
Gold medal – first place 1994 Hiroshima Team
Gold medal – first place 1998 Bangkok Team
Gold medal – first place 2002 Busan Team
Gold medal – first place 2006 Doha Team
Gold medal – first place 2014 Incheon Team
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Team
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Guangzhou Team
Asian Championship
Gold medal – first place 1987 Amman
Gold medal – first place 1989 Beijing
Gold medal – first place 1991 Hiroshima
Gold medal – first place 1993 Shantou
Gold medal – first place 1995 Seoul
Gold medal – first place 1997 Amman
Gold medal – first place 1999 Kumamoto
Gold medal – first place 2000 Shanghai
Gold medal – first place 2006 Guangzhou
Gold medal – first place 2008 Bangkok
Gold medal – first place 2012 Yogyakarta
Gold medal – first place 2015 Jakarta
Gold medal – first place 2017 Suwon
Gold medal – first place 2018 Kumamoto
Gold medal – first place 2021 Amman
Gold medal – first place 2022 Incheon/Seoul
Silver medal – second place 2002 Almaty
Silver medal – second place 2010 Almaty
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Hiroshima
Korean handball players' uniforms at the 1988 Olympics

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.

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

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Olympic Games

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Year Position Tournament Host
1984 2 United States Los Angeles Olympics United States
1988 1 South Korea Seoul Olympics South Korea
1992 1 Spain Barcelona Olympics Spain
1996 2 United States Atlanta Olympics United States
2000 4 Australia Sydney Olympics Australia
2004 2 Greece Athens Olympics Greece
2008 3 China Beijing Olympics China
2012 4 United Kingdom London Olympics Great Britain
2016 10 Brazil Rio Olympics Brazil
2020 8 Japan Tokyo Olympics Japan
2024 10 France Paris Olympics France

World Championship

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Asian Games

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Asian Championship

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Other tournaments

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Team

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Current squad

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Roster for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

A 22-player squad was announced on 14 May 2024.[2] It was reduced to 17 players on 2 July 2024.[3]

Head coach: Sweden Henrik Signell[4]

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
2 RW Song Ji-young (1995-05-05)5 May 1995 (aged 29) 1.64 m 29 55 South Korea Seoul City
7 LW Shin Eun-joo (1993-09-09)9 September 1993 (aged 30) 1.70 m 56 106 South Korea Incheon City
11 RB Ryu Eun-hee (1990-02-24)24 February 1990 (aged 34) 1.79 m 171 524 Hungary Győri ETO KC
12 GK Jeong Jin-hui (1999-03-24)24 March 1999 (aged 25) 1.80 m 33 0 South Korea Seoul City
16 GK Park Sae-young (1994-08-11)11 August 1994 (aged 29) 1.76 m 67 0 South Korea Wonderful Samcheok
18 LB Han Mi-seul (1993-08-13)13 August 1993 (aged 30) 1.78 m 48 79 South Korea Incheon City
19 P Kang Eun-hye (1996-04-17)17 April 1996 (aged 28) 1.86 m 65 90 South Korea SK Sugar Gliders
23 LB Woo Bit-na (2001-10-23)23 October 2001 (aged 22) 1.72 m 10 36 South Korea Seoul City
24 CB Kang Kyung-min (1996-11-08)8 November 1996 (aged 27) 1.65 m 19 42 South Korea SK Sugar Gliders
26 RB Kang Eun-seo (1999-03-04)4 March 1999 (aged 25) 1.69 m 6 1 South Korea Incheon City
27 RW Jeon Ji-yeon (2003-05-02)2 May 2003 (aged 21) 1.68 m 5 5 South Korea Wonderful Samcheok
29 LB Kim Da-young (1996-09-16)16 September 1996 (aged 27) 1.70 m 0 0 South Korea Busan
31 P Gim Bo-eun (1997-12-08)8 December 1997 (aged 26) 1.77 m 32 68 South Korea Wonderful Samcheok
33 CB Shin Jin-mi (1998-06-23)23 June 1998 (aged 26) 1.67 m 6 9 South Korea Busan

Notable players

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Decision of the IHF Disciplinary Commission". 21 August 2008. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008.
  2. ^ "강경민·우빛나 등 올림픽 여자핸드볼 대표팀 훈련 소집" (in Korean). sports.naver.com. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  3. ^ "파리 올림픽 출전 여자핸드볼 대표팀, 진천서 2차 소집훈련" (in Korean). sports.naver.com. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Team roster: South Korea" (PDF). ihf.info. 25 July 2024. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
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