The South Korea national football team represents South Korea in men's international football and is governed by the Korea Football Association. South Korea has emerged as a major football power in Asia since the 1980s, having participated in ten consecutive and eleven overall FIFA World Cup tournaments, the most for any Asian country. Despite initially going through five World Cup tournaments without winning a match, South Korea became the first Asian team to reach the semi-finals when they co-hosted the 2002 tournament with Japan. South Korea also won two AFC Asian Cup titles, and finished as runners-up on four occasions. Furthermore, the team won three gold medals and three silver medals at the senior Asian Games.
The 2014 Asian Games, officially known as the 17th Asian Games and also known as Incheon 2014, was a pan-Asian multi-sport event held in Incheon, South Korea.
Shin Joon-Sup is a former South Korean middleweight amateur boxer and Olympic Gold Medalist.
Zou Shiming is a Chinese former professional boxer who competed from 2013 to 2017 and held the WBO flyweight title from 2016 to 2017. As an amateur, Zou is China's most successful boxer of all time. In the light-flyweight division, he won three consecutive Olympic medals, as well as three World Amateur Boxing Championships gold medals in 2005, 2007 and 2011.
Muhammad Waseem is a Pakistani professional boxer who challenged twice for the International Boxing Federation (IBF) flyweight title in 2018 and in 2022. Known for his quick and swift style of boxing, Waseem is nicknamed "Falcon".
Laishram Sarita Devi is an Indian boxer from Manipur. She is a national champion and a former world champion in the lightweight class. In 2009, she was awarded Arjuna award by the government of India for her achievements.
Bangladesh participated in the 1986 Asian Games which was held in Seoul, South Korea from 20 September to 5 October 1986.
The women's lightweight boxing event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place between 27 July and 8 August 2021 at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan. 20 boxers from 20 nations competed.
The women's middleweight boxing event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place between 28 July and 8 August 2021 at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan. 17 boxers from 17 nations competed, Khadija El-Mardi from Morocco having withdrawn before the competition began.
The men's super heavyweight event at the 1986 Asian Games took place from 30 September to 4 October 1986 at Jamsil Students' Gymnasium, Seoul, South Korea.
The men's light flyweight event at the 1986 Asian Games took place from 25 September to 4 October 1986 at Jamsil Students' Gymnasium, Seoul, South Korea.
The men's flyweight event at the 1986 Asian Games took place from 26 September to 4 October 1986 at Jamsil Students' Gymnasium, Seoul, South Korea.
The men's bantamweight event at the 1986 Asian Games took place from 25 September to 4 October 1986 at Jamsil Students' Gymnasium, Seoul, South Korea.
The men's lightweight event at the 1986 Asian Games took place from 26 September to 4 October 1986 at Jamsil Students' Gymnasium, Seoul, South Korea.
The men's light welterweight event at the 1986 Asian Games took place from 25 September to 4 October 1986 at Jamsil Students' Gymnasium, Seoul, South Korea.
The men's welterweight event at the 1986 Asian Games took place from 27 September to 4 October 1986 at Jamsil Students' Gymnasium, Seoul, South Korea.
The men's light middleweight event at the 1986 Asian Games took place from 26 September to 4 October 1986 at Jamsil Students' Gymnasium, Seoul, South Korea.
The men's middleweight event at the 1986 Asian Games took place from 2 to 4 October 1986 at Jamsil Students' Gymnasium, Seoul, South Korea.
The men's light heavyweight event at the 1986 Asian Games took place from 28 September to 4 October 1986 at Jamsil Students' Gymnasium, Seoul, South Korea.
The men's heavyweight event at the 1986 Asian Games took place from 29 September to 4 October 1986 at Jamsil Students' Gymnasium, Seoul, South Korea.
