Korea men's national handball team

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AssociationKorea Handball Federation
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Handball Association of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Coach Cho Young-shin
Colours
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Home
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Results
World Championship
Appearances1 (First in 2019 )
Best result22nd (2019)
Last updated on Unknown.

The Korea national handball team was a representative side which was composed of players from both South Korea and North Korea.

Contents

The team competed at the 2019 World Championship as "Korea". [1]

2019 World Championship

The team had to have four players from North Korea. Because of this rule the team was allowed to have 20 players in the team instead of 16. The team played with the country abbreviation COR. [2]

World Championship record

GamesRoundPositionPldWDLGFGAGD
Flag of Denmark.svg Flag of Germany.svg 2019 Denmark / Germany Match for 21st place22nd of 247106177216-39
Total22nd place7106177216-39

Current squad

Squad for the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship. [3]

Head coach: Cho Young-shin

No.Pos.NameDate of birth (age)HeightApp.GoalsClub
1GK Park Jae-yong (1997-03-20) 20 March 1997 (age 23)1.91 m10 Flag of South Korea.svg Korea National Sport University
2CB Ri Kyong-song (1997-11-06) 6 November 1997 (age 23)1.78 m7 Flag of North Korea.svg
3LB Pak Jong-gon (2000-03-25) 25 March 2000 (age 20)1.79 m7 Flag of North Korea.svg
5CB Choi Beom-mun (1996-02-01) 1 February 1996 (age 24)1.80 m13 Flag of South Korea.svg Chungnam Sports Council
7RB Jung Su-young (1985-10-17) 17 October 1985 (age 35)1.85 m32 Flag of South Korea.svg Hanam Handball Club
9RB Jo Tae-hun (1991-06-30) 30 June 1991 (age 29)1.83 m13 Flag of South Korea.svg Doosan
10LB Park Young-jun (1994-01-28) 28 January 1994 (age 26)1.88 m12 Flag of South Korea.svg Korea Armed Forces Athletic Corps
11LW Jang Dong-hyun (1995-01-13) 13 January 1995 (age 25)1.80 m18 Flag of South Korea.svg SK Hawks
13RW Park Dong-kwang (1996-04-14) 14 April 1996 (age 24)1.82 m15 Flag of South Korea.svg Hanam Sports Council
14LB Ri Song-jin (1989-08-11) 11 August 1989 (age 31)1.78 m7 Flag of North Korea.svg
15P Kim Dong-myung (1985-08-05) 5 August 1985 (age 35)1.95 m12 Flag of South Korea.svg Doosan
17RW Na Seung-do (1990-01-27) 27 January 1990 (age 30)1.95 m20 Flag of South Korea.svg Doosan
20CB Kang Tan (1999-09-22) 22 September 1999 (age 21)1.86 m9 Flag of South Korea.svg Korea National Sport University
22LW Seo Seung-hyun (1991-03-24) 24 March 1991 (age 29)1.78 m9 Flag of South Korea.svg Hanam Handball Club
23LB Park Kwang-soon (1996-05-06) 6 May 1996 (age 24)1.87 m13 Flag of South Korea.svg Hanam Sports Council
24RB Ri Yong-myong (1998-07-27) 27 July 1998 (age 22)1.85 m7 Flag of North Korea.svg
34CB Kang Jeong-gu (1990-05-11) 11 May 1990 (age 30)1.79 m13 Flag of South Korea.svg Doosan
52P Jeong Jae-wan (1996-09-01) 1 September 1996 (age 24)1.88 m13 Flag of South Korea.svg Hanam Sports Council
88P Ku Change-un (1991-06-30) 30 June 1991 (age 29)1.90 m17 Flag of South Korea.svg Doosan
94GK Ji Hyung-jin (1994-05-25) 25 May 1994 (age 26)1.82 m11 Flag of South Korea.svg Kyung Hee University

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References

  1. "Unified Korea to play at GER/DEN 2019". IHF . 2 October 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  2. "Team Korea". GER/DEN Handball'19 . Archived from the original on 3 November 2018. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  3. 2019 World Men's Handball Championship squad