Korea women's national ice hockey team

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Korea
United Korea logo.svg
General manager Lee Ji-yoon
Head coach Sarah Murray (2018)
AssistantsRebecca Baker
Kim Do-yun
Pak Chol-ho
(2018)
Captain Park Jong-ah (2018)
Team colors  
First international
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg 3–1 Unification flag of Korea.svg  Korea
(Incheon, South Korea; 5 February 2018)
Biggest win
None
Biggest defeat
Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg 8–0 Unification flag of Korea.svg  Korea
(Gangneung, South Korea; 10 February 2018)
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg 8–0 Unification flag of Korea.svg  Korea
(Gangneung, South Korea; 12 February 2018)
Olympics
Appearances1 (first in 2018 )
International record (W–L–T)
0–5–0

The Korea women's national ice hockey team is a representative side which is composed of players from both South Korea and North Korea.

Contents

The team competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics, competing as "Korea" under the IOC country code "COR".

History

In 2014, it was confirmed that Korea women's national ice hockey team had qualified to participate at the 2018 Winter Olympics as part of the host country. Their participation at the 2018 Winter Olympics had been their second appearance following their debut in the 1998 Olympics in Nagano, Japan. [1]

South Korea had proposed a unified team of the two Koreas at the Games. It was proposed that the team would participate at least in the women's ice hockey event and possibly more disciplines. [2] The proposal came after North Korea competed in the Group A tournament of IIHF Women's World Championship Division II which was hosted in South Korea in April 2017. [3] North Korea initially refused the proposal in June 2017 on the grounds of time constraints. [4] [5] However, an agreement was made with four weeks left before the Games commenced. [3]

On 20 January 2018, the International Olympic Committee allowed a Unified Korean team to compete in the women's ice hockey event for the 2018 Winter Olympics [6] under the "Olympic Korean Peninsula Declaration", allowing the team to compete as "Korea", using the acronym "COR". [7] On 30 January 2018, the full roster of the unified Korean team was named. [3]

The language difference of Korean spoken by players from South and North Korea became a challenge for the team during training. South and North Korea use different terminology in ice hockey and head coach Sarah Murray does not speak Korean and had to rely on her assistant and manager to communicate with the team's players. [8]

The unified team played their first friendly match against Sweden on 4 February 2018 at the Seonhak International Ice Rink in Incheon before an audience of 3,000 people ahead of the Winter Olympics. [9] They lost 1–3 to their European opposition. [10] The Koreans scored their only goal during the first period. Four of the 22 players in the roster for that game were North Koreans. [11]

Team image

The Korean Unification Flag was used by the team. Unification flag of Korea.svg
The Korean Unification Flag was used by the team.

The anthem which plays when the Korea team plays in international ice hockey is the folk song "Arirang" instead of the national anthems of either South Korea or North Korea. The team's uniform features the silhouette of the Korean peninsula with the text "Korea". [10]

There was some opposition to the formation of the team. Critics of the unified team believed that the team had less chance to win a medal compared to a team solely composed of South Koreans. [12]

Olympic Games record

Fixtures and results

Exhibition games

4 February 2018 Korea  Unification flag of Korea.svg1–3
(1–3, 0–0, 0–0)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Seonhak International Ice Rink, Incheon
Attendance: 3,000
Game reference
Shin So-jungGoalies
0–116:15 – Stenberg
0–2? – Olsson
Park Jong-ah – 18:221–2
1–319:40 – Grahm

2018 Winter Olympics

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 33000132+119 Quarterfinals
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 32001113+86
3Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 310026603 Classification
4Unification flag of Korea.svg  Korea (H)30003120190
Source: IIHF
(H) Host
10 February 2018
21:10
Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg8–0
(3–0, 3–0, 2–0)
Unification flag of Korea.svg  Korea Kwandong Hockey Centre, Gangneung
Attendance: 3,606
Game reference
Florence Schelling Goalies Shin So-jung Referees:
Flag of the United States.svg Dina Allen
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie
Linesmen:
Flag of the United States.svg Jessica Leclerc
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Justine Todd
Müller (S. Benz) (SH) – 10:231–0
Müller (S. Benz, Stalder) – 11:242–0
Müller (S. Benz, Meier) – 19:493–0
Müller – 21:264–0
Stänz (Raselli) – 22:215–0
Stänz (Raselli) – 37:196–0
Stalder (Meier, Müller) (PP) – 49:427–0
Stalder (Müller) – 51:488–0
12 minPenalties6 min
52Shots8

12 February 2018
21:10
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg8–0
(4–0, 1–0, 3–0)
Unification flag of Korea.svg  Korea Kwandong Hockey Centre, Gangneung
Attendance: 4,244
Game reference
Sara Grahn Goalies Shin So-jung Referees:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Drahomira Fialova
Linesmen:
Flag of Finland.svg Johanna Tauriainen
Flag of the United States.svg Jessica Leclerc
Nylén Persson (Alasalmi) (PP) – 04:001–0
Lundberg (Rask, Grahm) – 09:472–0
Fällman (Rask, Küller) – 10:173–0
Udén Johansson (Johansson) – 17:044–0
Winberg (Lundberg, Alasalmi) – 24:085-0
Nordin (Winberg) – 41:096–0
Winberg (Grahm, Nordin) – 41:457–0
Stenberg (Winberg) – 45:348–0
8 minPenalties6 min
50Shots19

14 February 2018
16:40
Korea  Unification flag of Korea.svg1–4
(0–2, 1–0, 0–2)
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Kwandong Hockey Centre, Gangneung
Attendance: 4,110
Game reference
Shin So-jung Goalies Akane Konishi Referees:
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Drahomira Fialova
Flag of Germany.svg Nicole Hertrich
Linesmen:
Flag of the United States.svg Jessica Leclerc
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Zuzana Svobodová
0–101:07 – Kubo (H. Toko, Ukita)
0–203:58 – Ono (Koike, Yoneyama) (PP)
Griffin (Park Yo.) – 29:311–2
1–351:42 – Koike (Hosoyamada, Yoneyama) (PP)
1–458:33 – Ukita (ENG)
6 minPenalties4 min
13Shots44
5–8th place semifinal
18 February 2018
12:10
Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg2–0
(1–0, 1–0, 0–0)
Unification flag of Korea.svg  Korea Kwandong Hockey Centre, Gangneung
Attendance: 3,811
Game reference
Janine Alder Goalies Shin So-jung Referees:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie
Flag of Sweden.svg Katarina Timglas
Linesmen:
Flag of Finland.svg Jenni Heikkinen
Flag of Sweden.svg Veronica Johansson
Zollinger (Bullo, L. Benz) (PP) – 16:351–0
Raselli (Rüegg, Altmann) – 38:522–0
2 minPenalties8 min
53Shots19
Seventh place game
20 February 2018
12:10
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg6–1
(2–1, 1–0, 3–0)
Unification flag of Korea.svg  Korea Kwandong Hockey Centre, Gangneung
Attendance: 4,125
Game reference
Minatsu Murase
Sarah Berglind
Goalies Shin So-jung
Han Do-hee
Referees:
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Drahomira Fialova
Flag of Norway.svg Aina Hove
Linesmen:
Flag of Finland.svg Jenni Heikkinen
Flag of Slovenia.svg Nataša Pagon
Küller (Rask, Udén Johansson) – 05:501–0
1–106:21 – Han S. (Park J.) (PP)
Alasalmi (Nylén Persson, Borgqvist) (PP) – 19:372–1
Grahm (Rask, Nordin) – 36:273–1
Svedin (Johansson, Hjalmarsson) – 43:054–1
Rask (Lindh) – 49:315–1
Johansson (Borgqvist, Hjalmarsson) – 57:196–1
6 minPenalties4 min
40Shots16

Team

2018 Winter Olympics roster

The squad had a total of 35 players, more than other competing national teams at the Games although the IOC has mandated that only 22 players could play in each match "with respect to fair play" and that the coach must select at least three North Koreans to form the squad in each game. [7]

The following is the Korean roster for the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2018 Winter Olympics. [13]

Head coach: Flag of the United States.svg Sarah Murray [14]      Assistant coaches: Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Do-yun, Flag of North Korea.svg Pak Chol-ho, Flag of the United States.svg Rebecca Baker

No.Pos.NameHeightWeightBirthdate2017–18 team
1G Genevieve Knowles 1.60 m (5.2 ft)60 kg (130 lb)25 April 2000 Flag of South Korea.svg Phoenix
2F Ko Hye-in 1.63 m (5.3 ft)68 kg (150 lb)18 July 1994 Flag of South Korea.svg Ice Avengers
3D Eom Su-yeon 1.68 m (5.5 ft)60 kg (130 lb)1 February 2001 Flag of South Korea.svg Ice Avengers
4F Kim Un-hyang 1.57 m (5.2 ft)59 kg (130 lb)10 December 1992 Flag of North Korea.svg Kanggye
5F Caroline Park 1.59 m (5.2 ft)56 kg (123 lb)18 November 1989 Flag of South Korea.svg Phoenix
6F Choi Yu-jung 1.56 m (5.1 ft)56 kg (123 lb)27 March 2000 Flag of South Korea.svg Ice Beat
7F Danelle Im 1.62 m (5.3 ft)55 kg (121 lb)21 January 1993 Flag of South Korea.svg Phoenix
8D Kim Se-lin 1.56 m (5.1 ft)60 kg (130 lb)3 April 2000 Flag of South Korea.svg Ice Avengers
9F Park Jong-ah C 1.60 m (5.2 ft)59 kg (130 lb)13 June 1996 Flag of South Korea.svg Ice Avengers
10F Choi Ji-yeon 1.59 m (5.2 ft)52 kg (115 lb)21 August 1998 Flag of South Korea.svg Ice Avengers
11D Park Ye-eun 1.62 m (5.3 ft)54 kg (119 lb)28 May 1996 Flag of South Korea.svg Ice Beat
12F Kim Hee-won 1.64 m (5.4 ft)55 kg (121 lb)1 August 2001 Flag of South Korea.svg Ice Avengers
13F Lee Eun-ji 1.54 m (5.1 ft)48 kg (106 lb)8 March 2001 Flag of South Korea.svg Phoenix
14F Ryo Song-hui 1.57 m (5.2 ft)61 kg (134 lb)15 January 1994 Flag of North Korea.svg Taesongsan
15D Park Chae-lin 1.58 m (5.2 ft)52 kg (115 lb)17 December 1998 Flag of South Korea.svg Ice Beat
16F Jo Su-sie A 1.62 m (5.3 ft)55 kg (121 lb)9 September 1994 Flag of South Korea.svg Ice Beat
17F Han Soo-jin 1.69 m (5.5 ft)63 kg (139 lb)22 September 1987 Flag of South Korea.svg Ice Beat
18F Kim Un-jong 1.56 m (5.1 ft)63 kg (139 lb)28 October 1992 Flag of North Korea.svg Taesongsan
20G Han Do-hee 1.59 m (5.2 ft)60 kg (130 lb)16 November 1994 Flag of South Korea.svg Ice Avengers
21F Lee Yeon-jeong 1.60 m (5.2 ft)52 kg (115 lb)2 November 1994 Flag of South Korea.svg Ice Beat
22F Jung Si-yun 1.71 m (5.6 ft)64 kg (141 lb)8 September 2000 Flag of South Korea.svg Ice Avengers
23D Park Yoon-jung A 1.71 m (5.6 ft)65 kg (143 lb)18 December 1992 Flag of South Korea.svg Phoenix
24D Cho Mi-hwan 1.60 m (5.2 ft)58 kg (128 lb)30 March 1995 Flag of South Korea.svg Ice Avengers
25G Ri Pom 1.63 m (5.3 ft)62 kg (137 lb)28 May 1995 Flag of North Korea.svg Sajabong
26F Kim Hyang-mi 1.62 m (5.3 ft)72 kg (159 lb)10 February 1995 Flag of North Korea.svg Taesongsan
27F Jong Su-hyon 1.60 m (5.2 ft)58 kg (128 lb)10 October 1996 Flag of North Korea.svg Taesongsan
29F Lee Jin-gyu 1.63 m (5.3 ft)59 kg (130 lb)13 January 2000 Flag of South Korea.svg Phoenix
31G Shin So-jung 1.65 m (5.4 ft)63 kg (139 lb)4 March 1990 Flag of South Korea.svg Ice Beat
32D Jin Ok 1.58 m (5.2 ft)56 kg (123 lb)28 January 1990 Flag of North Korea.svg Kanggye
33F Choe Un-gyong 1.52 m (5.0 ft)52 kg (115 lb)29 January 1994 Flag of North Korea.svg Susan
37F Randi Griffin 1.65 m (5.4 ft)58 kg (128 lb)2 September 1988 Flag of South Korea.svg Phoenix
39F Hwang Chung-gum 1.63 m (5.3 ft)59 kg (130 lb)11 September 1995 Flag of North Korea.svg Taesongsan
41D Hwang Sol-gyong 1.60 m (5.2 ft)60 kg (130 lb)9 January 1997 Flag of North Korea.svg Jangjasan
42D Ryu Su-jong 1.60 m (5.2 ft)59 kg (130 lb)24 July 1995 Flag of North Korea.svg Kimchaek
47D Choe Jong-hui 1.58 m (5.2 ft)62 kg (137 lb)12 December 1991 Flag of North Korea.svg Kimchaek

All-time record against other nations

Last match update: 20 February 2018

TeamGPWTLGFGA
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 100114
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3003217
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 2002010

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