South Korea men's national field hockey team

This article is about the men's hockey team. For women's hockey team, see South Korea women's national field hockey team.

South Korea

Association	Korea Hockey Association
Confederation	AHF (Asia)
Head Coach	Min Tae-seok
Assistant coach(es)	Kim Jong-yi
Captain	Lee Jung-jun
FIH ranking
Current	13 1 (19 August 2025) [1]
Highest	4 (2003)
Lowest	17 (December 2018 – January 2019)
Olympic Games
Appearances	6 (first in 1988 )
Best result	2nd (2000)
World Cup
Appearances	7 (first in 1994 )
Best result	4th (2002, 2006)
Asian Games
Appearances	14 (first in 1958 )
Best result	1st (1986, 1994, 2002, 2006)
Asia Cup
Appearances	11 (first in 1985)
Best result	1st (1993, 1999, 2009, 2013, 2022)
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 1 0 Asian Games 4 1 3 Asia Cup 5 2 3 Champions Trophy 0 1 2 Asian Champions Trophy 1 0 0 Total 10 5 8 Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Team Asian Games 1986 Seoul Team 1994 Hiroshima Team 2002 Busan Team 2006 Doha Team 1998 Bangkok Team 1958 Tokyo Team 2014 Incheon Team 2022 Hangzhou Team Asia Cup 1994 Hiroshima 1999 Kuala Lumpur 2009 Kuantan 2013 Ipoh 2022 Jakarta 2007 Chennai 2025 Rajgir 1985 Dhaka 1989 New Delhi 2003 Kuala Lumpur Champions Trophy 1999 Brisbane 2000 Amstelveen 2009 Melbourne Asian Champions Trophy 2021 Dhaka

The South Korea men's national field hockey team represents South Korea in international field hockey competitions. ^[2]

Their best result in the global stage was a silver at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. South Korea is consistently ranked as one of the best teams in Asia.

Tournament record

Summer Olympics

Summer Olympics record
Year	Host	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
1908 to 1984		did not participate
1988	Seoul, South Korea	10th	7	1	2	4	10	14	Squad
1992	Barcelona, Spain	did not qualify
1996	Atlanta, United States	5th	7	2	3	2	18	17	Squad
2000	Sydney, Australia	2nd	7	3	3	1	13	10	Squad
2004	Athens, Greece	8th	7	2	2	3	22	17	Squad
2008	Beijing, China	6th	6	2	1	3	15	16	Squad
2012	London, Great Britain	8th	6	2	0	4	11	11	Squad
2016 to 2024		did not qualify
2028	Los Angeles, United States	to be determined
2032	Brisbane, Australia
Total		2nd place	40	12	11	17	89	85

World Cup

World Cup record
Year	Host	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
1971 to 1990		did not qualify
1994	Sydney, Australia	8th	7	1	3	3	14	15	—
1998	Utrecht, Netherlands	7th	7	2	1	4	14	18	Squad
2002	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	4th	9	5	0	4	23	16	Squad
2006	Mönchengladbach, Germany	4th	7	3	2	2	12	12	Squad
2010	New Delhi, India	6th	6	3	1	2	16	10	Squad
2014	The Hague, Netherlands	10th	6	0	1	5	3	18	Squad
2018	Bhubaneswar, India	did not qualify
2023	Odisha, India	8th	5	1	1	3	10	23	Squad
2026	Wavre, Belgium Amstelveen, Netherlands	to be determined
Total		4th place	47	15	9	23	92	112

Asian Games

Asian Games record
Year	Host	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
1958	Tokyo, Japan	3rd	4	2	0	2	6	13	Squad
1962	Jakarta, Indonesia	8th	3	0	0	3	1	12	—
1966	Bangkok, Thailand	6th	5	2	0	3	2	4
1970		Withdrew
1974	Tehran, Iran	did not participate
1978	Bangkok, Thailand
1982	New Delhi, India	5th	5	3	0	2	12	19	—
1986	Seoul, South Korea	1st	6	5	1	0	29	3	Squad
1990	Beijing, China	4th	6	3	0	3	14	11	—
1994	Hiroshima, Japan	1st	5	3	1	1	20	7	Squad
1998	Bangkok, Thailand	2nd	6	4	1	1	33	6	Squad
2002	Busan, South Korea	1st	5	4	1	0	25	5	Squad
2006	Doha, Qatar	1st	6	5	1	0	28	3	Squad
2010	Guangzhou, China	4th	6	3	2	1	26	6	Squad
2014	Incheon, South Korea	3rd	6	5	0	1	28	4	Squad
2018	Jakarta, Indonesia	5th	6	4	0	2	46	8	Squad
2022	Huangzhou, China	3rd	7	5	0	2	47	14	Squad
2026	Nagoya, Japan	to be determined
2030	Doha, Qatar
2034	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Total		1st place	76	48	7	21	317	116

Asia Cup

Asia Cup record
Year	Host	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1982	Karachi, Pakistan	Did not participate
1985	Dhaka, Bangladesh	3rd	6	3	1	2	19	17
1989	New Delhi, India	3rd	5	3	0	2	16	14
1994	Hiroshima, Japan	1st	6	4	2	0	13	3
1999	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	1st	6	5	0	1	29	10
2003	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	3rd	5	3	1	1	20	8
2007	Chennai, India	2nd	7	4	1	2	45	16
2009	Kuantan, Malaysia	1st	5	4	1	0	19	4
2013	Ipoh, Malaysia	1st	5	4	0	1	25	6
2017	Dhaka, Bangladesh	4th	7	2	3	2	18	14
2022	Jakarta, Indonesia	1st	7	4	2	1	24	15
2025	Rajgir, India	2nd	7	3	1	3	20	17
Total		1st place	66	39	12	15	248	124

Asian Champions Trophy

Asian Champions Trophy record
Year	Host	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2011	Ordos City, China	5th	6	3	1	2	15	17
2012	Doha, Qatar	did not participate
2013	Kakamigahara, Japan
2016	Kuantan, Malaysia	4th	7	2	4	1	14	12
2018	Muscat, Oman	5th	6	2	0	4	11	16
2021	Dhaka, Bangladesh	1st	6	2	4	0	20	18
2023	Chennai, India	4th	7	1	2	4	11	18
2024	Hulunbuir, China	4th	7	1	3	3	17	24
Total		1st place	39	11	14	14	108	105

Nations Cup

FIH Hockey Nations Cup record
Year	Host	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2022	Potchefstroom, South Africa	3rd	5	4	1	0	15	4
2023–24	Gniezno, Poland	6th	6	2	0	4	12	13
2024–25	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	4th	5	2	2	1	14	13
Total		3rd place	16	8	3	5	41	30

Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

Sultan Azlan Shah Cup record
Year	Position
1987	5th
1991	6th
1994	5th
1996	1st
1998	3rd
1999	2nd
2000	2nd
2001	2nd
2003	4th
2004	3rd
2005	2nd
2006	6th
2007	4th
2010	1st
2011	5th
2012	5th
2013	3rd
2014	3rd
2015	4th
2019	1st
2020	Cancelled
2022	2nd
2024	5th
Best result: 1st place

Defunct competitions

Champions Trophy Champions Trophy record Year Host Position Pld W D L GF GA 1978 to 1996 did not participate 1997 Adelaide, Australia 6th 6 1 0 5 10 15 1998 Lahore, Pakistan 4th 6 2 3 1 15 15 1999 Brisbane, Australia 2nd 6 2 2 2 13 14 2000 Amstelveen, Netherlands 3rd 6 3 0 3 8 7 2001 Rotterdam, Netherlands 6th 6 0 1 5 11 20 2002 Cologne, Germany 6th 6 2 0 4 11 17 2003 to 2006 did not participate 2007 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 4th 8 3 3 2 20 16 2008 Rotterdam, Netherlands 6th 6 1 0 5 15 26 2009 Melbourne, Australia 3rd 6 3 1 2 18 9 2010 Mönchengladbach, Germany did not participate 2011 Auckland, New Zealand 8th 6 0 1 5 13 26 2012 Melbourne, Australia did not participate 2014 Bhubaneswar, India 2016 London, Great Britain 6th 6 1 0 5 9 21 2018 Breda, Netherlands did not participate Total 2nd place 68 18 11 39 143 185

Champions Challenge I Champions Challenge I record Year Host Position Pld W D L GF GA 2001 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia did not participate 2003 Johannesburg, South Africa 2nd 6 3 1 2 19 11 2005 Alexandria, Egypt 2nd 6 4 1 1 24 14 2007 to 2011 did not participate 2012 Quilmes, Argentina 2nd 6 3 0 3 17 19 2014 Kuantan, Malaysia 1st 6 5 1 0 20 8 Total 1st place 24 15 3 6 80 52 Hockey World League and FIH Series Hockey World League and FIH Series record Season Position Round Pld W D L GF GA 2012–13 9th Semifinal 6 1 1 4 9 19 2014–15 13th Semifinal 7 3 2 2 19 18 2016–17 17th Semifinal 5 1 0 4 11 18 2018–19 — Finals 6 3 2 1 21 10 Total Best: 9th Semifinal 24 8 5 11 60 65

Current roster

The following players were named in the squad for the 2022 Asian Games. ^[3]

Caps and goals current as of 24 September 2023, following the game against Indonesia.

Head coach: Sin Seok-gyo

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Kim Jae-hyeon	(1988-03-06) 6 March 1988 (age 37)	187	0	Seongnam City Hall
31	GK	Kang Young-bin	(1996-05-06) 6 May 1996 (age 29)	5	0
6	DF	Lee Nam-yong (C)	(1983-09-28) 28 September 1983 (age 41)	301	95	Seongnam City Hall
14	DF	Park Cheoleon	(1998-11-02) 2 November 1998 (age 26)	20	3	Seongnam City Hall
15	DF	Lee Hye-seung	(1999-06-22) 22 June 1999 (age 26)	33	1	Armed Forces Athletics Corps
21	DF	Lee Seung-hoon	(1985-03-20) 20 March 1985 (age 40)	171	4	Armed Forces Athletics Corps
32	DF	Lee Ju-young	(1993-12-24) 24 December 1993 (age 31)	39	0	Seongnam City Hall
7	MF	Jung Man-jae	(1990-11-18) 18 November 1990 (age 34)	176	38	Incheon City Sports Council
10	MF	Hwang Tae-il	(1991-10-31) 31 October 1991 (age 33)	97	10	Seongnam City Hall
13	MF	Ji Woo-cheon	(1994-04-13) 13 April 1994 (age 31)	68	5	Seongnam City Hall
18	MF	Kim Sung-hyun	(1994-08-26) 26 August 1994 (age 31)	38	7	Seongnam City Hall
24	MF	Kim Hyeong-jin	(1994-04-14) 14 April 1994 (age 31)	88	7	Incheon City Sports Council
25	MF	Jang Jong-hyun	(1984-03-28) 28 March 1984 (age 41)	322	256	Seongnam City Hall
8	FW	Son Da-in	(1999-05-17) 17 May 1999 (age 26)	8	1	International University
9	FW	Kim Jung-hoo	(1991-12-31) 31 December 1991 (age 33)	86	19	Incheon City Sports Council
11	FW	Lee Jung-jun	(1991-05-17) 17 May 1991 (age 34)	130	31	Seongnam City Hall
19	FW	Jeong Jun-woo	(1993-04-02) 2 April 1993 (age 32)	59	10	Gimhae City Hall
33	FW	Yang Ji-hun	(1991-08-20) 20 August 1991 (age 34)	97	31	Gimhae City Hall

See also

• South Korea women's national field hockey team

References

1. "FIH Outdoor World Hockey Rankings". FIH. 19 August 2025. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
2. "KOREA (REPUBLIC OF) FIH" . Retrieved 29 December 2022.
3. "2022 항저우 아시안게임 남자대표팀 명단". koreahockey.co.kr. Korea Hockey Association. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 26 September 2023.

External links

• Official website
• FIH profile