IWBF zone | Asia Oceania |
---|---|
National federation | Korea Wheelchair Basketball Federation |
Paralympic Games | |
Appearances | 3 |
World Championships | |
Appearances | 4 |
The South Korea men's national wheelchair basketball team is the wheelchair basketball side that represents South Korea in international competitions for men as part of the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation.
The team's current roster for the 2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship is:
Head coach:Sa Hyun
Assistant coach: Young Moo
# | Name | Class. |
---|---|---|
5 | Woo Sung Hwang | 2.0 |
7 | Tam Ok Kim | 2.5 |
10 | Dong Suk Oh | 2.0 |
11 | Jun Seong Kwak | 1.0 |
12 | Dong Gil Yang | 4.0 |
13 | Sang Ha Baek | 1.0 |
14 | Dong Ju Lim | 2.0 |
16 | Youn Joo Lee | 3.5 |
23 | Seung Hyun Cho | 4.0 |
28 | Dong Hyeon Gim | 4.0 |
32 | Hu Suk Han | 4.5 |
44 | Byong Jai Lee | 1.0 |
Year | Position | W | L |
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1998 | 11th [1] | ||
2002 | 11th [1] | ||
2010 | 11th [1] | 1 | 6 |
2014 | 6th | 4 | 4 |
2018 | 14th | 0 | 5 |
2022 | 13th | 2 | 3 |
Total |
Year | Position | W | L |
---|---|---|---|
1988 | 16th | ||
1992 | Did not qualify | ||
1996 | |||
2000 | 11th | 1 | 6 |
2004 | Did not qualify | ||
2008 | |||
2012 | |||
2016 | |||
2020 | 10th | 1 | 5 |
2024 | Did not qualify | ||
Total |
The South Korea men's national basketball team represents South Korea in international basketball competitions. They are administered by the Korea Basketball Association.
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