South Korea women's national handball team

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Information
Association Korea Handball Federation
Coach Henrik Signell
Assistant coach Erik Larholm
Vanja Radić
Captain Shin Eun-joo
Most caps Ryu Eun-hee (171)
Colours
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1st
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2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances11 (First in 1984 )
Best result Gold medal.svg Gold medal (1988, 1992)
World Championship
Appearances20 (First in 1978 )
Best result Gold medal with cup.svg Champions (1995)
Asian Championship
Appearances20 (First in 1987 )
Best resultGold medal asia.svg Champions (1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022)
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South Korea women's national handball team
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1988 Seoul Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1992 Barcelona Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1984 Los Angeles Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1996 Atlanta Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2004 Athens Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2008 Beijing Team
World Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1995 Austria/Hungary
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2003 Croatia
Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1990 Beijing Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1994 Hiroshima Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1998 Bangkok Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2002 Busan Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2006 Doha Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Incheon Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Hangzhou Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2010 Guangzhou Team
Asian Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1987 Amman
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1989 Beijing
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1991 Hiroshima
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1993 Shantou
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1995 Seoul
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1997 Amman
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1999 Kumamoto
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2000 Shanghai
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2006 Guangzhou
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2008 Bangkok
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 Yogyakarta
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Jakarta
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Suwon
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Kumamoto
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Amman
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Incheon/Seoul
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2002 Almaty
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 Almaty
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2004 Hiroshima
Korean handball players' uniforms at the 1988 Olympics Seoul Olympic Exhibition Hall 01.jpg
Korean handball players' uniforms at the 1988 Olympics

The South Korea women's national handball team is the national team of South Korea. Since 1984, the Korean team has not only participated constantly in Olympic Games but also ranked among the top four nations every time until 2012. Korea grabbed the gold medal in 1988 and 1992, won the silver medal in 1984, 1996, 2004 and took bronze medal in 2008. They have earned two World Championship medals so far: In 1995, they also won the World Championship title in Austria/Hungary 1995 World Women's Handball Championship, they came off third to secure the bronze medal at the Croatia in 2003 World Women's Handball Championship. It is a twelve-time Asian Champion, the tournament has been won by any other nation only twice.

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Both the men's and women's and children's teams failed to qualify in the regional qualifiers for the 2008 Beijing Olympics in 2007 August due to the biased refereeing, but the International Handball Federation ordered replays of both qualifying tournaments after acknowledging biased officiating by Middle Eastern referees. South Korea beat Japan in both the men's and women's matches and qualified for the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008 January. However, the Executive Committee of the Kuwait-based federation, which had rejected the International Handball Federation's ruling to hold the replays, agreed to fine Japan and South Korea $1,000 and issued a warning to both countries. In addition, the Asian Handball Federation appealed the IHF's decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which ruled the Asian women's qualification invalid and forced the Korean ladies to play in the final Olympic qualifying tournament. The replay was decided to be invalid by the Court. The Korean women's team earned their ticket to the Beijing Olympics at the Olympic qualifying game held at Nîmes, France.
In the semi-final match of 2008 Beijing Olympic games with Norway, Norway's deciding goal was requested to be annulled by the Korean delegation, because they claimed the ball had not crossed the goal line before the end whistle of the game. Korea's appeal was turned down by the IHF's Disciplinary Commission, confirming the end result to be 29–28 in favor of Norway. [1]

The 2008 film Forever the Moment is a fictionalized account of the teams' journey to the 2004 Athens Olympics.

Results

Olympic Games

YearPositionTournamentHost
19842 Flag of the United States.svg Los Angeles Olympics United States
19881 Flag of South Korea.svg Seoul Olympics South Korea
19921 Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona Olympics Spain
19962 Flag of the United States.svg Atlanta Olympics United States
20004 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sydney Olympics Australia
20042 Flag of Greece.svg Athens Olympics Greece
20083 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Beijing Olympics China
20124 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg London Olympics Great Britain
201610 Flag of Brazil.svg Rio Olympics Brazil
20208 Flag of Japan.svg Tokyo Olympics Japan
202410 Flag of France.svg Paris Olympics France

World Championship

Asian Games

Asian Championship

Other tournaments

Team

Current squad

Roster for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

A 22-player squad was announced on 14 May 2024. [2] It was reduced to 17 players on 2 July 2024. [3]

Head coach: Flag of Sweden.svg Henrik Signell [4]

No.Pos.NameDate of birth (age)HeightApp.GoalsClub
2RW Song Ji-young (1995-05-05)5 May 1995 (aged 29)1.64 m2955 Flag of South Korea.svg Seoul City
7LW Shin Eun-joo (1993-09-09)9 September 1993 (aged 30)1.70 m56106 Flag of South Korea.svg Incheon City
11RB Ryu Eun-hee (1990-02-24)24 February 1990 (aged 34)1.79 m171524 Flag of Hungary.svg Győri ETO KC
12GK Jeong Jin-hui (1999-03-24)24 March 1999 (aged 25)1.80 m330 Flag of South Korea.svg Seoul City
16GK Park Sae-young (1994-08-11)11 August 1994 (aged 29)1.76 m670 Flag of South Korea.svg Wonderful Samcheok
18LB Han Mi-seul (1993-08-13)13 August 1993 (aged 30)1.78 m4879 Flag of South Korea.svg Incheon City
19P Kang Eun-hye (1996-04-17)17 April 1996 (aged 28)1.86 m6590 Flag of South Korea.svg SK Sugar Gliders
23LBWoo Bit-na (2001-10-23)23 October 2001 (aged 22)1.72 m1036 Flag of South Korea.svg Seoul City
24CB Kang Kyung-min (1996-11-08)8 November 1996 (aged 27)1.65 m1942 Flag of South Korea.svg SK Sugar Gliders
26RBKang Eun-seo (1999-03-04)4 March 1999 (aged 25)1.69 m61 Flag of South Korea.svg Incheon City
27RWJeon Ji-yeon (2003-05-02)2 May 2003 (aged 21)1.68 m55 Flag of South Korea.svg Wonderful Samcheok
29LBKim Da-young (1996-09-16)16 September 1996 (aged 27)1.70 m00 Flag of South Korea.svg Busan
31P Gim Bo-eun (1997-12-08)8 December 1997 (aged 26)1.77 m3268 Flag of South Korea.svg Wonderful Samcheok
33CBShin Jin-mi (1998-06-23)23 June 1998 (aged 26)1.67 m69 Flag of South Korea.svg Busan

Notable players

See also

References

  1. "Decision of the IHF Disciplinary Commission". 21 August 2008. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008.
  2. "강경민·우빛나 등 올림픽 여자핸드볼 대표팀 훈련 소집" (in Korean). sports.naver.com. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  3. "파리 올림픽 출전 여자핸드볼 대표팀, 진천서 2차 소집훈련" (in Korean). sports.naver.com. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  4. "Team roster: South Korea" (PDF). ihf.info. 25 July 2024. Retrieved 25 July 2024.