South Korea men's national ice hockey team
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| Association | Korea Ice Hockey Association | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Head coach | Jim Paek | ||
| Assistants |
Spiros Anastasiadis Kim Woo-jee Richard Park | ||
| Captain | Park Woo-sang | ||
| Most games | Kim Woo-jae (46) | ||
| Most points | Kim Ki-sung (67) | ||
| IIHF code | KOR | ||
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| Ranking | |||
| Current IIHF |
23  | ||
| Highest IIHF | 23 (first in 2014) | ||
| Lowest IIHF | 33 (2010) | ||
| First international | |||
.svg.png){kind=small} Spain 7–1 South Korea  (Barcelona, Spain; 16 March 1979) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
South Korea 44–0 Hong Kong .svg.png){kind=small} (Perth, Australia; 14 March 1987) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Latvia 27–0 South Korea (Bled, Slovenia; 18 March 1993) | |||
| IIHF World Championships | |||
| Appearances | 26 (first in 1979) | ||
| Best result | 21st (2013, 2016) | ||
| Asian Winter Games | |||
| Appearances | 7 (first in 1986) | ||
| Best result |
 Bronze (1986, 1990, 2007, 2011) | ||
| International record (W–L–T) | |||
| 78–126–15 | |||
The South Korea men's national ice hockey team is the national men's ice hockey of South Korea. They are currently ranked 23rd in the IIHF World Ranking and currently compete in IIHF World Championship Division I. The team holds the record of the largest victory in the sport. South Korea beat Thailand in the 1998 IIHF Asian Oceanic Junior U18 Championships 92–0.[1] The team's most successful campaign thus far was a fifth in the 2013 Division IA tournament, ranking them 21st overall in the world. They will compete in their first Winter Olympics in 2018 in Pyeongchang.
World Championship record
- 1979 – 25th place (7th in Pool C)
- 1982 – 24th place (8th in Pool C)
- 1986 – 25th place (9th in Pool C)
- 1987 – 26th place (2nd in Pool D)
- 1989 – 23rd place (7th in Pool C)
- 1990 – 25th place (9th in Pool C)
- 1991 – 24th place (8th in Pool C)
- 1992 – 26th place (6th in Pool C, Group A)
- 1993 – 25th place (9th in Pool C)
- 1994 – 30th place (10th in Pool C)
- 1995 – 33rd place (13th in Pool C)
- 1996 – 33rd place (5th in Pool D)
- 1997 – 30th place (2nd in Pool D)
- 1998 – 31st place (7th in Pool C)
- 1999 – 30th place (6th in Pool C)
- 2000 – 29th place (5th in Pool C)
- 2001 – 30th place (1st in Division II, Group A) Promoted to Division I
- 2002 – 27th place (6th in Division I, Group A) Relegated to Division II
- 2003 – 29th place (1st in Division II, Group A) Promoted to Division I
- 2004 – 27th place (6th in Division I, Group B) Relegated to Division II
- 2005 – 33rd place (3rd in Division II, Group A)
- 2006 – 31st place (2nd in Division II, Group B)
- 2007 – 30th place (1st in Division II, Group B) Promoted to Division I
- 2008 – 28th place (6th in Division I, Group A) Relegated to Division II
- 2009 – 29th place (1st in Division II, Group B) Promoted to Division I
- 2010 – 25th place (5th in Division I, Group B)
- 2011 – 22nd place (3rd in Division I, Group A)
- 2012 – 23rd place (1st in Division I, Group B) Promoted to Division I A
- 2013 – 21st place (5th in Division I, Group A)
- 2014 – 22nd place (6th in Division I, Group A) Relegated to Division I B
- 2015 – 23rd place (1st in Division I, Group B) Promoted to Division I A
- 2016 – 21st place (5th in Division I, Group A)
Roster
Roster for the 2016 IIHF World Championship.[2]
| Goaltenders | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | Catches | Height | Weight | Date of birth | Club |
| 30 | Matt Dalton | R | 187 cm | 89 kg | 4 July 1986 | Anyang Halla |
| 29 | Park Sung-je | R | 173 cm | 82 kg | 4 June 1986 | High1 |
| Defencemen | ||||||
| # | Player | Shoots | Height | Weight | Date of birth | Club |
| 15 | Kim Hyeok | R | 185 cm | 85 kg | 7 April 1987 | Daemyung Sangmu |
| 5 | Kim Wongjun | R | 178 cm | 81 kg | 4 May 1991 | Anyang Halla |
| 16 | Lee Don-ku | L | 180 cm | 95 kg | 7 February 1988 | Anyang Halla |
| 7 | Oh Hynonho | L | 175 cm | 77 kg | 29 October 1986 | High1 |
| 27 | Eric Reagan | R | 188 cm | 95 kg | 20 May 1988 | Anyang Halla |
| 12 | Seo Yeoungjun | R | 183 cm | 80 kg | 8 March 1995 | Korea University |
| 24 | Bryan William Young | L | 186 cm | 86 kg | 6 August 1986 | High1 |
| Forwards | ||||||
| # | Player | Shoots | Height | Weight | Date of birth | Club |
| 20 | Ahn Jin Hui | R | 180 cm | 84 kg | 6 March 1991 | Anyang Halla |
| 8 | Cho Minho | R | 175 cm | 83 kg | 4 January 1987 | Anyang Halla |
| 11 | Kim Kisung | L | 178 cm | 83 kg | 14 May 1985 | Anyang Halla |
| 19 | Kim Sangwook | L | 180 cm | 85 kg | 21 April 1988 | Daemyung Sangmu |
| 18 | Kim Wong Jung | R | 180 cm | 83 kg | 18 December 1984 | Anyang Halla |
| 3 | Lee Young Jun | R | 185 cm | 74 kg | 3 January 1991 | Daemyung Sangmu |
| 17 | Park Woosang | L | 192 cm | 88 kg | 30 May 1985 | Anyang Halla |
| 25 | Brock Radunske | L | 196 cm | 95 kg | 5 April 1983 | Anyang Halla |
| 13 | Shin Hyung Yun | L | 182 cm | 80 kg | 29 August 1990 | Daemyung Sangmu |
| 4 | Shin Sanghoon | R | 170 cm | 74 kg | 1 August 1993 | Anyang Halla |
| 9 | Sin Sangwoo | L | 175 cm | 83 kg | 12 December 1987 | Anyang Halla |
| 10 | Michael Swift | L | 176 cm | 79 kg | 26 March 1987 | Anyang Halla |
| 22 | Mike Testwuide | R | 196 cm | 95 kg | 5 February 1987 | Anyang Halla |
All-time record against other nations
As of February 12, 2016
| Team | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Australia | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 84 | 55 |
 Spain | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 54 | 52 |
 New Zealand | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 5 |
 North Korea | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 40 | 64 |
 South Africa | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 8 |
 Mexico | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 6 |
.svg.png){kind=small} Belgium | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 24 |
 China | 20 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 49 | 120 |
 Israel | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 11 |
 Hong Kong | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 1 |
 Bulgaria | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 44 | 54 |
 Mongolia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 2 |
 Iceland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 |
 Hungary | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 42 | 104 |
 Chinese Taipei | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 0 |
 Turkey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
 Malaysia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
 Serbia and Montenegro | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
 Great Britain | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 42 |
 Croatia | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 24 | 24 |
 Romania | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 50 |
 Yugoslavia | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 60 |
 Japan | 22 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 37 | 173 |
 Slovenia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 26 |
 Austria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 18 |
 Norway | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
 Belarus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
 Ukraine | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 24 |
| Latvia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 |
 Lithuania | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 13 |
 Poland | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 29 |
 Italy | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 31 |
 Estonia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 24 |
 Denmark | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 52 |
 France | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 60 |
 Netherlands | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 39 | 49 |
 Kazakhstan | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 73 |
References
External links
| National sports teams of South Korea | |
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