South Korea women's national handball team
 South Korea |
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| Nickname |
Forever the Moment |
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| Association |
Korea Handball Federation |
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| Coach |
Lim Young-chul |
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| Most caps |
Oh Seong-ok (114) |
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| Colours |
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| Results |
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| Summer Olympics |
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| Appearances |
9 (First in 1984) |
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| Best result |
Winners (1988, 1992) |
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| World Championship |
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| Appearances |
16 (First in 1978) |
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| Best result |
Winners (1995) |
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| Asian Championship |
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| Appearances |
15 (First in 1987) |
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| Best result |
Winners (1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2015) |
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Last updated on Unknown. |
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. 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.
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
World Championship
Asian Games
Asian Championship
Other tournaments
Team
Current squad
The following is the South Korean roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2]
Head coach: Lim Young-chul
| No. |
Pos. |
Name |
Date of birth (age) |
Height |
App. |
Goals |
Club |
| 1 |
GK |
Oh Yong-ran |
(1972-09-06)6 September 1972 (aged 43) |
1.71 m |
211 |
0 |
Incheon Sports Council |
| 5 |
RW |
Jung Yu-ra |
(1992-02-06)6 February 1992 (aged 24) |
1.70 m |
61 |
30 |
Colorful Daegu |
| 11 |
RB |
Ryu Eun-hee |
(1990-02-24)24 February 1990 (aged 26) |
1.80 m |
132 |
148 |
Incheon Sports Council |
| 12 |
GK |
Park Mi-ra |
(1987-04-20)20 April 1987 (aged 29) |
1.72 m |
35 |
0 |
Wonderful Samcheok |
| 13 |
P |
Yoo Hyun-ji |
(1984-07-16)16 July 1984 (aged 32) |
1.75 m |
71 |
53 |
Wonderful Samcheok |
| 14 |
LB |
Kim Jin-yi |
(1993-06-20)20 June 1993 (aged 23) |
1.81 m |
41 |
35 |
Colorful Daegu |
| 15 |
LW |
Choi Su-min |
(1990-01-09)9 January 1990 (aged 26) |
1.77 m |
58 |
48 |
Seoul City |
| 17 |
LB |
Sim Hae-in |
(1987-10-31)31 October 1987 (aged 28) |
1.78 m |
78 |
45 |
Wonderful Samcheok |
| 21 |
LW |
Lee Eun-bi |
(1990-10-23)23 October 1990 (aged 25) |
1.63 m |
115 |
70 |
BISCO |
| 22 |
RW |
Woo Sun-hee |
(1978-07-01)1 July 1978 (aged 38) |
1.72 m |
178 |
201 |
Wonderful Samcheok |
| 23 |
CB |
Kim On-a |
(1988-09-06)6 September 1988 (aged 27) |
1.69 m |
140 |
174 |
SK Sugar Gliders |
| 24 |
CB |
Gwon Han-na |
(1989-11-22)22 November 1989 (aged 26) |
1.72 m |
82 |
103 |
Seoul City |
| 27 |
P |
Nam Yeong-sin |
(1990-08-27)27 August 1990 (aged 25) |
1.75 m |
18 |
3 |
BISCO |
| 29 |
RB |
Yu So-jeong |
(1996-06-04)4 June 1996 (aged 20) |
1.68 m |
11 |
13 |
SK Sugar Gliders |
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Notable players
References
External links
National sports teams of South Korea |
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