South Korea men's national handball team
National handball team
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The South Korea national handball team is the national handball team of South Korea and is controlled by the Korea Handball Federation. They are one of the most successful teams in Asia with a record 9 Continental Championships. They have however not won the title since 2010. They are also the only Asian team to have won medals at the Summer Olympics.[1]
AssociationKorea Handball Federation
CoachCho Young-shin
Assistant coachLee Se-ok
Appearances7 (First in 1984)
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| Association | Korea Handball Federation | ||
| Coach | Cho Young-shin | ||
| Assistant coach | Lee Se-ok | ||
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| Results | |||
| Summer Olympics | |||
| Appearances | 7 (First in 1984) | ||
| Best result |  2nd (1988) | ||
| World Championship | |||
| Appearances | 13 (First in 1986) | ||
| Best result | 8th (1997) | ||
| Asian Championship | |||
| Appearances | 10 (First in 1977) | ||
| Best result |  1st (1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 2000, 2008, 2010, 2012) | ||
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Competitive record
Champions Runners-up
Olympic Games
| Games | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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 1936 Berlin |
did not enter | ||||||||
| Not held from 1948 to 1968 | |||||||||
 1972 Munich |
did not qualify | ||||||||
 1976 Montreal | |||||||||
 1980 Moscow |
did not participate | ||||||||
 1984 Los Angeles |
Match for 11th place | 11th of 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 148 | 178 | −30 |
 1988 Seoul |
Runners-up | 2nd of 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 152 | 149 | +3 |
 1992 Barcelona |
Match for 5th place | 6th of 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 135 | 153 | −18 |
| 1996 Atlanta |
did not qualify | ||||||||
 2000 Sydney |
Match for 9th place | 9th of 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 152 | 150 | +2 |
 2004 Athens |
Match for 7th place | 8th of 12 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 221 | 238 | −15 |
 2008 Beijing |
Match for 7th place | 8th of 12 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 198 | 224 | −26 |
 2012 London |
Group stage | 11th of 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 115 | 140 | −25 |
 2016 Rio de Janeiro |
did not qualify | ||||||||
 2020 Tokyo | |||||||||
 2024 Paris | |||||||||
| Total | 7/15 | 0 Titles | 45 | 15 | 2 | 28 | 1,121 | 1,232 | −111 |
World Championship
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | |
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| 1938 | Not a IHF member | ||||||||
 1954 | |||||||||
| 1958 | |||||||||
| 1961 | did not enter | ||||||||
 1964 | |||||||||
| 1967 | |||||||||
| 1970 | |||||||||
 1974 | |||||||||
 1978 | |||||||||
| 1982 | |||||||||
 1986 | Match for 11th place | 12th | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 179 | 186 | |
| 1990 | Match for 11th place | 12th | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 167 | 197 | |
| 1993 | Ranking round | 15th | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 151 | 167 | |
 1995 | Match for 11th place | 12th | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 249 | 220 | |
| 1997 | Match for 7th place | 8th | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 233 | 253 | |
 1999 | Round of 16 | 14th | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 169 | 153 | |
| 2001 | Round of 16 | 12th | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 171 | 160 | |
 2003 | did not qualify | ||||||||
 2005 | |||||||||
| 2007 | President's Cup | 15th | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 193 | 187 | |
 2009 | Match for 11th place | 12th | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 239 | 239 | |
| 2011 | President's Cup | 13th | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 192 | 175 | |
| 2013 | President's cup | 21st | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 182 | 189 | |
 2015 | did not qualify | ||||||||
| 2017 | |||||||||
| 2019 | President's cup | 22nd[a] | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 177 | 216 | |
| 2021 | President's cup | 31st | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 176 | 225 | |
 2023 | President's cup | 28th | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 206 | 227 | |
 2025 | did not qualify | ||||||||
| 2027 | to be determined | ||||||||
| Total | 13/28 | 100 | 34 | 4 | 62 | 2684 | 2794 | ||
- ^ Participated as Unified Korea
Asian Games record
Asian Championship
- 1977 –
Runners-up - 1983 –
Champions - 1987 – Champions
- 1989 – Champions
- 1991 – Champions
- 1993 – Champions
- 1995 – Runners-up
- 2000 – Champions
- 2002 – 4th place
- 2006 – Runners-up
- 2008 – Champions
- 2010 – Champions
- 2012 – Champions
- 2014 – 5th place
- 2016 – 6th place
- 2018 –
3rd place - 2020 – Runners-up
- 2022 – 5th place
- 2024 – 5th place
- 2026 – 5th place
Team
Current squad
Squad for the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship.[2][3]
Head coach: Rolando Freitas
Assistant Coach: Herlander Silva
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Notable players
- Yoon Kyung-shin: 2001 World Handball Player of the Year
- Kang Jae-won: 1989 World Handball Player of the Year, six-time MVP of Swiss Bundesliga
