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South Korea men's national ice hockey team

The South Korean national ice hockey team (Korean: 대한민국 아이스하키 국가대표팀) is the national men's ice hockey team of the Republic of Korea (South Korea). They are currently ranked 19th in the IIHF World Rankings and competed in the World Championship top division tournament. The team's most successful campaign thus far was a second-place finish in the 2017 Division I Group A tournament and thus qualifying for the top division in 2018. They competed in their first Winter Olympics in 2018 in Pyeongchang as the host nation.

South Korea
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationKorea Ice Hockey Association
Head coachKim Woo-jae
AssistantsKim Dong-hwan
Park Woo-sang
CaptainKim Sang-wook
Most gamesKim Ki-sung (145)
Top scorerKim Ki-sung (72)
Most pointsKim Ki-sung (142)
Team colors     
IIHF codeKOR
Ranking
Current IIHF22 Decrease 1 (27 May 2024)[1]
Highest IIHF16 (2018)
Lowest IIHF33 (2010)
First international
Spain  7–1  South Korea
(Barcelona, Spain; 16 March 1979)
Biggest win
South Korea  44–0  Hong Kong
(Perth, Australia; 14 March 1987)
Biggest defeat
Latvia  27–0  South Korea
(Bled, Slovenia; 18 March 1993)
Olympics
Appearances1 (first in 2018)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances38 (first in 1979)
Best result16th (2018)
Asian Winter Games
Appearances8 (first in 1986)
Best result Silver (2017)
Bronze (1986, 1990, 2007, 2011)
International record (W–L–T)
106–207–14
South Korea men's national ice hockey team
Hangul
대한민국 아이스하키 국가대표팀
Hanja
大韓民國 아이스하키 國家代表팀
Revised RomanizationDaehan Minguk Aiseuhaki Gukga Daepyo Tim
McCune–ReischauerTaehan Min'guk Aisŭhak'i Kukka Taep'yo T'im

History

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South Korea at the 2017 World Championship Division IA tournament in Ukraine. They finished second and earned promotion to the 2018 IIHF World Championship Top Division tournament for the first time.

South Korea first participated in the World Championship in 1979, playing in Pool C, the third level of the tournament. They did not return until 1982, again in Pool C, and became a regular participant in 1986. They remained at the Division I level, the second tier of the World Championship, from 2010 until 2017, when they earned a promotion to the 2018 World Championship.

Upon being named the host country for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, the South Korean team began efforts to steadily improve themselves in order to be competitive with the other teams expected at the tournament, led by the efforts of Korea Ice Hockey Association president Chung Mong-won.[2]

Several North American players playing for teams in South Korea were offered South Korean citizenship, thus allowing them to play at the Olympics.[3] This was done to help the team perform better in the lead-up to the Olympics, which proved successful: when awarded the Olympics in 2011, the South Korean team was ranked 31st in the IIHF World Ranking, while on the eve of the Olympics had moved up to 18th.[4]

Tournament record

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Olympic Games

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World Championship

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Year Finish Rank
  1979 Barcelona 7th in the Group C 25th
  1981 Beijing Did not participate
  1982 Jaca 8th in the Group C 24th
  1983 Budapest Did not participate
  1985 Megève, Chamonix and Saint-Gervais Did not participate
  1986 Jaca 9th in the Group C, Relegated 25th
  1987 Perth 2nd in the Group D, Promoted 26th
  1989 Sydney 7th in the Group C 23rd
  1990 Budapest 9th in the Group C 25th
  1991 Brøndby 8th in the Group C 24th
  1992 Hull 6th in the Group C1 26th
  1993 Bled 9th in the Group C 25th
  1994 Barcelona 10th in the Group C 30th
  1995 Johannesburg and Krugersdorp 13th in the Group C 33rd
  1996 Kaunas and Elektrenai 5th in the Group D 33rd
  1997 Canillo 2nd in the Group D, Promoted 30th
  1998 Budapest, Székesfehérvár and Dunaújváros 7th in the Group C 31st
  1999 Eindhoven and Tilburg 6th in the Group C 30th
  2000 Beijing 5th in the Group C 29th
  2001 Majadahonda 1st in Division II, Group A, Promoted 30th
  2002 Székesfehérvár and Dunaújváros 6th in the Division II, Group A, Relegated 27th
  2003 Seoul 1st in Division II, Group A, Promoted 29th
  2004 Gdańsk 6th in the Division I, Group B, Relegated 27th
  2005 Zagreb 3rd in the Division II, Group A 33rd
  2006 Auckland 2nd in the Division II, Group B 31st
  2007 Seoul 1st in the Division II, Group B, Promoted 30th
  2008 Innsbruck 6th in the Division I, Group A, Relegated 28th
  2009 Sofia 1st in the Division II, Group B, Promoted 29th
  2010 Ljubljana 5th in the Division I, Group B 25th
  2011 Budapest 3rd in the Division I, Group A 22nd
  2012 Krynica 1st in the Division I, Group B, Promoted 23rd
  2013 Budapest 5th in the Division I, Group A 21st
  2014 Goyang 6th in the Division I, Group A, Relegated 22nd
  2015 Eindhoven 1st in the Division I, Group B, Promoted 23rd
  2016 Katowice 5th in the Division I, Group A 21st
  2017 Kyiv 2nd in the Division I, Group A, Promoted 18th
  2018 Copenhagen and Herning 8th in the Group B, Relegated 16th
  2019 Astana 3rd in Division I, Group A 19th
  2020 Ljubljana Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[5]
  2021 Ljubljana Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[6]
  2022 Ljubljana 4th in Division I, Group A 20th
  2023 Nottingham 4th in Division I, Group A 20th
  2024 Bolzano 6th in the Division I, Group A Relegated 26th

Asian Winter Games

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All-time record against other nations

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Last match update: 24 April 2023[7]

Team GP W T L GF GA
  Austria 7 1 0 6 16 37
  Australia 14 9 3 2 84 55
  Belarus 3 1 0 2 10 19
  Belgium 7 4 0 3 27 24
  Bulgaria 9 4 0 5 48 53
  Canada 3 0 0 3 2 18
  China 21 5 2 14 59 120
  Chinese Taipei 2 2 0 0 46 2
  Croatia 9 2 1 6 28 29
  Czech Republic 1 0 0 1 1 2
  Denmark 10 1 0 9 16 86
  Estonia 3 1 0 2 7 24
  Finland 3 0 0 3 4 17
  France 4 0 0 4 9 49
  Germany 2 0 0 2 4 10
  Great Britain 8 3 0 5 23 42
  Hong Kong 3 3 0 0 79 1
  Hungary 21 5 1 15 57 122
  Iceland 2 2 0 0 24 2
  Israel 4 3 1 0 23 11
  Italy 9 1 0 8 12 46
  Japan 31 7 1 23 57 188
  Kazakhstan 25 6 0 19 49 136
  Latvia 3 0 0 3 2 38
  Lithuania 7 2 1 4 22 24
  Malaysia 1 1 0 0 14 1
  Mexico 4 4 0 0 48 6
  Mongolia 2 2 0 0 37 2
  Netherlands 9 3 0 6 39 49
  New Zealand 6 6 0 0 99 5
  North Korea 12 5 1 6 40 64
  Norway 6 0 0 6 6 31
  Poland 12 4 0 8 29 44
  Romania 10 5 0 5 34 51
  Russia 1 0 0 1 1 8
  Yugoslavia/
  Serbia and Montenegro		 8 2 0 6 14 67
  Slovakia 1 0 0 1 1 2
  Slovenia 10 1 0 9 16 53
  South Africa 5 5 0 0 46 8
  Spain 14 7 3 4 54 52
  Sweden 1 0 0 1 1 5
   Switzerland 1 0 0 1 0 8
  Turkey 1 1 0 0 14 0
  Ukraine 5 2 0 3 11 30
  United States 1 0 0 1 1 13
Total 321 104 14 203 1214 1654

All-time record against other clubs

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Last match update: 11 August 2017[8]

Team GP W T L GF GA
  Russia Olympic Team 2 0 0 2 7 9
  Admiral Vladivostok 2 0 0 2 5 8
  HC Sparta Praha 1 1 0 0 2 1
  Mountfield HK 1 0 0 1 3 4
  HC Dynamo Pardubice 1 0 0 1 1 4
  HC Škoda Plzeň 1 0 0 1 1 2
  Motor České Budějovice 1 0 0 1 1 9
Total 9 1 0 8 20 37

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  2. ^ Podnieks, Andrew (4 February 2020). "Legends join IIHF Hall of Fame". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  3. ^ Crouse, Karen; Berkman, Seth (23 February 2017). "South Korea, Next Olympics Host, Went Shopping in North America to Build Its Hockey Teams". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  4. ^ Lerner, Matt (4 May 2017). "South Korea and China Chasing Hockey Dreams". The Diplomat. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  5. ^ "IIHF cancels Division I tournaments". iihf.com. 17 March 2019.
  6. ^ "IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  7. ^ "Ice Hockey in South Korea". National Teams of Ice Hockey. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  8. ^ "South-Korea-Men-All-Time-Results.pdf" (PDF). National Teams of Ice Hockey. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
 
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