South Korea women's national handball team

South Korea
Information
Nickname Forever the Moment
Association Korea Handball Federation
Coach Kang Jae-Won
Most caps Oh Seong-Ok (114)
Colours
Home
Away
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances 7 (First in 1984)
Best result Gold medals, 1988, 1992
World Championship
Appearances 13 (First in 1986)
Best result Winners, 1995
Asian Women's Handball Championship
Appearances 12 (First in 1987)
Best result Winners, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995,

1997, 2000, 2006, 2008
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Medal record

Competitor for  South Korea
Women's Handball
Olympic Games
Silver 1984 Los Angeles Team
Gold 1988 Seoul Team
Gold 1992 Barcelona Team
Silver 1996 Atlanta Team
Silver 2004 Athens Team
Bronze 2008 Beijing Team
World Women's Handball Championship
Gold 1995 Austria-Hungary Team
Bronze 2003 Croatia Team
Asian Games
Gold 1990 Beijing Team
Gold 1994 Hiroshima Team
Gold 1998 Bangkok Team
Gold 2002 Busan Team
Gold 2006 Doha Team
Bronze 2010 Guangzhou Team

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, and won the silver medal in 1984, 1996, and 2004. 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 nine time Asian Champion, the tournament has been won by any other nation only twice.

Both the men's and women'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 Nimes, 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.

Contents

Current squad

The South Korean international squad of 2008.

Number Player Birthdate Position Club
No. 1 Oh Yong-Ran September 6, 1972 GK Byucksan
No. 3 Woo Sun-Hee July 1, 1978 FP Rulmentul Braşov
No. 4 Kim Ona September 6, 1988 FP Byucksan
No. 6 Huh Soon-Young September 28, 1975 FP SK Aarhus
No. 7 Jung Ji-Hae March 6, 1985 FP Samcheok
No. 8 An Jung-Hwa February 20, 1981 FP Daegu
No. 9 Kim Nam-Sun May 3, 1981 FP Byucksan
No. 10 Kim Cha-Youn May 3, 1981 FP Hypo Niederösterreich
No. 10 Oh Seong-Ok October 10, 1972 FP Hypo Niederösterreich
No. 13 Hong Jeong-Ho May 21, 1974 FP Omron
No. 14 Park Chung-Hee April 10, 1974 FP Byucksan
No. 19 Lee Min-Hee February 4, 1980 GK Yongin
No. 21 Myoung Bok-Hee January 29, 1979 FP Hypo Niederösterreich
No. 22 Choi Im-Jeong February 14, 1981 FP SK Aarhus
No. 23 Moon Pil-Hee December 2, 1982 FP Byucksan

(As of March, 2008)[2]

Notable players

Major Achievements

Olympic Games

Year Position Tournament Host
1984 2 Los Angeles Olympics United States
1988 1 Seoul Olympics South Korea
1992 1 Barcelona Olympics Spain
1996 2 Atlanta Olympics United States
2000 4 Sydney Olympics Australia
2004 2 Athens Olympics Greece
2008 3 Beijing Olympics China

World Championship [3]

References

  1. ^ "Decision of the IHF Disciplinary Commission". 2008-08-21. http://www.ihf.info/front_content.php?idcat=269&idart=1550. 
  2. ^ "Women's Olympic Qualification - Korea". 2008-03-29. http://women-oqt.ihf.info/exchange/france/pdf/KOR-R.pdf. 
  3. ^ "Team Portrait - Korea". http://www.ihf.info/front_content.php?idart=1082. 
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