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 | ||
| IIHF ranking |
23  | ||
| Highest IIHF ranking | 23 (2014) | ||
| Lowest IIHF ranking | 33 (2010) | ||
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| First international | |||
.svg.png){kind=small} Spain 7–1 South Korea  (Barcelona, Spain; March 16, 1979) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
South Korea 44–0 Hong Kong .svg.png){kind=small} (Perth, Australia; March 14, 1987) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Latvia 27–0 South Korea (Bled, Slovenia; March 18, 1993) | |||
| IIHF World Championships | |||
| Appearances | 26 (first in 1979) | ||
| Best result | 21st (2013) | ||
| Asian Winter Games | |||
| Appearances | 7 (first in 1986) | ||
| Best result |
 Bronze (1986, 1990, 2007, 2011) | ||
| International record (W–L–T) | |||
| 76–124–14 | |||
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 almost unbelievably 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.
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
Roster
- Head coach: Byun Sun-wook[2]
| Pos. | No. | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| GK | 1 | Son Ho-seung | Anyang Halla |
| GK | 1 | Park Sung-je | Daemyung Sangmu |
| D | 26 | Kim Dong-hwan | High1 |
| D | 14 | Kim Yoon-hwan | Daemyung Sangmu |
| D | 7 | Kim Woo-young | Anyang Halla |
| D | 27 | Kim Hyun-soo | Daemyung Sangmu |
| D | 2 | Lee Don-ku | Daemyung Sangmu |
| D | 5 | Bryan Young | High1 |
| D | 17 | Oh Hyon-ho | Daemyung Sangmu |
| D | 11 | Chang Jun-il | High1 |
| F | 16 | Kim Sang-wook | Anyang Halla |
| F | 18 | Cho Min-ho | Daemyung Sangmu |
| F | 6 | Ahn Hyun-min | Daemyung Sangmu |
| F | 12 | Shin Sang-hoon |  Kiekko-Vantaa |
| F | 23 | Michael Swift | High1 |
| F | 13 | Kim Hyung Joon | High1 |
| F | 16 | Kwon Tae-An | High1 |
| F | 9 | Park Woo-sang | Daemyung Sangmu |
| F | 15 | Lee Yong-jun | Daemyung Sangmu |
| F | 19 | Kim Ki-sung | Daemyung Sangmu |
| F | 8 | Kim Won-Jung | Daemyung Sangmu |
| F | 25 | Brock Radunske | Anyang Halla |
All-time Record against other nations
As of June 6, 2009
| Team | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Australia | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 76 | 51 |
 Spain | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 52 | 49 |
 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 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 38 | 119 |
 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 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 71 |
 Chinese Taipei | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 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 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 32 |
 Croatia | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 18 |
 Romania | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 46 |
 Yugoslavia | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 60 |
 Japan | 16 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 23 | 150 |
 Slovenia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
 Austria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
 Norway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
 Belarus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
 Ukraine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| Latvia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 |
 Lithuania | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
 Poland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
 Italy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 18 |
 Estonia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 |
 Denmark | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 50 |
 France | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 60 |
 Netherlands | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 22 | 42 |
 Kazakhstan | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 60 |
References
- ↑ Web Exhibitions - Thailand
- ↑ "South Korea roster" (PDF). IIHF. 2009-04-30.
External links
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