South Korea national rugby union team (sevens)

The South Korea national rugby union sevens is a minor national sevens side. They regularly take part in the Rugby World Cup Sevens, and have competed in the Hong Kong Sevens since the 1980s.^[1] In 1989, veteran rugby commentator Bill McLaren mentions them in an article on the Hong Kong Sevens, saying that their team had players three players surnamed Kim, and two surnamed Hong, and that he was grateful that he did not have to broadcast all the names, as he had trouble remembering them correctly.^[2]

Hong Kong Sevens results

Year	Venue	Cup			Plate
		Winner	Final Score	Runner-up	Winner	Runner-up
1982 Details	Government Stadium	Australia	18-14	Scottish Border Club	South Korea	Japan
1983 Details	Government Stadium	Australia	14-4	Fiji	South Korea	Canada
1991 Details	Government Stadium	Fiji	18-14	New Zealand	Argentina	South Korea
1994 Details	Hong Kong Stadium	New Zealand	32-20	Australia	South Korea	Hong Kong
1998 Details	Hong Kong Stadium	Fiji	28-19	Samoa	South Korea	Morocco

Singer Sri Lankan Airlines Rugby 7's

Year	Cup	Plate	Bowl
1999	South Korea	Malaysia	India
2000	Chinese Taipei	Japan	Thailand
2001	Chinese Taipei	Denmark	Czech Republic
2002	Portugal	South Korea	Hong Kong
2003	Kenya	Sri Lanka	Arabian Gulf
2004	Japan	Sri Lanka	Kazakhstan
2005	Japan	Sri Lanka	Arabian Gulf
2006	South Korea	Thailand	Malaysia
2007	Hong Kong	China	India
2008

Rugby at the 1998 Asian Games

Group A matches -

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PW	PL
South Korea	9	3	3	0	113	12
Chinese Taipei	7	3	2	1	78	54
Kazakhstan	5	3	1	2	31	108
Sri Lanka	3	3	0	3	26	74

December 7

South Korea	56 – 0	Kazakhstan
Chinese Taipei	28 – 12	Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka	14 – 17	Kazakhstan
South Korea	28 – 12	Chinese Taipei
South Korea	29 – 0	Sri Lanka
Chinese Taipei	38 – 14	Kazakhstan

	Semi-finals				Final
	December 8
	South Korea	28
	Thailand	10
					December 8
					South Korea	29
					Japan	14
					Third place
	December 8			December 8
	Japan	14		Thailand	19
	Chinese Taipei	0			Chinese Taipei	5

Rugby at the 2002 Asian Games

Group A matches -

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PW	PL
South Korea	9	3	3	0	115	24
Thailand	7	3	2	1	62	47
Sri Lanka	5	3	1	2	33	89
Malaysia	3	3	0	3	24	74

September 30

South Korea	31 – 5	Malaysia
Thailand	26 – 7	Sri Lanka
Malaysia	5 – 24	Thailand
South Korea	49 – 7	Sri Lanka
South Korea	35 – 12	Thailand
Malaysia	14 – 19	Sri Lanka

	Semi-finals				Final
	October 1
	South Korea	24
	Japan	7
					October 1
					South Korea	33
					Chinese Taipei	21
					Third place
	October 1			October 1
	Chinese Taipei	19		Japan	14
	Thailand	0			Thailand	17

Rugby at the 2006 Asian Games

Group A matches -

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GW	GL
South Korea	6	2	2	0	63	7
Hong Kong	4	2	1	1	33	42
Thailand	2	2	0	2	21	68

December 10

South Korea	21 – 7	Hong Kong
Thailand	21 – 26	Hong Kong
South Korea	42 – 0	Thailand

December 10

Chinese Taipei	82 – 0	Qatar
Japan	58 – 0	Qatar
Chinese Taipei	7 – 24	Japan

Current Squad

Squad to 2011 Hong Kong Sevens

• Yeon Kwon-woo
• Kim Jeong-min
• Mun Sang-yong
• Park Wan-yong
• Hong Jun-ki
• Choi Si-won
• Kim Won-yong
• Ping Woo-fo
• Oh Seng-joung
• Lee Seong-bae
• Oh Youn-hyung
• Joun Chi-do
• Ming Lo-jun
• Kim Sung-soo

References

• McLaren, Bill A Visit to Hong Kong in Starmer-Smith, Nigel & Robertson, Ian (eds) The Whitbread Rugby World '90 (Lennard Books, 1989),

1. ↑ McLaren, p70
2. ↑ McLaren, p74

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