South Korea women's national handball team

South Korea
Information
Association	Korea Handball Federation
Coach	Henrik Signell
Assistant coach	Erik Larholm Vanja Radić
Captain	Shin Eun-joo
Most caps	Ryu Eun-hee (171)
Colours
1st 2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	11 (First in 1984)
Best result	Gold medal (1988, 1992)
World Championship
Appearances	20 (First in 1978)
Best result	Champions (1995)
Asian Championship
Appearances	20 (First in 1987)
Best result	Champions (1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022)
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South Korea women's national handball team

Medal record
Olympic Games
	1988 Seoul	Team
	1992 Barcelona	Team
	1984 Los Angeles	Team
	1996 Atlanta	Team
	2004 Athens	Team
	2008 Beijing	Team
World Championship
	1995 Austria/Hungary
	2003 Croatia
Asian Games
	1990 Beijing	Team
	1994 Hiroshima	Team
	1998 Bangkok	Team
	2002 Busan	Team
	2006 Doha	Team
	2014 Incheon	Team
	2018 Jakarta-Palembang	Team
	2010 Guangzhou	Team
Asian Championship
	1987 Amman
	1989 Beijing
	1991 Hiroshima
	1993 Shantou
	1995 Seoul
	1997 Amman
	1999 Kumamoto
	2000 Shanghai
	2006 Guangzhou
	2008 Bangkok
	2012 Yogyakarta
	2015 Jakarta
	2017 Suwon
	2018 Kumamoto
	2021 Amman
	2022 Incheon/Seoul
	2002 Almaty
	2010 Almaty
	2004 Hiroshima

Korean handball players' uniforms at the 1988 Olympics

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 until 2012. Korea grabbed the gold medal in 1988 and 1992, won the silver medal in 1984, 1996, 2004 and took bronze medal in 2008. 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 twelve time Asian Champion, the tournament has been won by any other nation only twice.

Both the men's and women's and children'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 Nîmes, 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.

Results

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
2012	4	London Olympics	Great Britain
2016	10	Rio Olympics	Brazil
2020	8	Tokyo Olympics	Japan
2024	10	Paris Olympics	France

World Championship

• 1978 – 10–12th place
• 1982 – 6th place
• 1986 – 11th place
• 1990 – 11th place
• 1993 – 11th place
• 1995 – Champions
• 1997 – 5th place
• 1999 – 9th place
• 2001 – 15th place
• 2003 – 3rd place
• 2005 – 8th place
• 2007 – 6th place
• 2009 – 6th place
• 2011 – 11th place
• 2013 – 12th place
• 2015 – 14th place
• 2017 – 13th place
• 2019 – 11th place
• 2021 – 14th place
• 2023 – 22nd place
• 2025 – Qualified

Asian Games

• 1990 – Champions
• 1994 – Champions
• 1998 – Champions
• 2002 – Champions
• 2006 – Champions
• 2010 – 3rd place
• 2014 – Champions
• 2018 – Champions
• 2022 – 2nd place

Asian Championship

• 1987 – Champions
• 1989 – Champions
• 1991 – Champions
• 1993 – Champions
• 1995 – Champions
• 1997 – Champions
• 1999 – Champions
• 2000 – Champions
• 2002 – Runners-up
• 2004 – 3rd place
• 2006 – Champions
• 2008 – Champions
• 2010 – Runners-up
• 2012 – Champions
• 2015 – Champions
• 2017 – Champions
• 2018 – Champions
• 2021 – Champions
• 2022 – Champions
• 2024 – Runners-up

Other tournaments

• Carpathian Trophy 1994 – 2nd place
• Carpathian Trophy 2006 – 2nd place
• Møbelringen Cup 2017 – 4th place

Team

Current squad

Roster for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

A 22-player squad was announced on 14 May 2024.[2] It was reduced to 17 players on 2 July 2024.[3]

Head coach: Henrik Signell[4]

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 2 RW Song Ji-young (1995-05-05)5 May 1995 (aged 29) 1.64 m 29 55 Seoul City 7 LW Shin Eun-joo (1993-09-09)9 September 1993 (aged 30) 1.70 m 56 106 Incheon City 11 RB Ryu Eun-hee (1990-02-24)24 February 1990 (aged 34) 1.79 m 171 524 Győri ETO KC 12 GK Jeong Jin-hui (1999-03-24)24 March 1999 (aged 25) 1.80 m 33 0 Seoul City 16 GK Park Sae-young (1994-08-11)11 August 1994 (aged 29) 1.76 m 67 0 Wonderful Samcheok 18 LB Han Mi-seul (1993-08-13)13 August 1993 (aged 30) 1.78 m 48 79 Incheon City 19 P Kang Eun-hye (1996-04-17)17 April 1996 (aged 28) 1.86 m 65 90 SK Sugar Gliders 23 LB Woo Bit-na (2001-10-23)23 October 2001 (aged 22) 1.72 m 10 36 Seoul City 24 CB Kang Kyung-min (1996-11-08)8 November 1996 (aged 27) 1.65 m 19 42 SK Sugar Gliders 26 RB Kang Eun-seo (1999-03-04)4 March 1999 (aged 25) 1.69 m 6 1 Incheon City 27 RW Jeon Ji-yeon (2003-05-02)2 May 2003 (aged 21) 1.68 m 5 5 Wonderful Samcheok 29 LB Kim Da-young (1996-09-16)16 September 1996 (aged 27) 1.70 m 0 0 Busan 31 P Gim Bo-eun (1997-12-08)8 December 1997 (aged 26) 1.77 m 32 68 Wonderful Samcheok 33 CB Shin Jin-mi (1998-06-23)23 June 1998 (aged 26) 1.67 m 6 9 Busan

Notable players

• Lim O-kyeong – World Handball Player of the Year (1996)
• Kim Hyun-mee – World Handball Player of the Year (1989)

See also

• South Korea men's national handball team

References

1. "Decision of the IHF Disciplinary Commission". 21 August 2008. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008.
2. "강경민·우빛나 등 올림픽 여자핸드볼 대표팀 훈련 소집" (in Korean). sports.naver.com. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
3. "파리 올림픽 출전 여자핸드볼 대표팀, 진천서 2차 소집훈련" (in Korean). sports.naver.com. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
4. "Team roster: South Korea" (PDF). ihf.info. 25 July 2024. Retrieved 25 July 2024.

External links

• Official website
• IHF profile