South Korea men's national ice hockey team

Korea

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

Home colours

Away colours

Ranking

Current IIHF

Highest IIHF

23 (first in 2014)

Lowest IIHF

33 (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)

IIHF World Championships

Appearances

26 (first in 1979)

Best result

21st (2013, 2016)

Asian Winter Games

Appearances

7 (first in 1986)

Best result

Bronze (1986, 1990, 2007, 2011)

International record (W–L–T)

78–126–15

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 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. They will compete in their first Winter Olympics in 2018 in Pyeongchang.

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
2016 – 21st place (5th in Division I, Group A)

Roster

Roster for the 2016 IIHF World Championship.^[2]

Head coach: Jim Paek^[3]

Goaltenders
#	Player	Catches	Height	Weight	Date of birth	Club
30	Matt Dalton	R	187 cm	89 kg	(1986-07-04) 4 July 1986	Anyang Halla
29	Park Sung-je	R	173 cm	82 kg	(1986-06-04) 4 June 1986	High1
Defencemen
#	Player	Shoots	Height	Weight	Date of birth	Club
15	Kim Hyeok	R	185 cm	85 kg	(1987-04-07) 7 April 1987	Daemyung Sangmu
5	Kim Wongjun	R	178 cm	81 kg	(1991-05-04) 4 May 1991	Anyang Halla
16	Lee Don-ku	L	180 cm	95 kg	(1988-02-07) 7 February 1988	Anyang Halla
7	Oh Hynonho	L	175 cm	77 kg	(1986-10-29) 29 October 1986	High1
27	Eric Reagan	R	188 cm	95 kg	(1988-05-20) 20 May 1988	Anyang Halla
12	Seo Yeoungjun	R	183 cm	80 kg	(1995-03-08) 8 March 1995	Korea University
24	Bryan William Young	L	186 cm	86 kg	(1986-08-06) 6 August 1986	High1
Forwards
#	Player	Shoots	Height	Weight	Date of birth	Club
20	Ahn Jin Hui	R	180 cm	84 kg	(1991-03-06) 6 March 1991	Anyang Halla
8	Cho Minho	R	175 cm	83 kg	(1987-01-04) 4 January 1987	Anyang Halla
11	Kim Kisung	L	178 cm	83 kg	(1985-05-14) 14 May 1985	Anyang Halla
19	Kim Sangwook	L	180 cm	85 kg	(1988-04-21) 21 April 1988	Daemyung Sangmu
18	Kim Wong Jung	R	180 cm	83 kg	(1984-12-18) 18 December 1984	Anyang Halla
3	Lee Young Jun	R	185 cm	74 kg	(1991-01-03) 3 January 1991	Daemyung Sangmu
17	Park Woosang	L	192 cm	88 kg	(1985-05-30) 30 May 1985	Anyang Halla
25	Brock Radunske	L	196 cm	95 kg	(1983-04-05) 5 April 1983	Anyang Halla
13	Shin Hyung Yun	L	182 cm	80 kg	(1990-08-29) 29 August 1990	Daemyung Sangmu
4	Shin Sanghoon	R	170 cm	74 kg	(1993-08-01) 1 August 1993	Anyang Halla
9	Sin Sangwoo	L	175 cm	83 kg	(1987-12-12) 12 December 1987	Anyang Halla
10	Michael Swift	L	176 cm	79 kg	(1987-03-26) 26 March 1987	Anyang Halla
22	Mike Testwuide	R	196 cm	95 kg	(1987-02-05) 5 February 1987	Anyang Halla

All-time record against other nations

As of February 12, 2016

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA
Australia	14	9	3	2	84	55
Spain	14	7	3	4	54	52
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
Belgium	7	4	0	3	27	24
China	20	4	2	14	49	120
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	14	2	1	11	42	104
Chinese Taipei	2	2	0	0	46	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	8	3	0	5	23	42
Croatia	8	3	0	5	24	24
Romania	9	4	0	5	27	50
Yugoslavia	7	1	0	6	14	60
Japan	22	1	1	20	37	173
Slovenia	4	0	0	4	6	26
Austria	3	0	0	3	5	18
Norway	2	0	0	2	1	14
Belarus	1	0	0	1	1	12
Ukraine	2	0	0	2	3	24
Latvia	1	0	0	1	0	27
Lithuania	4	2	0	2	13	13
Poland	7	2	0	5	15	29
Italy	5	1	0	4	5	31
Estonia	3	1	0	2	7	24
Denmark	5	0	0	5	4	52
France	4	0	0	4	7	60
Netherlands	9	3	0	6	39	49
Kazakhstan	9	0	0	9	9	73

References

↑ Web Exhibitions - Thailand
↑ "2016 World Championships Division 1A Team South Korea. (Men)". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2016-05-26.
↑ "2016 World Championships Division 1A Team South Korea. (Men)". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2016-05-26.

External links

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