South Korea men's national ice hockey team

The South Korean national ice hockey team (Korean: 대한민국 아이스하키 국가대표팀) is the national men's ice hockey team of the Republic of Korea (South Korea). They are currently ranked 19th in the IIHF World Rankings and competed in the World Championship top division tournament. The team's most successful campaign thus far was a second-place finish in the 2017 Division I Group A tournament and thus qualifying for the top division in 2018. They competed in their first Winter Olympics in 2018 in Pyeongchang as the host nation.

South Korea
AssociationKorea Ice Hockey Association
Head coachLee Chang-young
AssistantsOh Hyon-ho
Son Ho-seung
CaptainKim Ki-sung
Most gamesKim Ki-sung (102)
Most pointsKim Ki-sung (134)
Team colors     
IIHF codeKOR
Ranking
Current IIHF20 1 (30 March 2022)[1]
Highest IIHF16 (2018)
Lowest IIHF33 (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
Appearances36 (first in 1979)
Best result16th (2018)
Asian Winter Games
Appearances8 (first in 1986)
Best result Silver (2017)
Bronze (1986, 1990, 2007, 2011)
Olympics
Appearances1 (first in 2018)
International record (W–L–T)
94–166–14
South Korea men's national ice hockey team
Hangul
대한민국 아이스하키 국가대표팀
Hanja
大韓民國 아이스하키 國家代表팀
Revised RomanizationDaehan Minguk Aiseuhaki Gukga Daepyo Tim
McCune–ReischauerTaehan Min'guk Aisŭhak'i Kukka Taep'yo T'im

History

South Korea at the 2017 World Championship Division IA tournament in Ukraine. They finished second and earned promotion to the 2018 IIHF World Championship Top Division tournament for the first time.

South Korea first participated in the World Championship in 1979, playing in Pool C, the third level of the tournament. They did not return until 1982, again in Pool C, and became a regular participant in 1986. They remained at the Division I level, the second tier of the World Championship, from 2010 until 2017, when they earned a promotion to the 2018 World Championship.

Upon being named the host country for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, the South Korean team began efforts to steadily improve themselves in order to be competitive with the other teams expected at the tournament, led by the efforts of Korea Ice Hockey Association president Chung Mong-won.[2]

Several North American players playing for teams in South Korea were offered South Korean citizenship, thus allowing them to play at the Olympics.[3] This was done to help the team perform better in the lead-up to the Olympics, which proved successful: when awarded the Olympics in 2011, the South Korean team was ranked 31st in the IIHF World Ranking, while on the eve of the Olympics had moved up to 18th.[4]

Tournament record

Olympic Games

World Championship

Asian Winter Games

All-time record against other nations

Last match update: 16 February 2018[7]

TeamGPWTLGFGA
 Japan24312044173
 China21521459120
 Hungary15311145105
 Australia149328455
 Spain147345452
 North Korea125164064
 Kazakhstan1110101479
 Poland94052332
 Romania94052750
 Bulgaria93064454
 Netherlands93063949
 Croatia93152424
 Great Britain83052342
 Belgium74032724
 Yugoslavia/
 Serbia and Montenegro
82061962
 New Zealand6600995
 Italy6105633
 South Africa5500468
 Slovenia5005731
 Denmark7107961
 Mexico4400496
 Israel43102311
 Lithuania52121717
 Austria71061637
 France4004760
 Hong Kong3300791
 Ukraine4103728
 Estonia3102724
 Chinese Taipei2200460
 Mongolia2200372
 Iceland2200242
 Norway4005527
 Turkey1100140
 Malaysia1100141
 Canada3003218
 Belarus1001112
 Latvia2002032
 Finland3003317
 Sweden100115
 Czech Republic100112
 Germany100116
 United States1001113
Total275941416611131465

All-time record against other clubs

Last match update: 11 August 2017[7]

TeamGPWTLGFGA
 Russia Olympic Team200279
Admiral Vladivostok200258
HC Sparta Praha110021
Mountfield HK100134
HC Dynamo Pardubice100114
HC Škoda Plzeň100112
Motor České Budějovice100119
Total112092543

See also

References

  1. "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  2. Podnieks, Andrew (4 February 2020). "Legends join IIHF Hall of Fame". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  3. Crouse, Karen; Berkman, Seth (23 February 2017). "South Korea, Next Olympics Host, Went Shopping in North America to Build Its Hockey Teams". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  4. Lerner, Matt (4 May 2017). "South Korea and China Chasing Hockey Dreams". The Diplomat. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  5. "IIHF cancels Division I tournaments". iihf.com. 17 March 2019.
  6. "IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  7. "South-Korea-Men-All-Time-Results.pdf" (PDF). National Teams of Ice Hockey. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
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