South Korea men's national ice hockey team


The South Korean national ice hockey team is the national men's ice hockey team of the Republic of Korea. They are currently ranked 16th 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.

History

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.
Several North American players playing for teams in South Korea were offered South Korean citizenship, thus allowing them to play at the Olympics. 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.

Tournament record

Olympic Games

Roster for the 2018 IIHF World Championship.
Head coach: Jim Paek
No.Pos.NameHeightWeightBirthdateTeam
1GMatt Dalton Anyang Halla
3DSeo Yeong-jun Daemyung Killer Whales
5DBryan Young Daemyung Killer Whales
6DKim Won-jun Anyang Halla
7DOh Hyon-ho Daemyung Killer Whales
8FKim Won-jung Anyang Halla
9FJeon Jung-woo Daemyung Sangmu
10FMichael Swift High1
11FKim Ki-sung Anyang Halla
12DSong Hyeong-cheol Anyang Halla
13FLee Young-jun Daemyung Killer Whales
19FKim Sang-wook Anyang Halla
23DEric Regan Anyang Halla
25FBrock Radunske Anyang Halla
27FAhn Jin-hui Daemyung Sangmu
31GLee Yeon-seung Daemyung Killer Whales
36FPark Woo-sangC Anyang Halla
44DAlex PlanteA Anyang Halla
47FShin Sang-hoon Daemyung Sangmu
50GPark Sung-je High1
61DLee Don-ku Anyang Halla
63FPark Jin-kyu Daemyung Sangmu
81FSteve Park Yonsei Univ.
87FCho Min-hoA Anyang Halla
96FShin Sang-woo Anyang Halla

All-time record against other nations

Last match update: 16 February 2018
TeamGPWTLGFGA
24312044173
21521459120
15311145105
149328455
147345452
125164064
1110101479
94052332
94052750
93064454
93063949
93152424
83052342
74032724
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82061962
6600995
6105633
5500468
5005731
7107961
4400496
43102311
52121717
71061637
4004760
3300791
4103728
3102724
2200460
2200372
2200242
4005527
1100140
1100141
3003218
1001112
2002032
3003317
100115
100112
100116
1001113
Total275941416611131465

All-time record against other clubs

Last match update: 11 August 2017
TeamGPWTLGFGA
200279
Admiral Vladivostok200258
HC Sparta Praha110021
Mountfield HK100134
HC Dynamo Pardubice100114
HC Škoda Plzeň100112
Motor České Budějovice100119
Total112092543