Korea men's national handball team

Korea
Information
Association	Korea Handball Federation and Handball Association of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Coach	Cho Young-shin
Colours
1st 2nd
Results
World Championship
Appearances	1 (First in 2019)
Best result	22nd (2019)
Last updated on Unknown.

The Korea national handball team was a representative side which was composed of players from both South Korea and North Korea.

The team competed at the 2019 World Championship as "Korea".^[1]

2019 World Championship

The team had to have four players from North Korea. Because of this rule the team was allowed to have 20 players in the team instead of 16. The team played with the country abbreviation COR.^[2]

World Championship record

Games	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
2019 Denmark / Germany	Match for 21st place	22nd of 24	7	1	0	6	177	216	-39
Total		22nd place	7	1	0	6	177	216	-39

Current squad

Squad for the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship.^[3]

Head coach: Cho Young-shin

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Park Jae-yong (1997-03-20) 20 March 1997 (age 27) 1.91 m 10 Korea National Sport University 2 CB Ri Kyong-song (1997-11-06) 6 November 1997 (age 26) 1.78 m 7 3 LB Pak Jong-gon (2000-03-25) 25 March 2000 (age 24) 1.79 m 7 5 CB Choi Beom-mun (1996-02-01) 1 February 1996 (age 28) 1.80 m 13 Chungnam Sports Council 7 RB Jung Su-young (1985-10-17) 17 October 1985 (age 38) 1.85 m 32 Hanam Handball Club 9 RB Jo Tae-hun (1991-06-30) 30 June 1991 (age 32) 1.83 m 13 Doosan 10 LB Park Young-jun (1994-01-28) 28 January 1994 (age 30) 1.88 m 12 Korea Armed Forces Athletic Corps 11 LW Jang Dong-hyun (1995-01-13) 13 January 1995 (age 29) 1.80 m 18 SK Hawks 13 RW Park Dong-kwang (1996-04-14) 14 April 1996 (age 28) 1.82 m 15 Hanam Sports Council 14 LB Ri Song-jin (1989-08-11) 11 August 1989 (age 34) 1.78 m 7 15 P Kim Dong-myung (1985-08-05) 5 August 1985 (age 38) 1.95 m 12 Doosan 17 RW Na Seung-do (1990-01-27) 27 January 1990 (age 34) 1.95 m 20 Doosan 20 CB Kang Tan (1999-09-22) 22 September 1999 (age 24) 1.86 m 9 Korea National Sport University 22 LW Seo Seung-hyun (1991-03-24) 24 March 1991 (age 33) 1.78 m 9 Hanam Handball Club 23 LB Park Kwang-soon (1996-05-06) 6 May 1996 (age 27) 1.87 m 13 Hanam Sports Council 24 RB Ri Yong-myong (1998-07-27) 27 July 1998 (age 25) 1.85 m 7 34 CB Kang Jeong-gu (1990-05-11) 11 May 1990 (age 33) 1.79 m 13 Doosan 52 P Jeong Jae-wan (1996-09-01) 1 September 1996 (age 27) 1.88 m 13 Hanam Sports Council 88 P Ku Change-un (1991-06-30) 30 June 1991 (age 32) 1.90 m 17 Doosan 94 GK Ji Hyung-jin (1994-05-25) 25 May 1994 (age 29) 1.82 m 11 Kyung Hee University

References

External links

• Official website (South Korea)
• IHF profile (North Korea)
• IHF profile (South Korea)