Korea men's national handball team

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

Korea
Information
AssociationKorea Handball Federation
and
Handball Association of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
CoachCho Young-shin
Colours
Home
Away
Results
World Championship
Appearances1 (First in 2019)
Best result22nd (2019)
Last updated on Unknown.

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 / GermanyMatch for 21st place22nd of 247106177216-39
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 1.91 m 10 Korea National Sport University
2 CB Ri Kyong-song (1997-11-06) 6 November 1997 1.78 m 7
3 LB Pak Jong-gon (2000-03-25) 25 March 2000 1.79 m 7
5 CB Choi Beom-mun (1996-02-01) 1 February 1996 1.80 m 13 Chungnam Sports Council
7 RB Jung Su-young (1985-10-17) 17 October 1985 1.85 m 32 Hanam Handball Club
9 RB Jo Tae-hun (1991-06-30) 30 June 1991 1.83 m 13 Doosan
10 LB Park Young-jun (1994-01-28) 28 January 1994 1.88 m 12 Korea Armed Forces Athletic Corps
11 LW Jang Dong-hyun (1995-01-13) 13 January 1995 1.80 m 18 SK Hawks
13 RW Park Dong-kwang (1996-04-14) 14 April 1996 1.82 m 15 Hanam Sports Council
14 LB Ri Song-jin (1989-08-11) 11 August 1989 1.78 m 7
15 P Kim Dong-myung (1985-08-05) 5 August 1985 1.95 m 12 Doosan
17 RW Na Seung-do (1990-01-27) 27 January 1990 1.95 m 20 Doosan
20 CB Kang Tan (1999-09-22) 22 September 1999 1.86 m 9 Korea National Sport University
22 LW Seo Seung-hyun (1991-03-24) 24 March 1991 1.78 m 9 Hanam Handball Club
23 LB Park Kwang-soon (1996-05-06) 6 May 1996 1.87 m 13 Hanam Sports Council
24 RB Ri Yong-myong (1998-07-27) 27 July 1998 1.85 m 7
34 CB Kang Jeong-gu (1990-05-11) 11 May 1990 1.79 m 13 Doosan
52 P Jeong Jae-wan (1996-09-01) 1 September 1996 1.88 m 13 Hanam Sports Council
88 P Ku Change-un (1991-06-30) 30 June 1991 1.90 m 17 Doosan
94 GK Ji Hyung-jin (1994-05-25) 25 May 1994 1.82 m 11 Kyung Hee University

References
  1. "Unified Korea to play at GER/DEN 2019". IHF. 2 October 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  2. "Team Korea". GER/DEN Handball'19. Archived from the original on 3 November 2018. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  3. 2019 World Men's Handball Championship squad
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