# South Korea men's national handball team

The South Korea national handball team is the national handball team of South Korea and is controlled by the Korea Handball Federation.

## Competitive record

Champions Runners-up

### Olympic Games

| Games | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 1936 Berlin | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| Not held from 1948 to 1968 ||||||||||
| 1972 Munich | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1976 Montreal | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1980 Moscow | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1984 Los Angeles | Match for 11th place | 11th of 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 148 | 178 | −30 |
| 1988 Seoul | Runners-up | 2nd of 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 152 | 149 | +3 |
| 1992 Barcelona | Match for 5th place | 6th of 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 135 | 153 | −18 |
| 1996 Atlanta | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2000 Sydney | Match for 9th place | 9th of 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 152 | 150 | +2 |
| 2004 Athens | Match for 7th place | 8th of 12 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 221 | 238 | −15 |
| 2008 Beijing | Match for 7th place | 8th of 12 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 198 | 224 | −26 |
| 2012 London | Group stage | 11th of 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 115 | 140 | −25 |
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2020 Tokyo | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2024 Paris | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| Total | 7/15 | 0 Titles | 45 | 15 | 2 | 28 | 1,121 | 1,232 | −111 |

### World Championship

| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
| 1938 | Not a IHF member | Not a IHF member | Not a IHF member | Not a IHF member | Not a IHF member | Not a IHF member | Not a IHF member | Not a IHF member |
| 1954 | Not a IHF member | Not a IHF member | Not a IHF member | Not a IHF member | Not a IHF member | Not a IHF member | Not a IHF member | Not a IHF member |
| 1958 | Not a IHF member | Not a IHF member | Not a IHF member | Not a IHF member | Not a IHF member | Not a IHF member | Not a IHF member | Not a IHF member |
| 1961 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1964 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1967 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1970 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1974 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1978 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1982 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1986 | Match for 11th place | 12th | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 179 | 186 |
| 1990 | Match for 11th place | 12th | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 167 | 197 |
| 1993 | Ranking round | 15th | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 151 | 167 |
| 1995 | Match for 11th place | 12th | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 249 | 220 |
| 1997 | Match for 7th place | 8th | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 233 | 253 |
| 1999 | Round of 16 | 14th | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 169 | 153 |
| 2001 | Round of 16 | 12th | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 171 | 160 |
| 2003 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2005 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2007 | President's Cup | 15th | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 193 | 187 |
| 2009 | Match for 11th place | 12th | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 239 | 239 |
| 2011 | President's Cup | 13th | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 192 | 175 |
| 2013 | President's cup | 21st | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 182 | 189 |
| 2015 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2017 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2019 | President's cup | 22nd | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 177 | 216 |
| 2021 | President's cup | 31st | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 176 | 225 |
| 2023 | President's cup | 28th | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 206 | 227 |
| 2025 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2027 | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined |
| Total | 13/28 | 13/28 | 100 | 34 | 4 | 62 | 2684 | 2794 |
* ^ Participated as Unified Korea

### Asian Games record

* 1982 – 3rd place
* 1986 – Champions
* 1990 – Champions
* 1994 – Champions
* 1998 – Champions
* 2002 – Champions
* 2006 – 4th place
* 2010 – Champions
* 2014 – Runners-up
* 2018 – 3rd place
* 2022 – 5th place

### Asian Championship

* 1977 – Runners-up
* 1983 – Champions
* 1987 – Champions
* 1989 – Champions
* 1991 – Champions
* 1993 – Champions
* 1995 – Runners-up
* 2000 – Champions
* 2002 – 4th place
* 2006 – Runners-up
* 2008 – Champions
* 2010 – Champions
* 2012 – Champions
* 2014 – 5th place
* 2016 – 6th place
* 2018 – 3rd place
* 2020 – Runners-up
* 2022 – 5th place
* 2024 – 5th place

## Team
### Current squad

Squad for the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship.
Head coach: Rolando Freitas
Assistant Coach: Herlander Silva
* No.
* Pos.
* Name
* Date of birth (age)
* Height
* App.
* Goals
* Club
* 3
* RW
* Shin Jae-seop
* (1999-11-05) 5 November 1999 (age 25)
* 1.83 m
* 7
* 54
* Hanam Handball Club
* 7
* CB
* Kang Jeon-gu
* (1990-05-11) 11 May 1990 (age 34)
* 1.80 m
* 6
* 4
* Doosan
* 8
* P
* Ku Chang-eun
* (1993-12-23) 23 December 1993 (age 31)
* 1.90 m
* 26
* 48
* Doosan
* 10
* LB
* Park Young-jun
* (1994-01-28) 28 January 1994 (age 31)
* 1.88 m
* 0
* 0
* Incheon Metropolitan City Corporation
* 11
* LW
* Jang Dong-hyun
* (1995-01-13) 13 January 1995 (age 30)
* 1.80 m
* 0
* 0
* SK Hawks
* 13
* RB
* Jo Tae-hun
* (1991-06-30) 30 June 1991 (age 33)
* 1.83 m
* 33
* 72
* Doosan
* 14
* P
* Lee Seong-min
* (1995-12-14) 14 December 1995 (age 29)
* 1.92 m
* 0
* 0
* Doosan
* 17
* RB
* Kim Yeon-bin
* (1997-03-24) 24 March 1997 (age 27)
* 1.82 m
* 0
* 0
* Doosan
* 26
* RW
* Kim Jin-young
* (2000-02-02) 2 February 2000 (age 25)
* 1.85 m
* 8
* 49
* CB Ademar León
* 28
* LW
* Kim Gi-min
* (1994-08-09) 9 August 1994 (age 30)
* 1.83 m
* 15
* 30
* SK Hawks
* 33
* RW
* Ha Min-ho
* (1992-01-23) 23 January 1992 (age 33)
* 1.90 m
* 0
* 0
* Incheon Metropolitan City Corporation
* 34
* CB
* Oh Ju-an
* (1994-06-23) 23 June 1994 (age 30)
* 1.86 m
* 0
* 0
* SK Hawks
* 37
* RB
* Ha Tae-hyun
* (1994-04-15) 15 April 1994 (age 30)
* 1.88 m
* 23
* 107
* SK Hawks
* 66
* GK
* Kim Dong-wook
* (1997-09-19) 19 September 1997 (age 27)
* 1.92 m
* 8
* 0
* Doosan
* 71
* LB
* Lee Hyeon-sik
* (1992-02-16) 16 February 1992 (age 33)
* 1.85 m
* 0
* 0
* SK Hawks
* 77
* CB
* Lee Yo-seb
* (1998-04-27) 27 April 1998 (age 26)
* 1.75 m
* 13
* 31
* Korea Armed Forces Athletic Corps
* 79
* P
* Park Se-ung
* (1998-03-18) 18 March 1998 (age 26)
* 1.88 m
* 9
* 33
* SK Hawks
* 94
* GK
* Lee Chang-woo
* (2003-04-27) 27 April 2003 (age 21)
* 1.90 m
* 8
* 1
* Korea National Sport University
* 97
* P
* Jin Yu-sung
* (2000-10-12) 12 October 2000 (age 24)
* 1.90 m
* 0
* 0
* Korea National Sport University
* 99
* GK
* Park Jae-yong
* (1997-03-20) 20 March 1997 (age 27)
* 1.92 m
* 13
* 0
* Korea Armed Forces Athletic Corps

### Notable players

* Yoon Kyung-shin: 2001 World Handball Player of the Year
* Kang Jae-won: 1989 World Handball Player of the Year, six-time MVP of Swiss Bundesliga