South Korea women's national handball team

South Korea women's national handball team
The South Korea women's national handball team is the national team of South Korea. Since 1984 the Korean team has not only participated constantly in Olympic Games but also ranked among the top four nations every time until 2012. Korea grabbed the gold medal in 1988 and 1992, won the silver medal in 1984, 1996, 2004 and took bronze medal in 2008. They have earned two World Championship medals so far: In 1995, they also won the World Championship title in Austria/Hungary 1995 World Women's Handball Championship, they came off third to secure the bronze medal at the Croatia in 2003 World Women's Handball Championship. It is a twelve time Asian Champion, the tournament has been won by any other nation only twice.
Both the men's and women's and children's teams failed to qualify in the regional qualifiers for the 2008 Beijing Olympics in 2007 August due to the biased refereeing, but the International Handball Federation ordered replays of both qualifying tournaments after acknowledging biased officiating by Middle Eastern referees. South Korea beat Japan in both the men's and women's matches and qualified for the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008 January. However, the Executive Committee of the Kuwait-based federation, which had rejected the International Handball Federation's ruling to hold the replays, agreed to fine Japan and South Korea $1,000 and issued a warning to both countries. In addition, the Asian Handball Federation appealed the IHF's decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which ruled the Asian women's qualification invalid and forced the Korean ladies to play in the final Olympic qualifying tournament. The replay was decided to be invalid by the Court. The Korean women's team earned their ticket to the Beijing Olympics at the Olympic qualifying game held at Nîmes, France.
In the semi-final match of 2008 Beijing Olympic games with Norway, Norway's deciding goal was requested to be annulled by the Korean delegation, because they claimed the ball had not crossed the goal line before the end whistle of the game. Korea's appeal was turned down by the IHF's Disciplinary Commission, confirming the end result to be 29–28 in favor of Norway.
The 2008 film Forever the Moment is a fictionalized account of the teams' journey to the 2004 Athens Olympics.
Results
Olympic Games
World Championship
1978 – 10–12th place
1982 – 6th place
1986 – 11th place
1990 – 11th place
1993 – 11th place
1995 – Champions
1997 – 5th place
1999 – 9th place
2001 – 15th place
2003 – 3rd place
2005 – 8th place
2007 – 6th place
2009 – 6th place
2011 – 11th place
2013 – 12th place
2015 – 14th place
2017 – 13th place
2019 – 11th place
2021 – 14th place
2023 – Qualified
Asian Games
1990 – Champions
1994 – Champions
1998 – Champions
2002 – Champions
2006 – Champions
2010 – 3rd place
2014 – Champions
2018 – Champions
Asian Championship
1987 – Champions
1989 – Champions
1991 – Champions
1993 – Champions
1995 – Champions
1997 – Champions
1999 – Champions
2000 – Champions
2002 – Runners-up
2004 – 3rd place
2006 – Champions
2008 – Champions
2010 – Runners-up
2012 – Champions
2015 – Champions
2017 – Champions
2018 – Champions
2021 – Champions
2022 – Champions
Other tournaments
Carpathian Trophy 1994 – 2nd place
Carpathian Trophy 2006 – 2nd place
Møbelringen Cup 2017 – 4th place
Team
Current squad
Squad for the 2021 World Women's Handball Championship.
Head coach: Jang In-ik
Notable players
Lim O-kyeong – World Handball Player of the Year (1996)
Kim Hyun-mee – World Handball Player of the Year (1989)
See also
South Korea men's national handball team
References
External links
IHF profile
Korea, South
Women's handball in South Korea
Handball