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The South Korea men's national ice hockey team is the national men's ice hockey of the South Korea. They are currently ranked 31st in the IIHF World Ranking and currently compete in IIHF World Championship Division II. The team holds the record of the largest victory in the sport . South Korea beat Thailand in the 1998 Asia-Oceania Junior Championships almost unbelievably 92-0.

South Korea
Association

Korea Ice Hockey

Association

General Manager Min Byung-chan
Head coach Kim Hee-woo
Assistants Shim Eui-sik
Captain Kim Woo-jae
Most games Kim Ki-sung (52)
Most points Kim Woo-jae (42)
IIHF code KOR
IIHF ranking 33
Highest IIHF ranking 30 (first in 2004)
Lowest IIHF ranking 33 (2010)
First international
Spain 7 - 1 South Korea

(Barcelona, Spain; March 16, 1979)

Biggest win
South Korea 44 - 0 Hong Kong

(Perth, Australia; March 14, 1987)

Biggest defeat
Latvia 27 - 0 South Korea

(Bled, Slovenia; March 18, 1993)

Asian Winter Games
Appearances 6 (first in 1986)
Best resul
Bronze: 1986, 1990,

2007

International record (W–L–T)
65-115-14

Tournament participation[]

  • 1979 - 25th place (7th in Pool C)
  • 1980-81 - did not participate
  • 1982 - 24th place (8th in Pool C)
  • 1983-86 - did not participate
  • 1987 - 26th place (2nd in Pool D)
  • 1989 - 23rd place (7th in Pool C)
  • 1990 - 25th place (9th in Pool C)
  • 1991 - 24th place (8th in Pool C)
  • 1992 - 18th place (6th in Pool C, Group A)
  • 1993 - 25th place (9th in Pool C)
  • 1994 - 30th place (10th in Pool C)
  • 1995 - 33rd place (13th in Pool C)
  • 1996 - 33rd place (5th in Pool D)
  • 1997 - 30th place (2nd in Pool D)
  • 1998 - 31st place (7th in Pool C)
  • 1999 - 30th place (6th in Pool C)
  • 2000 - 27th place (5th in Division II)
  • 2001 - 30th place (1st in Division II, Group A) Promoted to Division I
  • 2002 - 27th place (6th in Division I, Group A) Relegated to Division II
  • 2003 - 29th place (1st in Division II, Group A)
  • 2004 - 27th place (6th in Division I, Group B) Relegated to Division II
  • 2005 - 33rd place (3rd in Division II, Group A)
  • 2006 - 31st place (2nd in Division II, Group B)
  • 2007 - 30th place (1st in Division II, Group B) Promoted to Division I
  • 2008 - 28th place (6th in Division I, Group A) Relegated to Division II
  • 2009 - 29th place (1st in Division II, Group B) Promoted to Division I


All-time Record against other nations[]

As of June 6, 2009

Team GP W T L GF GA
 Australia 13 8 3 2 76 51
 Spain 13 7 3 3 52 49
 New Zealand 6 6 0 0 99 5
 North Korea 12 5 1 6 40 64
 South Africa 5 5 0 0 46 8
 Mexico 4 4 0 0 49 6
 Belgium 7 4 0 3 27 24
 China 19 3 2 14 38 119
 Israel 4 3 1 0 23 11
 Hong Kong 3 3 0 0 79 1
 Bulgaria 9 3 0 6 44 54
 Mongolia 2 2 0 0 37 2
 Iceland 2 2 0 0 24 2
 Hungary 8 1 1 6 26 71
 Chinese Taipei 1 1 0 0 24 0
 Turkey 1 1 0 0 14 0
 Malaysia 1 1 0 0 14 1
 Serbia and Montenegro 1 1 0 0 5 2
 United Kingdom 4 1 0 3 11 32
 Croatia 6 1 0 5 10 18
 Romania 6 1 0 5 15 46
 Yugoslavia 7 1 0 6 14 60
 Japan 16 0 1 15 23 150
 Slovenia 1 0 0 1 2 10
 Austria 1 0 0 1 0 8
 Norway 1 0 0 1 1 11
 Belarus 1 0 0 1 1 12
 Ukraine 1 0 0 1 1 16
 Latvia 1 0 0 1 0 27
 Lithuania 2 0 0 2 5 13
 Poland 2 0 0 2 1 13
 Italy 2 0 0 2 1 18
 Estonia 2 0 0 2 0 21
 Denmark 4 0 0 4 4 50
 France 4 0 0 4 7 60
 Netherlands 6 0 0 6 22 42
 Kazakhstan 7 0 0 7 6 60

2009 World Championship Div II roster []

  • Head coach: Kim Hee-woo
Pos. No. Player Team
GK 1 Eum Hyun-seung High1
GK 20 Son Ho-sung Anyang Halla
D 2 Kim Dong-hwan High1
D 5 Kim Woo-jae Anyang Halla
D 10 Kim Yoon-hwan High1
D 12 Kim Woo-young Korea University
D 15 Hwang Byung-wook High1
D 18 Lee Don-ku Yonsei University
D 22 Kim Hyun-soo High1
D 24 Park Sung-min Anyang Halla
F 3 Kim Won-jung Anyang Halla
F 4 Choi Jung-sik High1
F 6 Ahn Hyun-min High1
F 7 Kim Geun-ho Anyang Halla
F 8 Lee Seung-jun High1
F 9 Song Dong-hwan Anyang Halla
F 11 Lee Yu-won Anyang Halla
F 14 Kim Eun-joon High1
F 16 Kwon Tae-an High1
F 17 Lee Yong-jun High1
F 19 Kim Ki-sung Anyang Halla
F 21 Jung Bung-chun Anyang Halla
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