South Korea national basketball team

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South Korea Korea
FIBA ranking 30 Decrease 2[1]
Joined FIBA 1947
FIBA zone FIBA Asia
National federation Korea Basketball Association
Coach Kim Dong-kwang
Olympic Games
Appearances 6 (First in 1948)
FIBA World Cup
Appearances 7 (First in 1970)
FIBA Asia Championship
Appearances 28 (First in 1960)
Medals Gold: 1969, 1997
Silver: 1967, 1973, 1977, 1981, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003
Bronze: 1963, 1965, 1971, 1975, 1979, 1983, 1993, 2001, 2007, 2011, 2013
Asian Games
Appearances 16 (First in 1954)
Medals Gold: 1970, 1982, 2002, 2014
Silver: 1974, 1978, 1986, 1994, 1998, 2010
Bronze: 1962, 1966, 1990
Uniforms
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Away

The Korean national basketball team (alternate names include Republic of Korea and South Korea) is the team representing South Korea in international men's basketball competitions. It is administered by the Korea Basketball Association (Korean: 대한농구협회).

Based on the number of overall medals won, South Korea is a major force among basketball teams of FIBA Asia. The team has won a record number of 24 medals at the FIBA Asia Championship. Furthermore, South Korea is the only nation that has qualified for this event every year since it was first held in 1960.[2]

History

Jamsil Students' Gymnasium, venue for games of the Korean Basketball League, has been the playground for several players of South Korea's national team.

Throughout its basketball history, South Korea has always been among the top teams in Asia. Despite often considered as standing in the shadow of China, the team had its moments of glory. The first major accomplishment was at the 1948 Summer Olympics, when it finished 8th, better than any other Asian nation, and ahead of teams such as Canada, Argentina, and Italy.

Later, in 1969 and 1970, the team enjoyed a brief period to shine, when it won the 1969 Asian Championship, and ultimately qualified for the 1970 FIBA World Championship. There, as the only Asian team, South Korea finished ahead of Australia (champion of FIBA Oceania) and Egypt (champion of FIBA Africa).

The most recent major accomplishment was the gold medal at the 1997 Asian Championship. At the 2007 FIBA Asia Championship, Korea was able to go on a streak, and won the first 5 games. Because of the "four centers" Ha Seung-jin (221 cm), Kim Joo-sung (205 cm), Lee Dong-jun (202 cm), and Kim Min-soo (200 cm), South Korea had the tournament's highest 2-point field goal percentage (61%). Korea was also a team that had a strong back court with Kim Seung-hyun (179 cm), Yang Dong-geun (182 cm), Kim Dong-woo (198 cm), and Choi Jin-soo (205 cm), who guaranteed that the team was in the tournaments top-3 in free throw percentage (70.6) and assists per game (11.5).[3]

Competitions

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics
Year Position Pld W L
Germany 1936 Did not enter
United Kingdom 19488th Place835
Finland 1952 Did not qualify
Australia 195614th Place716
Italy 1960 Did not qualify
Japan 196416th Place909
Mexico 196814th Place927
Germany 1972 Did not qualify
Canada 1976
Soviet Union 1980
United States 1984
South Korea 19889th Place725
Spain 1992 Did not qualify
United States 199612th Place707
Australia 2000 Did not qualify
Greece 2004
China 2008
United Kingdom 2012
Brazil 2016
Japan 2020 To be determined
Total6/1847839

FIBA World Cup

FIBA Basketball World Cup
Year Position Pld W L
Argentina 1950 Did not enter
Brazil 1954 Did not qualify
Chile 1959
Brazil 1963
Uruguay 1967
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 197011th Place734
Puerto Rico 1974 Did not qualify
Philippines 197813th Place716
Colombia 1982 Did not qualify
Spain 198622nd Place505
Argentina 199015th Place514
Canada 199413th Place835
Greece 199816th Place505
United States 2002 Did not qualify
Japan 2006
Turkey 2010
Spain 201423rd Place505
China 2019 To be determined
Total7/1642834

Asian Games

Asian Games
Year Position Pld W L
India 1951Did not enter
Philippines 1954Fourth place 6 2 4
Japan 1958Fourth place 8 4 4
Indonesia 1962Third place 8 6 2
Thailand 1966Third place 7 6 1
Thailand 1970Champions 8 7 1
Iran 1974Runners-up 7 4 3
Thailand 1978Runners-up 9 8 1
India 1982Champions 9 9 0
South Korea 1986Runners-up 7 6 1
China 1990Third place 7 5 2
Japan 1994Runners-up 6 5 1
Thailand 1998Runners-up 7 6 1
South Korea 2002Champions 7 7 0
Qatar 20065th Place 8 5 3
China 2010Runners-up 8 6 2
South Korea 2014Champions 7 7 0
Indonesia 2018 To be determined
Total 15/16 119 93 26

FIBA Asia Championship

FIBA Asia Championship
Year Rank Pld W L
Philippines 1960Fourth place936
Taiwan 1963Third place1073
Malaysia 1965Third place963
South Korea 1967Runners-up981
Thailand 1969Champions880
Japan 1971Third place862
Philippines 1973Runners-up1091
Thailand 1975Third place862
Malaysia 1977Runners-up871
Japan 1979Third place752
India 1981Runners-up761
Hong Kong 1983Third place752
Malaysia 1985Runners-up651
Thailand 1987Runners-up871
China 1989Runners-up871
Japan 1991Runners-up981
Indonesia 1993Third place651
South Korea 1995Runners-up862
Saudi Arabia 1997Champions871
Japan 1999Runners-up862
China 2001Third place871
China 2003Runners-up871
Qatar 2005Fourth place853
Japan 2007Third place862
China 20097th Place963
China 2011Third place972
Philippines 2013Third place972
China 20156th Place954
2017
Total 27/27 229 177 52

East Asian Games

East Asian Games
Year Position Pld W L
China 1993Runners-up---
South Korea 1997Runners-up---
Japan 2001Runners-up---
Macau 2005Runners-up---
Hong Kong 2009Champions---
China 2013Third place---
Total6/6---

East Asia Basketball Championship

East Asia Basketball Championship
Year Position Pld W L
Japan 2009Champions440
China 2011Champions431
South Korea 2013Champions550
Total3/313121

FIBA Asia Cup

FIBA Asia Cup
Year Position Pld W L
Taiwan 2004Runners-up532
Kuwait 2008 Did not enter
Lebanon 2010
Japan 2012
China 2014
Total1/5532

William Jones Cup

William Jones Cup
Year Rank Pld W L
Taiwan 1977
Taiwan 1978Runners-up
Taiwan 1979Not held
Taiwan 1980
Taiwan 1981
Taiwan 1982
Taiwan 1983
Taiwan 1984
Taiwan 1985
Taiwan 1986Runners-up
Taiwan 1987
Taiwan 1988Third place
Taiwan 1989Not held
Taiwan 1990
Taiwan 1991Third place
Taiwan 1992
Taiwan 1993
Taiwan 1994
Taiwan 1995
Taiwan 1996
Taiwan 1997
Taiwan 1998Third place
Taiwan 1999Champions
Taiwan 2000Runners-up651
Taiwan 2001Runners-up
Taiwan 2002
Taiwan 2003Not held
Taiwan 2004
Taiwan 2005
Taiwan 2006
Taiwan 2007
Taiwan 2008
Taiwan 20095th Place853
Taiwan 2010Did not enter
Taiwan 2011Runners-up972
Taiwan 20125th Place853
Taiwan 2013Third place752
Taiwan 2014Did not enter
Taiwan 20155th Place844
Total ?/36 ? ? ?

Team

Current roster

Korea men's national basketball team - 2015 FIBA Asia Championship roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – DOB Ht. Club
G 1 Kim Tae-sul 31 - (1984-08-13)August 13, 1984 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Jeonju KCC Egis South Korea
F 3 Lee Jung-hyun 28 - (1987-03-03)March 3, 1987 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Anyang KGC South Korea
F 4 Moon Seong-gon 22 - (1993-05-09)May 9, 1993 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Korea University South Korea
F 5 Choi Jun-yong 21 - (1994-04-04)April 4, 1994 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Yonsei University South Korea
G 6 Yang Dong-geun (C) 34 - (1981-09-14)September 14, 1981 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) Ulsan Mobis Phoebus South Korea
G 7 Park Chan-hee 28 - (1987-04-17)April 17, 1987 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Anyang KGC South Korea
F 10 Cho Sung-min 31 - (1983-12-23)December 23, 1983 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Busan KT Sonicboom South Korea
C 11 Kang Sang-jae 20 - (1994-12-31)December 31, 1994 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Korea University South Korea
C 15 Kim Jong-kyu 24 - (1991-07-03)July 3, 1991 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Changwon LG Sakers South Korea
F 22 Moon Tae-young 36 - (1978-10-02)October 2, 1978 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Seoul Samsung Thunders South Korea
C 32 Lee Jong-hyun 21 - (1994-02-05)February 5, 1994 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Korea University South Korea
C 33 Lee Seoung-hyun 23 - (1992-04-16)April 16, 1992 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Goyang Orion Orions South Korea
Head coach
  • Kim Dong-kwang
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 23 September 2015

Depth chart

South Korea's starting lineup in 2014
Pos. Starter Bench Bench
C Kim Jong-kyu Lee Jong-hyun Oh Se-keun
PF Kim Joo-sung Heo Il-young
SF Moon Tae-jong Yang Hee-jong
SG Cho Sung-min Park Chan-hee
PG Yang Dong-geun Kim Sun-hyung Kim Tae-sul

Past rosters

1948 Olympic Games: finished 8th among 23 teams Ahn Byung-Suk, Bang Won-Sun, Chang Chin-Ri, Chyo Joon-Deuk, Kang Hyun-Bong, Kim Shin-Chung, Lee Yung-Choon, Lee Hoon-Sang, Oh Chul-Soo

1956 Olympic Games: finished 14th among 15 teams Ahn Byung-Suk, Kim Young-Su, Cho Byung-Hyun, Kim Choon-Pae, Kim Young-Ki, Ko Se-Te, Paik Nan-Chung, Choi Tae-Kon, Ahn Young-Sik, Kim Hyung-I

1964 Olympic Games: finished 16th among 16 teams Shin Dong-pa, Moon Hyun-chang, Kim Young-il, Kim Seung-kyu, Chung Jin-bong, Lee Byung-koo, Kim Young-ki, Kim Chung-sun, Ha Ui-kun, Kim Moo-hyun, Bang Yeul, Kim In-kun (Coach: Kim Hee)

1968 Olympic Games: finished 14th among 16 teams Shin Dong-pa, Lee In-pyo, Kim Young-il, Kim Moo-hyun, Kim In-kun, Choi Jong-kyu, Lee Kyung-jae, Ha Ui-kun, Yoo Hee-hyung, Park Han, Lee Byung-koo, Kwak Hyun-chae (Coach: Lee Kyung-jae, J. Jeff Gausepohl)

1970 World Championship: finished 11th among 13 teams Shin Dong-pa, Lee In-pyo, Kim In-kun, Kim Young-il, Park Han, Choi Jong-kyu, Yoo Hee-hyung, Lee Byung-koo, Yoo Jung-kun, Lee Ja-young, Shin Hyun-soo, Kwak Hyun-chae (Coach: Kim Young-ki)

1978 World Championship: finished 13th among 14 teams Kim In-Jin, Kim Pyung-Man, Jung Young-Soo, Jang Bong-Hak, Park Sang-Ung, Park Soo-Kyo, Kim Sang-Chun, Kim Hyung-Nyun, Kim Dong-Kwang, Koo Jong-Hoo, Lee Mun-Kyu, Choi Bu-Young (Coach: Kim Moo-Hyung)

1986 World Championship: finished 22nd among 24 teams Hur Jae, Park In-kyu, Lee Min-hyun, Cho Yoon-ho, Han Ki-bum, Lee Mun-kyu, Kim Hyun-jun, Kim You-taek, Kim Sung-wook, Lee Won-woo, Lee Chung-hee, Goh Myong-hwa (Coach: Kim In-kun)

1988 Olympic Games: finished 9th among 12 teams Hur Jae, Lee Mun-Kyu, Han Ki-Bum, Kim Hyun-jun, Kim Yoo-taek, Lee Won-woo, Lee Chung-hee, Park Jong-chun, Kim Yoon-hoo, Oh Seh-woong, Yoo Jae-hak, Choi Chul-kwon (Coach: Pang Yul)

1990 World Championship: finished 15th among 16 teams Hur Jae, Kim Hyun-jun, Kang Dong-hee, Kim Yoo-taek, Lee Chung-hee, Lee Won-woo, Lee Min-hyun, Seo Dae-seong, Choi Byung-shik, Kim Jin, Jung Jae-kun, Pyo Pil-sang (Coach: Kim In-kun)

1994 World Championship: finished 13th among 16 teams Hur Jae, Kang Dong-hee, Hyun Joo-yup, Mun Kyung-eun, Kim Yoo-taek, Jung Jae-kun, Lee Sang-min, Kim Young-man, Seo Jang-hun, Kim Seung-ki, Oh Sung-sik, Chun Hee-chul (Coach: Lee In-pyo)

1996 Olympic Games: finished 12th among 12 teams Hur Jae, Kang Dong-hee, Hyun Joo-yup, Lee Sang-min, Mun Kyung-eun, Jung Jae-kun, Oh Sung-sik, Woo Ji-won, Chung Kyung-ho, Yang Hee-seung, Cho Dong-gi, Chun Hee-chul (Coach: Choi In-sun)

1998 World Championship: finished 16th among 16 teams Kang Dong-hee, Lee Sang-min, Hyun Joo-yup, Mun Kyung-eun, Seo Jang-hun, Kim Sung-chul, Kim Joo-Sung, Choo Seung-gyun, Kim Hee-sun, Kim Byong-chul, Yang Kyung-min, Cho Sang-hyun (Coach: Chung Kwang-suk)

2008 Roster Joo Hee-Jung, Jung Young-sam, Kang Byung-hyun, Kim Tae-sul, Chun Jung-kyu, Yoon Ho-young, Lee Kwang-jae, Yang Hee-Jong, Kim Min-soo, Oh Se-Keun, Kim Joo-Sung, Ha Seung-Jin (Coach: Kim Nam-gi)

2011 Roster Park Chan-Hee, Lee Jung-Suk, Yang Dong-Geun, Kang Byung-Hyun, Moon Tae-Jong, Kim Yong-Hwan, Cho Sung-Min, Yang Hee-Jong, Kim Joo-Sung, Ha Seung-Jin, Oh Se-Keun, Kim Jong-Kyu

2012 Roster Park Chan-Hee, Kim Sun-Hyung, Kim Tae-Sool, Choi Jin-Soo, Kim Dong-Uk, Oh Se-Keun, Yang Hee-Jong, Lee Jong-Hyun, Yoon Ho-Young, Lee Seung-Jun, Kim Jong-Kyu, Ho Tae-Wong

See also

References

  1. "FIBA Ranking for Men". Fiba.Com. 3 October 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  2. , fibaasia.net, accessed 16 December 2010.
  3. 2007 FIBA Asia Championship, Tokushima, Japan, fiba.com, accessed 18 December 2010.

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