South Korea national basketball team

"Korea national basketball team" redirects here. For the team of North Korea, see North Korea national basketball team.

Korea

FIBA ranking	30 2
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
Home Away
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd FIBA Asia Championship 2 11 11 FIBA Asia Cup 0 1 0 Asian Games 4 6 3 East Asia Basketball Championship 3 0 0 East Asian Games 1 4 1 Total 10 22 15

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.

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).

Competitions

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics
Year	Position	Pld	W	L
1936	Did not enter
1948	8th Place	8	3	5
1952	Did not qualify
1956	14th Place	7	1	6
1960	Did not qualify
1964	16th Place	9	0	9
1968	14th Place	9	2	7
1972	Did not qualify
1976
1980
1984
1988	9th Place	7	2	5
1992	Did not qualify
1996	12th Place	7	0	7
2000	Did not qualify
2004
2008
2012
2016
2020	To be determined
Total	6/18	47	8	39

FIBA World Cup

FIBA Basketball World Cup
Year	Position	Pld	W	L
1950	Did not enter
1954	Did not qualify
1959
1963
1967
1970	11th Place	7	3	4
1974	Did not qualify
1978	13th Place	7	1	6
1982	Did not qualify
1986	22nd Place	5	0	5
1990	15th Place	5	1	4
1994	13th Place	8	3	5
1998	16th Place	5	0	5
2002	Did not qualify
2006
2010
2014	23rd Place	5	0	5
2019	To be determined
Total	7/16	42	8	34

Asian Games

Asian Games
Year	Position	Pld	W	L
1951	Did not enter
1954	Fourth place	6	2	4
1958	Fourth place	8	4	4
1962	Third place	8	6	2
1966	Third place	7	6	1
1970	Champions	8	7	1
1974	Runners-up	7	4	3
1978	Runners-up	9	8	1
1982	Champions	9	9	0
1986	Runners-up	7	6	1
1990	Third place	7	5	2
1994	Runners-up	6	5	1
1998	Runners-up	7	6	1
2002	Champions	7	7	0
2006	5th Place	8	5	3
2010	Runners-up	8	6	2
2014	Champions	7	7	0
2018	To be determined
Total	15/16	119	93	26

FIBA Asia Championship

FIBA Asia Championship
Year	Rank	Pld	W	L
1960	Fourth place	9	3	6
1963	Third place	10	7	3
1965	Third place	9	6	3
1967	Runners-up	9	8	1
1969	Champions	8	8	0
1971	Third place	8	6	2
1973	Runners-up	10	9	1
1975	Third place	8	6	2
1977	Runners-up	8	7	1
1979	Third place	7	5	2
1981	Runners-up	7	6	1
1983	Third place	7	5	2
1985	Runners-up	6	5	1
1987	Runners-up	8	7	1
1989	Runners-up	8	7	1
1991	Runners-up	9	8	1
1993	Third place	6	5	1
1995	Runners-up	8	6	2
1997	Champions	8	7	1
1999	Runners-up	8	6	2
2001	Third place	8	7	1
2003	Runners-up	8	7	1
2005	Fourth place	8	5	3
2007	Third place	8	6	2
2009	7th Place	9	6	3
2011	Third place	9	7	2
2013	Third place	9	7	2
2015	6th Place	9	5	4
2017
Total	27/27	229	177	52

East Asian Games

East Asian Games
Year	Position	Pld	W	L
1993	Runners-up	-	-	-
1997	Runners-up	-	-	-
2001	Runners-up	-	-	-
2005	Runners-up	-	-	-
2009	Champions	-	-	-
2013	Third place	-	-	-
Total	6/6	-	-	-

East Asia Basketball Championship

East Asia Basketball Championship
Year	Position	Pld	W	L
2009	Champions	4	4	0
2011	Champions	4	3	1
2013	Champions	5	5	0
Total	3/3	13	12	1

FIBA Asia Cup

FIBA Asia Cup
Year	Position	Pld	W	L
2004	Runners-up	5	3	2
2008	Did not enter
2010
2012
2014
Total	1/5	5	3	2

William Jones Cup

William Jones Cup
Year	Rank	Pld	W	L
1977
1978	Runners-up
1979	Not held
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986	Runners-up
1987
1988	Third place
1989	Not held
1990
1991	Third place
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998	Third place
1999	Champions
2000	Runners-up	6	5	1
2001	Runners-up
2002
2003	Not held
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009	5th Place	8	5	3
2010	Did not enter
2011	Runners-up	9	7	2
2012	5th Place	8	5	3
2013	Third place	7	5	2
2014	Did not enter
2015	5th Place	8	4	4
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 - (1984-08-13)August 13, 1984 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Jeonju KCC Egis F 3 Lee Jung-hyun - (1987-03-03)March 3, 1987 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Anyang KGC F 4 Moon Seong-gon - (1993-05-09)May 9, 1993 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Korea University F 5 Choi Jun-yong - (1994-04-04)April 4, 1994 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Yonsei University G 6 Yang Dong-geun (C) - (1981-09-14)September 14, 1981 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) Ulsan Mobis Phoebus G 7 Park Chan-hee - (1987-04-17)April 17, 1987 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Anyang KGC F 10 Cho Sung-min - (1983-12-23)December 23, 1983 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Busan KT Sonicboom C 11 Kang Sang-jae - (1994-12-31)December 31, 1994 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Korea University C 15 Kim Jong-kyu - (1991-07-03)July 3, 1991 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Changwon LG Sakers F 22 Moon Tae-young - (1978-10-02)October 2, 1978 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Seoul Samsung Thunders C 32 Lee Jong-hyun - (1994-02-05)February 5, 1994 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Korea University C 33 Lee Seoung-hyun - (1992-04-16)April 16, 1992 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Goyang Orion Orions	Head coach Kim Dong-kwang Assistant coach(es) Kim Sang-shik Cho Sang-hyun 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

• Korea women's national basketball team

External links

• (Korean)(English) Official website
• FIBA profile
• (English) Asia-Basket.com

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