South Korea men's national field hockey team

This article is about the men's hockey team. For women's hockey team, see South Korea women's national field hockey team.

South Korea

Association	Korea Hockey Association
Confederation	AHF (Asia)
Head Coach	Sin Seok-gyo
Assistant coach(es)	Shin Dong-yun
Manager	Kim Byung-hoon
Captain	Jang Jong-hyun
FIH ranking
Current	14 (13 August 2024)
Highest	4 (2003)
Lowest	17 (December 2018 – January 2019)
Olympic Games
Appearances	6 (first in 1988)
Best result	2nd (2000)
World Cup
Appearances	7 (first in 1994)
Best result	4th (2002, 2006)
Asian Games
Appearances	14 (first in 1958)
Best result	1st (1986, 1994, 2002, 2006)
Asia Cup
Appearances	10 (first in 1985)
Best result	1st (1993, 1999, 2009, 2013, 2022)
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 1 0 Asian Games 4 1 3 Asia Cup 5 1 3 Champions Trophy 0 1 2 Asian Champions Trophy 1 0 0 Total 10 4 8 Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Team Asian Games 1986 Seoul Team 1994 Hiroshima Team 2002 Busan Team 2006 Doha Team 1998 Bangkok Team 1958 Tokyo Team 2014 Incheon Team 2022 Hangzhou Team Asia Cup 1994 Hiroshima 1999 Kuala Lumpur 2009 Kuantan 2013 Ipoh 2022 Jakarta 2007 Chennai 1985 Dhaka 1989 New Delhi 2003 Kuala Lumpur Champions Trophy 1999 Brisbane 2000 Amstelveen 2009 Melbourne Asian Champions Trophy 2021 Dhaka

The South Korea men's national field hockey team represents South Korea in international field hockey competitions.

Their best result in the global stage was a silver at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. South Korea is consistently ranked as one of the best teams in Asia.

Tournament record

Summer Olympics

Summer Olympics record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad
1908 until 1984	did not participate
1988	9th place game	10th	7	1	2	4	10	14	Squad
1992	did not qualify
1996	5th place game	5th	7	2	3	2	18	17	Squad
2000	Final	2nd	7	3	3	1	13	10	Squad
2004	7th place game	8th	7	2	2	3	22	17	Squad
2008	5th place game	6th	6	2	1	3	15	16	Squad
2012	7th place game	8th	6	2	0	4	11	11	Squad
2016	did not qualify
2020
2024
Total	Best: 2nd	6/24	40	12	11	17	89	85

World Cup

World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad
1971 until 1990	did not qualify
1994	7th place game	8th	7	1	3	3	14	15	—
1998	7th place game	7th	7	2	1	4	14	18	Squad
2002	3rd place game	4th	9	5	0	4	23	16	Squad
2006	3rd place game	4th	7	3	2	2	12	12	Squad
2010	5th place game	6th	6	3	1	2	16	10	Squad
2014	9th place game	10th	6	0	1	5	3	18	Squad
2018	did not qualify
2023	Quarter-finals	8th	5	1	1	3	10	23	Squad
Total	7/15	Best: 4th	47	15	9	23	92	112

Asian Games

Asian Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad
1958	Group stage	3rd	4	2	0	2	6	13	Squad
1962	Group stage	8th	3	0	0	3	1	12	—
1966	5th place game	6th	5	2	0	3	2	4
1970	Withdrew
1974	did not participate
1978
1982	5th place game	5th	5	3	0	2	12	19	—
1986	Final	1st	6	5	1	0	29	3	Squad
1990	Group stage	4th	6	3	0	3	14	11	—
1994	Final	1st	5	3	1	1	20	7	Squad
1998	Final	2nd	6	4	1	1	33	6	Squad
2002	Final	1st	5	4	1	0	25	5	Squad
2006	Final	1st	6	5	1	0	28	3	Squad
2010	3rd place game	4th	6	3	2	1	26	6	Squad
2014	3rd place game	3rd	6	5	0	1	28	4	Squad
2018	5th place game	5th	6	4	0	2	46	8	Squad
2022	3rd place game	3rd	7	5	0	2	47	14	Squad
Total	14/17	4 titles	76	48	7	21	317	116

Asia Cup

Asia Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1982	did not participate
1985	3rd place game	3rd	6	3	1	2	19	17
1989	3rd place game	3rd	5	3	0	2	16	14
1994	Final	1st	6	4	2	0	13	3
1999	Final	1st	6	5	0	1	29	10
2003	3rd place game	3rd	5	3	1	1	20	8
2007	Final	2nd	7	4	1	2	45	16
2009	Final	1st	5	4	1	0	19	4
2013	Final	1st	5	4	0	1	25	6
2017	3rd place game	4th	7	2	3	2	18	14
2022	Final	1st	7	4	2	1	24	15
Total	10/11	5 titles	59	36	11	12	228	107

Asian Champions Trophy

Asian Champions Trophy record
Year	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2011	5th	6	3	1	2	15	17
2012	did not participate
2013
2016	4th	7	2	4	1	14	12
2018	5th	6	2	0	4	11	16
2021	1st	6	2	4	0	20	18
2023	4th	7	1	2	4	11	18
2024	Qualified
Total	1 title	32	10	11	11	91	81

Hockey Nations Cup

FIH Hockey Nations Cup
Year	Round
2022	3rd
2023–24	6th

Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

Sultan Azlan Shah Cup record
Year	Position
1987	5th
1991	6th
1994	5th
1996	1st
1998	3rd
1999	2nd
2000	2nd
2001	2nd
2003	4th
2004	3rd
2005	2nd
2006	6th
2007	4th
2010	1st
2011	5th
2012	5th
2013	3rd
2014	3rd
2015	4th
2019	1st
2020	Cancelled
2022	2nd
2024	5th
Best result: 1st place

Defunct competitions

Champions Trophy

Champions Trophy record
Year	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1978 until 1996	did not participate
1997	6th	6	1	0	5	10	15
1998	4th	6	2	3	1	15	15
1999	2nd	6	2	2	2	13	14
2000	3rd	6	3	0	3	8	7
2001	6th	6	0	1	5	11	20
2002	6th	6	2	0	4	11	17
2003 until 2006	did not participate
2007	4th	8	3	3	2	20	16
2008	6th	6	1	0	5	15	26
2009	3rd	6	3	1	2	18	9
2010	did not participate
2011	8th	6	0	1	5	13	26
2012	did not participate
2014
2016	6th	6	1	0	5	9	21
2018	did not participate
Total	Best: 2nd	68	18	11	39	143	185

Champions Challenge I

Champions Challenge I record
Year	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2001	did not participate
2003	2nd	6	3	1	2	19	11
2005	2nd	6	4	1	1	24	14
2007	did not participate
2009
2011
2012	2nd	6	3	0	3	17	19
2014	1st	6	5	1	0	20	8
Total	1 title	24	15	3	6	80	52

Hockey World League

Hockey World League record
Season	Position	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2012–13	9th	Semifinal	6	1	1	4	9	19
2014–15	13th	Semifinal	7	3	2	2	19	18
2016–17	17th	Semifinal	5	1	0	4	11	18
Total	Best: 9th	Semifinal	18	5	3	10	39	55

*Draws include matches decided on a penalty shoot-out.

Current roster

The following players were named in the squad for the 2022 Asian Games.

Caps and goals current as of 24 September 2023, following the game against Indonesia.

Head coach: Sin Seok-gyo

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Kim Jae-hyeon	(1988-03-06) 6 March 1988	187	0	Seongnam City Hall
31	GK	Kang Young-bin	(1996-05-06) 6 May 1996	5	0
6	DF	Lee Nam-yong (C)	(1983-09-28) 28 September 1983	301	95	Seongnam City Hall
14	DF	Park Cheo-leon	(1998-11-02) 2 November 1998	20	3	Seongnam City Hall
15	DF	Lee Hye-seung	(1999-06-22) 22 June 1999	33	1	Armed Forces Athletics Corps
21	DF	Lee Seung-hoon	(1985-03-20) 20 March 1985	171	4	Armed Forces Athletics Corps
32	DF	Lee Ju-young	(1993-12-24) 24 December 1993	39	0	Seongnam City Hall
7	MF	Jung Man-jae	(1990-11-18) 18 November 1990	176	38	Incheon City Sports Council
10	MF	Hwang Tae-il	(1991-10-31) 31 October 1991	97	10	Seongnam City Hall
13	MF	Ji Woo-cheon	(1994-04-13) 13 April 1994	68	5	Seongnam City Hall
18	MF	Kim Sung-hyun	(1994-08-26) 26 August 1994	38	7	Seongnam City Hall
24	MF	Kim Hyeong-jin	(1994-04-14) 14 April 1994	88	7	Incheon City Sports Council
25	MF	Jang Jong-hyun	(1984-03-28) 28 March 1984	322	256	Seongnam City Hall
8	FW	Son Da-in	(1999-05-17) 17 May 1999	8	1	International University
9	FW	Kim Jung-hoo	(1991-12-31) 31 December 1991	86	19	Incheon City Sports Council
11	FW	Lee Jung-jun	(1991-05-17) 17 May 1991	130	31	Seongnam City Hall
19	FW	Jeong Jun-woo	(1993-04-02) 2 April 1993	59	10	Gimhae City Hall
33	FW	Yang Ji-hun	(1991-08-20) 20 August 1991	97	31	Gimhae City Hall

See also

• South Korea women's national field hockey team

External links

• Official website
• FIH profile