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 Steady (23 November 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 Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney Team Asian Games Gold medal – first place 1986 Seoul Team Gold medal – first place 1994 Hiroshima Team Gold medal – first place 2002 Busan Team Gold medal – first place 2006 Doha Team Silver medal – second place 1998 Bangkok Team Bronze medal – third place 1958 Tokyo Team Bronze medal – third place 2014 Incheon Team Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hangzhou Team Asia Cup Gold medal – first place 1994 Hiroshima Gold medal – first place 1999 Kuala Lumpur Gold medal – first place 2009 Kuantan Gold medal – first place 2013 Ipoh Gold medal – first place 2022 Jakarta Silver medal – second place 2007 Chennai Bronze medal – third place 1985 Dhaka Bronze medal – third place 1989 New Delhi Bronze medal – third place 2003 Kuala Lumpur Champions Trophy Silver medal – second place 1999 Brisbane Bronze medal – third place 2000 Amstelveen Bronze medal – third place 2009 Melbourne Asian Champions Trophy Gold medal – first place 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	Host	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
1908 to 1984		did not participate
1988	Seoul, South Korea	10th	7	1	2	4	10	14	Squad
1992	Barcelona, Spain	did not qualify
1996	Atlanta, United States	5th	7	2	3	2	18	17	Squad
2000	Sydney, Australia	2nd	7	3	3	1	13	10	Squad
2004	Athens, Greece	8th	7	2	2	3	22	17	Squad
2008	Beijing, China	6th	6	2	1	3	15	16	Squad
2012	London, Great Britain	8th	6	2	0	4	11	11	Squad
2016 to 2024		did not qualify
2028	Los Angeles, United States	to be determined
2032	Brisbane, Australia
Total		2nd place	40	12	11	17	89	85

World Cup

World Cup record
Year	Host	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
1971 to 1990		did not qualify
1994	Sydney, Australia	8th	7	1	3	3	14	15	—
1998	Utrecht, Netherlands	7th	7	2	1	4	14	18	Squad
2002	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	4th	9	5	0	4	23	16	Squad
2006	Mönchengladbach, Germany	4th	7	3	2	2	12	12	Squad
2010	New Delhi, India	6th	6	3	1	2	16	10	Squad
2014	The Hague, Netherlands	10th	6	0	1	5	3	18	Squad
2018	Bhubaneswar, India	did not qualify
2023	Odisha, India	8th	5	1	1	3	10	23	Squad
2026	Wavre, Belgium Amstelveen, Netherlands	to be determined
Total		4th place	47	15	9	23	92	112

Asian Games

Asian Games record
Year	Host	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
1958	Tokyo, Japan	3rd	4	2	0	2	6	13	Squad
1962	Jakarta, Indonesia	8th	3	0	0	3	1	12	—
1966	Bangkok, Thailand	6th	5	2	0	3	2	4
1970		Withdrew
1974	Tehran, Iran	did not participate
1978	Bangkok, Thailand
1982	New Delhi, India	5th	5	3	0	2	12	19	—
1986	Seoul, South Korea	1st	6	5	1	0	29	3	Squad
1990	Beijing, China	4th	6	3	0	3	14	11	—
1994	Hiroshima, Japan	1st	5	3	1	1	20	7	Squad
1998	Bangkok, Thailand	2nd	6	4	1	1	33	6	Squad
2002	Busan, South Korea	1st	5	4	1	0	25	5	Squad
2006	Doha, Qatar	1st	6	5	1	0	28	3	Squad
2010	Guangzhou, China	4th	6	3	2	1	26	6	Squad
2014	Incheon, South Korea	3rd	6	5	0	1	28	4	Squad
2018	Jakarta, Indonesia	5th	6	4	0	2	46	8	Squad
2022	Huangzhou, China	3rd	7	5	0	2	47	14	Squad
2026	Nagoya, Japan	to be determined
2030	Doha, Qatar
2034	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Total		1st place	76	48	7	21	317	116

Asia Cup

Asia Cup record
Year	Host	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1982	Karachi, Pakistan	did not participate
1985	Dhaka, Bangladesh	3rd	6	3	1	2	19	17
1989	New Delhi, India	3rd	5	3	0	2	16	14
1994	Hiroshima, Japan	1st	6	4	2	0	13	3
1999	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	1st	6	5	0	1	29	10
2003	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	3rd	5	3	1	1	20	8
2007	Chennai, India	2nd	7	4	1	2	45	16
2009	Kuantan, Malaysia	1st	5	4	1	0	19	4
2013	Ipoh, Malaysia	1st	5	4	0	1	25	6
2017	Dhaka, Bangladesh	4th	7	2	3	2	18	14
2022	Jakarta, Indonesia	1st	7	4	2	1	24	15
2025	Rajgir, India	to be determined
Total		1st place	59	36	11	12	228	107

Asian Champions Trophy

Asian Champions Trophy record
Year	Host	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2011	Ordos City, China	5th	6	3	1	2	15	17
2012	Doha, Qatar	did not participate
2013	Kakamigahara, Japan
2016	Kuantan, Malaysia	4th	7	2	4	1	14	12
2018	Muscat, Oman	5th	6	2	0	4	11	16
2021	Dhaka, Bangladesh	1st	6	2	4	0	20	18
2023	Chennai, India	4th	7	1	2	4	11	18
2024	Hulunbuir, China	4th	7	1	3	3	17	24
Total		1st place	39	11	14	14	108	105

Nations Cup

FIH Hockey Nations Cup record
Year	Host	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2022	Potchefstroom, South Africa	3rd	5	4	1	0	15	4
2023–24	Gniezno, Poland	6th	6	2	0	4	12	13
Total		3rd place	11	6	1	4	27	17

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	Host	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1978 to 1996		did not participate
1997	Adelaide, Australia	6th	6	1	0	5	10	15
1998	Lahore, Pakistan	4th	6	2	3	1	15	15
1999	Brisbane, Australia	2nd	6	2	2	2	13	14
2000	Amstelveen, Netherlands	3rd	6	3	0	3	8	7
2001	Rotterdam, Netherlands	6th	6	0	1	5	11	20
2002	Cologne, Germany	6th	6	2	0	4	11	17
2003 to 2006		did not participate
2007	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	4th	8	3	3	2	20	16
2008	Rotterdam, Netherlands	6th	6	1	0	5	15	26
2009	Melbourne, Australia	3rd	6	3	1	2	18	9
2010	Mönchengladbach, Germany	did not participate
2011	Auckland, New Zealand	8th	6	0	1	5	13	26
2012	Melbourne, Australia	did not participate
2014	Bhubaneswar, India
2016	London, Great Britain	6th	6	1	0	5	9	21
2018	Breda, Netherlands	did not participate
Total		2nd place	68	18	11	39	143	185

Champions Challenge I

Champions Challenge I record
Year	Host	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2001	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	did not participate
2003	Johannesburg, South Africa	2nd	6	3	1	2	19	11
2005	Alexandria, Egypt	2nd	6	4	1	1	24	14
2007 to 2011		did not participate
2012	Quilmes, Argentina	2nd	6	3	0	3	17	19
2014	Kuantan, Malaysia	1st	6	5	1	0	20	8
Total		1st place	24	15	3	6	80	52

Hockey World League and FIH Series

Hockey World League and FIH Series 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
2018–19	—	Finals	6	3	2	1	21	10
Total	Best: 9th	Semifinal	24	8	5	11	60	65

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

• FIH profile