Korea national basketball team

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South Korea

FIBA ranking

Joined FIBA

1955

FIBA zone

FIBA Asia

National federation

Korea Basketball Association

Coach

Choi Bu Young

Olympic Games

Appearances

Medals

World Championships

Appearances

Medals

Asian Championships

Appearances

Medals

Gold: 2, Silver: 10, Bronze: 10

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Korea national basketball team (alternate names include Korea Republic and South Korea) is national basketball team representing South Korea. The team is one of major forces in Asian continent and has won 2 gold and 10 silver medals in FIBA Asia Championship.

In 2007 FIBA Asia Championship, Korea was able to go on a streak of 4 wins. The "four" centers are Ha Seung-Jin (224cm), Kim Joo-Sung (205cm), Lee Dong-Jun (a.k.a. Daniel Robert Sandrin, 202cm) and Kim Min-Soo (200cm) leading the championship teams with 44 rebounds a game. Korea is also a team that has a number of strong three point shooters that are Kim Seung-Hyun (179cm), Yang Dong-Geun (182cm) ,Kim Dong-Woo (198cm) and Kim Jin-Soo (205cm).

1 Olympic Games record
2 FIBA World Championship record
3 FIBA Asia Championship record
4 Rosters
- 4.1 2008 Roster

[edit] Olympic Games record

1948: 8th
1956: 14th
1964: 16th
1968: 14th
1988: 9th
1996: 12th

[edit] FIBA World Championship record

[edit] FIBA Asia Championship record

1960 : 4th place
1963 : 3rd place
1965 : 3rd place
1967 : Runner-up
1969 : Winner
1971 : 3rd place
1973 : Runner-up
1975 : 3rd place
1977 : Runner-up
1979 : 3rd place
1981 : Runner-up
1983 : 3rd place
1986 : Runner-up
1987 : Runner-up
1989 : Runner-up
1991 : Runner-up
1993 : 3rd place
1995 : Runner-up
1997 : Winner
1999 : Runner-up
2001 : 3rd place
2003 : Runner-up
2005 : 4th place
2007 : 3rd place

[edit] Rosters

[edit] 2008 Roster

Player	Position	Born	Height (m)	Current Club
Joo Hee-Jung	Guard	Nov 20, 1976	1.80	Anyang KT&G Kites
Jung Young-Sam	Guard	Apr 21, 1984	1.87	Incheon ET Land Black Slamer
Kang Byung-Hyun	Guard	Mar 03, 1985	1.92	Incheon ET Land Black Slamer
Kim Tae-Sul	Guard	Aug 13, 1984	1.80	Seoul SK Knights
Chun Jung-Kyu	Forward	Oct 14, 1983	1.87	Daegu Orions
Yoon Ho-Young	Forward	Jun 01, 1984	1.95	Wonju Dongbu Promy
Lee Kwang-Jae	Forward	Apr 21, 1984	1.87	Wonju Dongbu Promy
Yang Hee-Jong	Forward	May 11, 1984	1.94	Anyang KT&G Kites
Kim Min-Soo	Forward	Jan 16, 1982	2.00	Seoul SK Knights
Oh Se-Keun	Center	May 20, 1987	2.00	Chung-Ang University
Kim Joo-Sung	Center	Nov 09, 1979	2.05	Wonju Dongbu Promy
Ha Seung-Jin	Center	Aug 04, 1985	2.23	Jeonju KCC Egis

1948 Olympic Games: finished 8th among 23 teams

Ahn Byung-suk, Chang Chin-ri, Chyo Joon-deuk, Kang Hyun-bong, Kim Shin-chung, Lee Yung-choon, Lee Hoon-sang, Oh Chul-soo, Bang W.

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)

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 I. J., Kim P. M., Jung Y. S., Jang B. H., Park S. U., Park S. K., Kim S. C., Kim H. Y., Kim D. K., Koo J. H., Lee M. K., Choi B. Y. (Coach: Kim Moo-hyung)

1986 World Championship: finished 22th 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)

International basketball

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