South Korea national kabaddi team

The South Korea national kabaddi team (also known as Republic of Korea national kabaddi team)[1] represents South Korea in international kabaddi competitions.

South Korea national kabaddi team
Flag of Republic of South Korea
SportKabaddi
RegionAsian Kabaddi Federation (AKF)
Captaindoan kang lee
Affiliation(s)International Kabaddi Federation (IKF)

Kabaddi is a growing sport in South Korea. South Korea national team is ranked 3rd in the world.[citation needed]

In 2016 Kabaddi World Cup, South Korea finished at 3rd place losing to Iran in the semi-finals. South Korea was the only team to beat eventual winner India in the entire tournament.[citation needed]

South Korea was also invited to participate in 2018 Dubai Kabaddi Masters, being one of the top 4 Kabaddi nations in the world.[citation needed]

South Korea has also defeated India at the 2018 Asian Games which was their first defeat at the tournament. They also bagged their first silver medal.[citation needed]

Team edit

Name Role Franchise
Lee Jang-kun Raider Patna Pirates
Lee Dong-geon Raider Bengaluru Bulls
Shin Cheol-gyu Raider -
Park Hyun-il All rounder Patna Pirates
Lee Jae-min Defender Tamil Thalaivas
Kim Dong-gyu Defender -
Lee Jae-cheol Defender -
Ko Young-chang Defender U Mumba
Hong Dong-ju All Rounder Bengaluru Bulls
Park Chan-sik All Rounder Tamil Thalaivas
Kim Gyung-tae All Rounder Bengaluru Bulls
Kim Seong-ryeol All Rounder UP Yoddha
Eom Tae-deok All Rounder Patna Pirates
Kim Tae-beom All Rounder -
Ok Yong-joo All Rounder -

Tournament records edit

Asian Games edit

Men's team

Year Rank M W D L PF PA PD
China 1990 Did not enter
Japan 1994
Thailand 1998
South Korea 2002
Qatar 2006
China 2010 5th 2 0 0 2 39 92 -53
South Korea 2014 Bronze medal 4 2 0 2 129 126 +3
Indonesia 2018 Silver medal 6 5 0 1 190 134 +56
Total 3/8 12 7 0 5 358 352 +6

Women's team

Year Rank Pld W D L PF PA PD
China 2010 5th 3 1 0 2 40 75 -35
South Korea 2014 5th 2 0 0 2 44 77 -31
Indonesia 2018 5th 3 2 0 1 92 87 +5
Total 3/3 8 3 0 5 180 239 -59

World Cup edit

Men's Team

Year Rank Pld W D L
India 2004 Group stage 3 1 0 2
India 2007 Group stage 3 1 0 2
India 2016 Bronze medal 6 5 0 1
Total 3/3 12 7 0 5

Women's Team

Year Rank Pld W D L
India 2012 Quarter Final 4 2 0 2
Total 1/1 4 2 0 2

References edit

  1. ^ "2016 Kabaddi World Cup :: Republic of Korea Kabaddi Team Profile - Information About Team Republic of Korea". 2 November 2017.