South Korea national rugby sevens team
Rugby team
Union | Korea Rugby Union | |
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Coach(es) | Charles Louw | |
Captain(s) | Wanyong Park | |
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World Cup Sevens | ||
Appearances | 5 (First in 1993) | |
Best result | 5th (1997) |
The South Korea national rugby sevens team is a minor national sevens side. They sometimes take part in the Rugby World Cup Sevens, and have competed in the Hong Kong Sevens since the 1980s.[1]
South Korea made their Olympic debut at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, they had qualified the previous year after defeating Hong Kong at the 2019 Asia Rugby Sevens Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Incheon.[2][3]
Tournament history
Summer Olympics
Olympic Games record | |||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | D | |||
2016 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
2020 | 9–12th Place Playoff | 12th | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
Total | 0 Titles | 1/2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Rugby World Cup Sevens
World Cup record | |||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | D | |||
1993 | Group stage | 11th | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |||
1997 | Cup Quarter-finals | 5th | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||
2001 | Plate Quarter-finals | 13th | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |||
2005 | Bowl Quarter-finals | 21st | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||
2009 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
2013 | |||||||||
2018 | |||||||||
2022 | Bowl Quarter-finals | 21st | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
Total | 0 Titles | 5/8 | 27 | 9 | 16 | 2 |
Asian Games
Asian Games record | |||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | D | |||
1998 | Winners | 1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
2002 | Winners | 1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
2006 | Runner-up | 2nd | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |||
2010 | Semi-finalist | 3rd | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |||
2014 | Semi-finalist | 3rd | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |||
2018 | Semi-finalist | 3rd | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |||
Total | 2 Titles | 6/6 | 32 | 27 | 5 | 0 |
Hong Kong Sevens results
Year | Venue | Cup | Plate | |||
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Winner | Final Score | Runner-up | Winner | Runner-up | ||
1982 Details | Government Stadium | Australia | 18-14 | Scottish Border Club | South Korea | Japan |
1983 Details | Government Stadium | Australia | 14-4 | Fiji | South Korea | Canada |
1991 Details | Government Stadium | Fiji | 18-14 | New Zealand | Argentina | South Korea |
1994 Details | Hong Kong Stadium | New Zealand | 32-20 | Australia | South Korea | Hong Kong |
1998 Details | Hong Kong Stadium | Fiji | 28-19 | Western Samoa | South Korea | Morocco |
Sri Lanka Sevens
Year Cup Plate Bowl 1999 South Korea Malaysia India 2000 Chinese Taipei Japan Thailand 2001 Chinese Taipei Denmark Czech Republic 2002 Portugal South Korea Hong Kong 2003 Kenya Sri Lanka Arabian Gulf 2004 Japan Sri Lanka Kazakhstan 2005 Japan Sri Lanka Arabian Gulf 2006 South Korea Thailand Malaysia 2007 Hong Kong China India 2008 Malaysia Chinese Taipei Singapore
Players
Previous squad
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South Korea – 2020 Summer Olympics
- Han Kun-kyu (c)
- Kim Hyun-soo
- Andre Jin Coquillard
- Jang Seong-min
- Lee Jin-kyu
- Choi Seong-deok
References
- McLaren, Bill A Visit to Hong Kong in Starmer-Smith, Nigel & Robertson, Ian (eds) The Whitbread Rugby World '90 (Lennard Books, 1989),