South Korea national rugby sevens team

South Korea
Union Korea Rugby Union
Coach(es) John Walters
World Cup Sevens
Appearances (First in 1993)
Best result 5th (1997)

The South Korea national rugby sevens team is a minor national sevens side. They regularly take part in the Rugby World Cup Sevens, and have competed in the Hong Kong Sevens since the 1980s.[1]

Tournament history

Summer Olympics

Olympic Games record
Year Round Position Pld W L D
Brazil 2016 Did Not Qualify
Total0 Titles0/0----

Rugby World Cup Sevens

World Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W L D
Scotland 1993 Group Stage 11th 6 3 3 0
Hong Kong 1997 Cup Quarter Finals 5th 5 1 3 1
Argentina 2001 Plate Quarter Finals 13th 6 2 3 1
Hong Kong 2005 Bowl Quarter Finals 21st 6 1 5 0
United Arab Emirates 2009 Did Not Qualify
Russia 2013
United States 2018
Total0 Titles4/7237142

Asian Games

Asian Games record
Year Round Position Pld W L D
Thailand 1998 Winners 1st 5 5 0 0
South Korea 2002 Winners 1st 5 5 0 0
Qatar 2006 Runner Up 2nd 4 3 1 0
China 2010 Semi Finalist 3rd 6 4 2 0
South Korea 2014 Semi Finalist 3rd 6 5 1 0
Indonesia 2018 - - - - - -
Total2 Titles5/5262240

Hong Kong Sevens results

Year Venue Cup Plate
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
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

Current squad

Squad to 2016 Hong Kong Sevens:[2]

  • Kun Kyu Han
  • In Jo Hwang
  • Seong Min Jang
  • Seokhwan Jang
  • Jin-Hyeok Kim
  • Nam Uk Kim
  • Hyun Soo Kim
  • Young Soo Nam
  • Byoung Joon Lee
  • Seong-Bae Lee
  • Youn Hyung Oh
  • Dong-Hoon Han

Previous Squads

References

  • McLaren, Bill A Visit to Hong Kong in Starmer-Smith, Nigel & Robertson, Ian (eds) The Whitbread Rugby World '90 (Lennard Books, 1989),
  1. McLaren, p70
  2. "KOREA 7s". World Rugby.org. 8 April 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
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