Teams

Korea

Overview

Team profile

Korea



Korea take part in the FIVB Women’s World Grand Champions Cup for the fifth time this year, having been absent only from the inaugural edition in 1993 and the latest 2013 competition. They have yet to win a medal, their best finish being fifth in 2009.Korea have participated in all the Olympic tournaments except Moscow 1980 and Barcelona 1992. They twice came close to a medal, losing the bronze medal matches in Munich 1972 to North Korea 3-0 and in London 2012 to Japan also 3-0. At the FIVB World Championships Korea won bronze medals in 1967 and 1974 but have not been on the podium since. They failed to qualify in the latest edition of 2014. Korea have also won bronze medals in the first two editions of the FIVB World Cup in 1973 and 1977. At continental level they have never won the Asian Championship (7 silver and 8 bronze), but have take gold twice (1994 and 2014) at the Asian Games.


Coach

Hong Sungjin

Hong Sungjin

Hong Sungjin has been serving as a head coach of women’s volleyball clubs in Korea for many years. Hong had served as assistant coach in the Women’s National Team of Korea in 2012 when the team finished fourth at the London 2012 Olympic Games. He had began his relationship with National Team from 2002 when the team won silver at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan.

He has also coached the Women’s National Team of Peru in 2013. After departing South America he coached Korea’s Women’s U23 National Team, winning the bronze medal at the 2015 Asian U23 Championship.



Staff

  • Team Manager Gong Subin
  • Assistant coach Kim Sunghyun
  • Second Assistant Coach Chang Yoonhee
  • Doctor Shin Hyuntaeg
  • Physiotherapist Park Jungsik

Schedule

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Ranking

Rank Teams Matches Result Details Sets Points
Total Won Lost 3-0 3-1 3-2 2-3 1-3 0-3 Points Won Lost Ratio Won Lost Ratio
1
China
 5 5 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 14 15 4 3.750 454 343 1.323
2
Brazil
 5 3 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 11 13 7 1.857 438 405 1.081
3
USA
 5 3 2 1 0 2 0 1 1 7 10 10 1.000 431 434 0.993
4
Russia
 5 2 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 7 9 10 0.900 411 427 0.962
5
Japan
 5 2 3 1 0 1 1 2 0 6 10 11 0.909 462 471 0.980
6
Korea
 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 15 0.000 260 376 0.691

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