South Korea national rugby sevens team

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This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see South Korea women's national rugby sevens team.
South Korea
UnionKorea Rugby Union
Coach(es)John Walters
Captain(s)Wanyong Park
Team kit
World Cup Sevens
Appearances4 (First in 1993)
Best result5th (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
Year Round Position Pld W L D
Brazil 2016 Did Not Qualify
Japan 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
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
Total 0 Titles 4/7 23 7 14 2

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 Semi Finalist 3rd 6 5 1 0
Total 2 Titles 6/6 32 27 5 0

Hong Kong Sevens results[]

Year Venue Cup Plate
Winner Final Score Runner-up Winner Runner-up
1982
 Government Stadium
Australia 		18-14 Flag of Scotland.svg
South Korea
Japan
1983
 Government Stadium
Australia 		14-4
Fiji
South Korea
Canada
1991
 Government Stadium
Fiji 		18-14
New Zealand
Argentina
South Korea
1994
 Hong Kong Stadium
New Zealand 		32-20
Australia
South Korea
Hong Kong
1998
 Hong Kong Stadium
Fiji 		28-19
Western Samoa
South Korea
Morocco

Sri Lanka Sevens[]

Main article: 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[]

Current squad[]

Squad to the 2021 Olympics in Tokyo:[4]

Head coach: Seo Chun-oh

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Events Points
1 FW Han Kun-kyu (c) (1987-01-22)22 January 1987 (aged 34) 4 20
2 FW Kim Hyun-soo (1988-11-08)8 November 1988 (aged 32) 4 25
3 FW Andre Jin Coquillard (1991-01-15)15 January 1991 (aged 30) 2 10
4 BK Chang Yong-heung (1993-11-12)12 November 1993 (aged 27) 0 0
5 BK Lee Seong-bae (1990-04-07)7 April 1990 (aged 31) 3 13
6 BK Kim Nam-uk (1990-02-05)5 February 1990 (aged 31) 2 0
7 BK Jang Jeong-min (1994-11-10)10 November 1994 (aged 26) 2 27
8 FW Jang Seong-min (1992-08-22)22 August 1992 (aged 28) 2 5
9 BK Park Wan-yong (c) (1984-06-02)2 June 1984 (aged 37) 5 25
10 FW Lee Jin-kyu (1994-07-04)4 July 1994 (aged 27) 1 0
11 FW Choi Seong-deok (1999-05-31)31 May 1999 (aged 22) 0 0
12 BK Jeong Yeon-sik (1993-05-08)8 May 1993 (aged 28) 1 0
13 BK Kim Gwong-min (1988-04-02)2 April 1988 (aged 33) 0 0

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. ^ "Rugby sevens underdogs hope for an Olympic miracle". koreajoongangdaily.joins.com. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
  3. ^ "South Korea earn Tokyo 2020 spot by winning Asian men's rugby sevens qualifier". www.insidethegames.biz. 2019-11-24. Retrieved 2021-10-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "Japan and Korea introduce their men's 7s squads – Planet Sevens". Retrieved 2021-10-19.
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