Korea national basketball team

Infobox national basketball team
country=South Korea
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fiba_zone=FIBA Asia
national_fed=Korea Basketball Association
coach=flagicon|KOR Kim Nam Ki|(김남기) joined_fiba=1955
fiba_ranking=25
oly_appearances=6
oly_medals=None
wc_appearances=6
wc_medals=None
zone_championship=Asian Championships
zone_appearances=24
zone_medals="Gold": 2, "Silver": 10, "Bronze": 10
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Korea national basketball team (alternate names include Korea Republic and South Korea) is national basketball team representing South Korea. The team is one of major forces in Asian continent and has won 2 gold and 10 silver medals in FIBA Asia Championship.

In 2007 FIBA Asia Championship, Korea was able to go on a streak of 4 wins. The "four" centers are Ha Seung-Jin (224cm), Kim Joo-Sung (205cm), Lee Dong-Jun (a.k.a. Daniel Robert Sandrin, 202cm) and Kim Min-Soo (200cm) leading the championship teams with 44 rebounds a game. Korea is also a team that has a number of strong three point shooters that are Kim Seung-Hyun (179cm), Yang Dong-Geun (182cm) ,Kim Dong-Woo (198cm) and Kim Jin-Soo (205cm).

Rosters

2008 Roster

FIBA Asia Championship record

* 1960 : 4th place
* 3rd place
* 3rd place
* Runner-up
* Winner
* 3rd place
* Runner-up
* 3rd place
* Runner-up
* 3rd place
* Runner-up
* 3rd place
* Runner-up
* Runner-up
* Runner-up
* Runner-up
* 3rd place
* Runner-up
* Winner
* Runner-up
* 3rd place
* Runner-up
* 2005 : 4th place
* 3rd place

1948 Olympic Games: finished 8th among 23 teams

Ahn Byung-suk, Chang Chin-ri, Chyo Joon-deuk, Kang Hyun-bong, Kim Shin-chung, Lee Yung-choon, Lee Hoon-sang, Oh Chul-soo, Bang W.

1956 Olympic Games: finished 14th among 15 teams

Ahn Byung-suk, Kim Young-su, Cho Byung-hyun, Kim Choon-pae, Kim Young-ki, Ko Se-te, Paik Nan-chung, Choi Tae-kon, Ahn Young-sik, Kim Hyung-i

1964 Olympic Games: finished 16th among 16 teams

Shin Dong-pa, Moon Hyun-chang, Kim Young-il, Kim Seung-kyu, Chung Jin-bong, Lee Byung-koo, Kim Young-ki, Kim Chung-sun, Ha Ui-kun, Kim Moo-hyun, Bang Yeul, Kim In-kun (Coach: Kim Hee)

1968 Olympic Games: finished 14th among 16 teams

Shin Dong-pa, Lee In-pyo, Kim Young-il, Kim Moo-hyun, Kim In-kun, Choi Jong-kyu, Lee Kyung-jae, Ha Ui-kun, Yoo Hee-hyung, Park Han, Lee Byung-koo, Kwak Hyun-chae (Coach: Lee Kyung-jae)

1970 World Championship: finished 11th among 13 teams

Shin Dong-pa, Lee In-pyo, Kim In-kun, Kim Young-il, Park Han, Choi Jong-kyu, Yoo Hee-hyung, Lee Byung-koo, Yoo Jung-kun, Lee Ja-young, Shin Hyun-soo, Kwak Hyun-chae (Coach: Kim Young-ki)

1978 World Championship: finished 13th among 14 teams

Kim I. J., Kim P. M., Jung Y. S., Jang B. H., Park S. U., Park S. K., Kim S. C., Kim H. Y., Kim D. K., Koo J. H., Lee M. K., Choi B. Y. (Coach: Kim Moo-hyung)

1986 World Championship: finished 22th among 24 teams

Hur Jae, Park In-kyu, Lee Min-hyun, Cho Yoon-ho, Han Ki-bum, Lee Mun-kyu, Kim Hyun-jun, Kim You-taek, Kim Sung-wook, Lee Won-woo, Lee Chung-hee, Goh Myong-hwa (Coach: Kim In-kun)

1988 Olympic Games: finished 9th among 12 teams

Hur Jae, Lee Mun-kyu, Han Ki-bum, Kim Hyun-jun, Kim Yoo-taek, Lee Won-woo, Lee Chung-hee, Park Jong-chun, Kim Yoon-hoo, Oh Seh-woong, Yoo Jae-hak, Choi Chul-kwon (Coach: Pang Yul)

1990 World Championship: finished 15th among 16 teams

Hur Jae, Kim Hyun-jun, Kang Dong-hee, Kim Yoo-taek, Lee Chung-hee, Lee Won-woo, Lee Min-hyun, Seo Dae-seong, Choi Byung-shik, Kim Jin, Jung Jae-kun, Pyo Pil-sang (Coach: Kim In-kun)

1994 World Championship: finished 13th among 16 teams

Hur Jae, Kang Dong-hee, Hyun Joo-yup, Mun Kyung-eun, Kim Yoo-taek, Jung Jae-kun, Lee Sang-min, Kim Young-man, Seo Jang-hun, Kim Seung-ki, Oh Sung-sik, Chun Hee-chul (Coach: Lee In-pyo)

1996 Olympic Games: finished 12th among 12 teams

Hur Jae, Kang Dong-hee, Hyun Joo-yup, Lee Sang-min, Mun Kyung-eun, Jung Jae-kun, Oh Sung-sik, Woo Ji-won, Chung Kyung-ho, Yang Hee-seung, Cho Dong-gi, Chun Hee-chul (Coach: Choi In-sun)

1998 World Championship: finished 16th among 16 teams

Kang Dong-hee, Lee Sang-min, Hyun Joo-yup, Mun Kyung-eun, Seo Jang-hun, Kim Sung-chul, Kim Joo-sung, Choo Seung-gyun, Kim Hee-sun, Kim Byong-chul, Yang Kyung-min, Cho Sang-hyun (Coach: Chung Kwang-suk)