The South Korea national kabaddi team (also known as Republic of Korea national kabaddi team) represents South Korea in international kabaddi competitions.
Kabaddi is a growing sport in South Korea. South Korea national team is ranked 3rd in the world.
In 2016 Kabaddi World Cup, South Korea finished at 3rd place losing to Iran in the semi-finals. South Korea was the only team to beat eventual winner India in the entire tournament.
South Korea was also invited to participate in 2018 Dubai Kabaddi Masters, being one of the top 4 Kabaddi nations in the world.
South Korea has also defeated India at the 2018 Asian Games which was their first defeat at the tournament. They also bagged their first silver medal.
Tournament records Asian Games
Men's team YearRankMWDL 1990Did not enter 1994 1998 2002 2006 20105th2002 2014Third place4202 2018Second place6501 20227th3003 20269th4004Total5/10197012
World Cup Men's Team YearRankPldWDL 2004Group stage3102 2007Group stage3102 2016Third place6501Total3/312705
Current squad Name Role FranchiseLee Jang-kun Raider Patna PiratesLee Dong-geon Raider Bengaluru BullsShin Cheol-gyu Raider -Park Hyun-il All rounder Patna PiratesLee Jae-min Defender Tamil ThalaivasKim Dong-gyu Defender -Lee Jae-cheol Defender -Ko Young-chang Defender U Mumba Hong Dong-ju All Rounder Bengaluru BullsPark Chan-sik All Rounder Tamil ThalaivasKim Gyung-tae All Rounder Bengaluru BullsKim Seong-ryeol All Rounder UP YoddhaEom Tae-deok All Rounder Patna PiratesKim Tae-beom All Rounder -Ok Yong-joo All Rounder -
International grounds
Stadium City Province Capacity Matches hosted Notes Songdo Global University Gymnasium Incheon Incheon Metropolitan City 2,000 2014 Asian Games, international friendlies Hosted kabaddi events during the 2014 Asian Games; top venue for South Korea Gimcheon Gymnasium Gimcheon North Gyeongsang Province 1,500 Training camps, friendly matches Used for national team training and kabaddi promotional events
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