South Korea women's national basketball team

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see South Korea men's national basketball team.
Korea Republic
FIBA ranking 13 Increase 1 (21 August 2023)
Joined FIBA 1955
FIBA zone FIBA Asia
National federation KBA
Coach Jung Sun-min
Olympic Games
Appearances 7
Medals Silver Silver: (1984)
World Cup
Appearances 16
Medals Silver Silver: (1967, 1979)
Asia Cup
Appearances 30
Medals Gold Gold: (1965, 1968, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1988, 1997, 1999, 2007)
Silver Silver: (1970, 1976, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2005, 2009, 2011
Bronze Bronze: (2001, 2004, 2015)
Asian Games
Appearances 11
Medals Gold Gold: (1978, 1990, 1994, 2014)
Silver Silver: (1974, 1982, 1986, 2002, 2010)
Bronze Bronze: (1998)
Home jersey
Team colours
Home
Away jersey
Team colours
Away

The South Korea women's national basketball team (Korean: 대한민국 여자농구 국가대표팀) represents South Korea in international women's basketball competitions. They are administered by the Korea Basketball Association.

History

Team South Korea’s greatest success was at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games, when they took silver.

They finished fourth at the 2000 Summer Olympics and eighth at the 2008 Beijing Games.

In February 2020, South Korea qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics through beating Great Britain during the FIBA Qualifying Tournament in Belgrade, Serbia. It is South Korea's first appearance at the tournament since 2008 Olympics in Beijing.

South Korea will play in group A alongside world No. 3 Spain, No. 4 Canada and No. 8 Serbia. The Koreans will look for at least one win in group A as the top two countries of each group advance to the quarterfinals.

Competitive record

Current roster

Roster for the 2023 FIBA Women's Asia Cup.

South Korea women's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
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Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
PG 1 Shin Ji-hyun 27 – 12 September 1995 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Bucheon Hana 1Q
F 3 Kang Lee-seul 29 – 5 April 1994 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Cheongju KB Stars
PG 5 An He-ji 26 – 12 February 1997 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) Busan BNK Sum
G 6 Lee So-hee 22 – 7 August 2000 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) Busan BNK Sum
C 7 Park Ji-su 24 – 6 December 1998 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Cheongju KB Stars
G 9 Lee Kyung-eun 35 – 13 July 1987 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) Incheon S-Birds
G 11 Park Ji-hyun 23 – 7 April 2000 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Woori Bank
F 12 Lee Hae-ran 20 – 29 May 2003 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Samsung Life Blueminx
C 13 Yang In-young 28 – 13 March 1995 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Bucheon Hana 1Q
F 21 Kim Jin-young 26 – 20 July 1996 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) Incheon S-Birds
F 23 Kim Dan-bi (C) 33 – 27 February 1990 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Incheon S-Birds
C 77 Jin An 27 – 23 March 1996 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Busan BNK Sum
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 26 June 2023

See also