South Korea national badminton team

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South Korea
AssociationBadminton Korea Association
ConfederationBadminton Asia
PresidentKim Taek-gyu
BWF ranking
Current ranking3 Increase 3 (3 January 2023)
Highest ranking1 (6 July 2017)
Sudirman Cup
Appearances17 (first in 1989)
Best resultChampions (1991, 1993, 2003, 2017)
Thomas Cup
Appearances20 (first in 1984)
Best resultRunners-up (2008, 2012)
Uber Cup
Appearances20 (first in 1984)
Best resultChampions (2010, 2022)
Asian Mixed Team Championships
Appearances3 (first in 2017)
Best resultRunners-up (2017, 2023)
Asian Men's Team Championships
Appearances7 (first in 1985)
Best resultSemi-finals (1985, 1987, 1989, 2016, 2018, 2022)
Asian Women's Team Championships
Appearances4 (first in 2016)
Best resultRunners-up (2020, 2022)

The South Korea national badminton team (Korean: 대한민국 배드민턴 국가대표팀) represents South Korea in international badminton team competitions. The team emerged as the Sudirman Cup champion in 1991, 1993, 2003, and 2017,[1] also won world women's team championships in the 2010[2] and repeated this feat in the 2022 Uber Cups.

Participation in BWF competitions[edit]

Participation in Badminton Asia Championships[edit]

Junior competitive record[edit]

World Junior Team Championships[edit]

Suhandinata Cup[edit]

Year Result
China 2000 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
South Africa 2002 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
Canada 2004 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
South Korea 2006 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
New Zealand 2007 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
India 2008 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
Malaysia 2009 Did not enter
Mexico 2010 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
Taiwan 2011 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
Japan 2012 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place
Thailand 2013 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
Malaysia 2014 Quarter-finalist
Peru 2015 10th place
Spain 2016 9th place
Indonesia 2017 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Semi-finalist
Canada 2018 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
Russia 2019 Quarter-finalist
New Zealand 2020 Cancelled
China 2021 Cancelled
Spain 2022 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
United States 2023 9th place

Asian Junior Team Championships[edit]

Famous players[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Badminton: South Korea upset China to win Sudirman Cup". The Straits Times. 28 May 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  2. ^ Ooi, Ee-Lyn (15 May 2010). "Uber Cup 2010 Final – Bae-utiful Korea capsize Wang-derful China". Badzine. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  3. ^ Populorum, Mike. "Archiv SudirmanCup". sbg.ac.at. Retrieved 8 May 2019.