In 2014, it was confirmed that Korea women's national ice hockey team had qualified to participate at the 2018 Winter Olympics as part of the host country. Their participation at the 2018 Winter Olympics had been their second appearance following their debut in the 1998 Olympics in Nagano, Japan.[1]
South Korea had proposed a unified team of the two Koreas at the Games. It was proposed that the team would participate at least in the women's ice hockey event and possibly more disciplines.[2] The proposal came after North Korea competed in the Group A tournament of IIHF Women's World Championship Division II which was hosted in South Korea in April 2017.[3] North Korea initially refused the proposal in June 2017 on the grounds of time constraints.[4][5] However, an agreement was made with four weeks left before the Games commenced.[3]
On 20 January 2018, the International Olympic Committee allowed a Unified Korean team to compete in the women's ice hockey event for the 2018 Winter Olympics[6] under the "Olympic Korean Peninsula Declaration", allowing the team to compete as "Korea", using the acronym "COR".[7] On 30 January 2018, the full roster of the unified Korean team was named.[3]
The language difference of Korean spoken by players from South and North Korea became a challenge for the team during training. South and North Korea use different terminology in ice hockey and head coach Sarah Murray does not speak Korean and had to rely on her assistant and manager to communicate with the team's players.[8]
The unified team played their first friendly match against Sweden on 4 February 2018 at the Seonhak International Ice Rink in Incheon before an audience of 3,000 people ahead of the Winter Olympics.[9] They lost 1–3 to their European opposition.[10] The Koreans scored their only goal during the first period. Four of the 22 players in the roster for that game were North Koreans.[11]
The anthem which plays when the Korea team plays in international ice hockey is the folk song "Arirang" instead of the national anthems of either South Korea or North Korea. The team's uniform features the silhouette of the Korean peninsula with the text "Korea".[10]
There was some opposition to the formation of the team. Critics of the unified team believed that the team had less chance to win a medal compared to a team solely composed of South Koreans.[12]
The squad had a total of 35 players, more than other competing national teams at the Games although the IOC has mandated that only 22 players could play in each match "with respect to fair play" and that the coach must select at least three North Koreans to form the squad in each game.[7]
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^Payne, Marissa (30 September 2017). "PyeongChang Olympic organizers happy to see first North Koreans qualify for 2018 Games". Washington Post. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
^Kim, Chang-keum (22 January 2018). "IOC announces decision to allow unified Korean hockey team". Retrieved 5 February 2018.
^ ab"Unified Korean Olympic Team to march at Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018". International Olympic Committee. 20 January 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
^Siles, Matt (2 February 2018). "Koreas' unified women's hockey team has exposed a key difference between South and North — their language". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
^Myers, Paul (4 February 2018). "Korea's united ice hockey team loses warm-up match against Sweden". RFI. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
^ abWatson, Ivan; Ko, Stella; McKenzie, Sheena (5 February 2018). "Joint Korean ice hockey team plays for first time ahead of Olympics". CNN. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
^Choi, Won-suk (5 February 2018). "Joint Korea ice-hockey team plays their first game". The Korea Times. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
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For other national teams see Korea national ice hockey team The Korea women s national ice hockey team is a representative side which is composed of players from both South Korea and North Korea KoreaGeneral managerLee Ji yoonHead coachSarah Murray 2018 AssistantsRebecca BakerKim Do yunPak Chol ho 2018 CaptainPark Jong ah 2018 Team colors First international Sweden 3 1 Korea Incheon South Korea 5 February 2018 Biggest winNoneBiggest defeat Switzerland 8 0 Korea Gangneung South Korea 10 February 2018 Sweden 8 0 Korea Gangneung South Korea 12 February 2018 OlympicsAppearances1 first in 2018 International record W L T 0 5 0 The team competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics competing as Korea under the IOC country code COR Contents 1 History 2 Team image 3 Olympic Games record 4 Fixtures and results 4 1 Exhibition games 4 2 2018 Winter Olympics 5 Team 5 1 2018 Winter Olympics roster 6 All time record against other nations 7 See also 8 ReferencesHistory editIn 2014 it was confirmed that Korea women s national ice hockey team had qualified to participate at the 2018 Winter Olympics as part of the host country Their participation at the 2018 Winter Olympics had been their second appearance following their debut in the 1998 Olympics in Nagano Japan 1 South Korea had proposed a unified team of the two Koreas at the Games It was proposed that the team would participate at least in the women s ice hockey event and possibly more disciplines 2 The proposal came after North Korea competed in the Group A tournament of IIHF Women s World Championship Division II which was hosted in South Korea in April 2017 3 North Korea initially refused the proposal in June 2017 on the grounds of time constraints 4 5 However an agreement was made with four weeks left before the Games commenced 3 On 20 January 2018 the International Olympic Committee allowed a Unified Korean team to compete in the women s ice hockey event for the 2018 Winter Olympics 6 under the Olympic Korean Peninsula Declaration allowing the team to compete as Korea using the acronym COR 7 On 30 January 2018 the full roster of the unified Korean team was named 3 The language difference of Korean spoken by players from South and North Korea became a challenge for the team during training South and North Korea use different terminology in ice hockey and head coach Sarah Murray does not speak Korean and had to rely on her assistant and manager to communicate with the team s players 8 The unified team played their first friendly match against Sweden on 4 February 2018 at the Seonhak International Ice Rink in Incheon before an audience of 3 000 people ahead of the Winter Olympics 9 They lost 1 3 to their European opposition 10 The Koreans scored their only goal during the first period Four of the 22 players in the roster for that game were North Koreans 11 Team image edit nbsp The Korean Unification Flag was used by the team The anthem which plays when the Korea team plays in international ice hockey is the folk song Arirang instead of the national anthems of either South Korea or North Korea The team s uniform features the silhouette of the Korean peninsula with the text Korea 10 There was some opposition to the formation of the team Critics of the unified team believed that the team had less chance to win a medal compared to a team solely composed of South Koreans 12 Olympic Games record edit2018 Finished in 8th placeFixtures and results editExhibition games edit 4 February 2018Korea nbsp 1 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 nbsp SwedenSeonhak International Ice Rink Incheon Attendance 3 000Game referenceShin So jungGoalies0 116 15 Stenberg0 2 OlssonPark Jong ah 18 221 21 319 40 Grahm 2018 Winter Olympics edit Pos Teamvte Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 nbsp Switzerland 3 3 0 0 0 13 2 11 9 Quarterfinals 2 nbsp Sweden 3 2 0 0 1 11 3 8 6 3 nbsp Japan 3 1 0 0 2 6 6 0 3 Classification 4 nbsp Korea H 3 0 0 0 3 1 20 19 0Source IIHF H Host 10 February 2018 21 10Switzerland nbsp 8 0 3 0 3 0 2 0 nbsp 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1 0 0 2 nbsp JapanKwandong Hockey Centre Gangneung Attendance 4 110Game referenceShin So jungGoaliesAkane KonishiReferees nbsp Drahomira Fialova nbsp Nicole HertrichLinesmen nbsp Jessica Leclerc nbsp Zuzana Svobodova0 101 07 Kubo H Toko Ukita 0 203 58 Ono Koike Yoneyama PP Griffin Park Yo 29 311 21 351 42 Koike Hosoyamada Yoneyama PP 1 458 33 Ukita ENG 6 minPenalties4 min13Shots44 5 8th place semifinal 18 February 2018 12 10Switzerland nbsp 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 nbsp KoreaKwandong Hockey Centre Gangneung Attendance 3 811Game referenceJanine AlderGoaliesShin So jungReferees nbsp Gabrielle Ariano Lortie nbsp Katarina TimglasLinesmen nbsp Jenni Heikkinen nbsp Veronica JohanssonZollinger Bullo L Benz PP 16 351 0Raselli Ruegg Altmann 38 522 02 minPenalties8 min53Shots19 Seventh place game 20 February 2018 12 10Sweden nbsp 6 1 2 1 1 0 3 0 nbsp KoreaKwandong Hockey Centre Gangneung Attendance 4 125Game referenceMinatsu MuraseSarah BerglindGoaliesShin So jungHan Do heeReferees nbsp Drahomira Fialova nbsp Aina HoveLinesmen nbsp Jenni Heikkinen nbsp Natasa PagonKuller Rask Uden Johansson 05 501 01 106 21 Han S Park J PP Alasalmi Nylen Persson Borgqvist PP 19 372 1Grahm Rask Nordin 36 273 1Svedin Johansson Hjalmarsson 43 054 1Rask Lindh 49 315 1Johansson Borgqvist Hjalmarsson 57 196 16 minPenalties4 min40Shots16Team edit2018 Winter Olympics roster edit The squad had a total of 35 players more than other competing national teams at the Games although the IOC has mandated that only 22 players could play in each match with respect to fair play and that the coach must select at least three North Koreans to form the squad in each game 7 The following is the Korean roster for the women s ice hockey tournament at the 2018 Winter Olympics 13 Head coach nbsp Sarah Murray 14 Assistant coaches nbsp Kim Do yun nbsp Pak Chol ho nbsp Rebecca Baker No Pos Name Height Weight Birthdate 2017 18 team 1 G Genevieve Knowles 1 60 m 5 2 ft 60 kg 130 lb 25 April 2000 nbsp Phoenix 2 F Ko Hye in 1 63 m 5 3 ft 68 kg 150 lb 18 July 1994 nbsp Ice Avengers 3 D Eom Su yeon 1 68 m 5 5 ft 60 kg 130 lb 1 February 2001 nbsp Ice Avengers 4 F Kim Un hyang 1 57 m 5 2 ft 59 kg 130 lb 10 December 1992 nbsp Kanggye 5 F Caroline Park 1 59 m 5 2 ft 56 kg 123 lb 18 November 1989 nbsp Phoenix 6 F Choi Yu jung 1 56 m 5 1 ft 56 kg 123 lb 27 March 2000 nbsp Ice Beat 7 F Danelle Im 1 62 m 5 3 ft 55 kg 121 lb 21 January 1993 nbsp Phoenix 8 D Kim Se lin 1 56 m 5 1 ft 60 kg 130 lb 3 April 2000 nbsp Ice Avengers 9 F Park Jong ah C 1 60 m 5 2 ft 59 kg 130 lb 13 June 1996 nbsp Ice Avengers 10 F Choi Ji yeon 1 59 m 5 2 ft 52 kg 115 lb 21 August 1998 nbsp Ice Avengers 11 D Park Ye eun 1 62 m 5 3 ft 54 kg 119 lb 28 May 1996 nbsp Ice Beat 12 F Kim Hee won 1 64 m 5 4 ft 55 kg 121 lb 1 August 2001 nbsp Ice Avengers 13 F Lee Eun ji 1 54 m 5 1 ft 48 kg 106 lb 8 March 2001 nbsp Phoenix 14 F Ryo Song hui 1 57 m 5 2 ft 61 kg 134 lb 15 January 1994 nbsp Taesongsan 15 D Park Chae lin 1 58 m 5 2 ft 52 kg 115 lb 17 December 1998 nbsp Ice Beat 16 F Jo Su sie A 1 62 m 5 3 ft 55 kg 121 lb 9 September 1994 nbsp Ice Beat 17 F Han Soo jin 1 69 m 5 5 ft 63 kg 139 lb 22 September 1987 nbsp Ice Beat 18 F Kim Un jong 1 56 m 5 1 ft 63 kg 139 lb 28 October 1992 nbsp Taesongsan 20 G Han Do hee 1 59 m 5 2 ft 60 kg 130 lb 16 November 1994 nbsp Ice Avengers 21 F Lee Yeon jeong 1 60 m 5 2 ft 52 kg 115 lb 2 November 1994 nbsp Ice Beat 22 F Jung Si yun 1 71 m 5 6 ft 64 kg 141 lb 8 September 2000 nbsp Ice Avengers 23 D Park Yoon jung A 1 71 m 5 6 ft 65 kg 143 lb 18 December 1992 nbsp Phoenix 24 D Cho Mi hwan 1 60 m 5 2 ft 58 kg 128 lb 30 March 1995 nbsp Ice Avengers 25 G Ri Pom 1 63 m 5 3 ft 62 kg 137 lb 28 May 1995 nbsp Sajabong 26 F Kim Hyang mi 1 62 m 5 3 ft 72 kg 159 lb 10 February 1995 nbsp Taesongsan 27 F Jong Su hyon 1 60 m 5 2 ft 58 kg 128 lb 10 October 1996 nbsp Taesongsan 29 F Lee Jin gyu 1 63 m 5 3 ft 59 kg 130 lb 13 January 2000 nbsp Phoenix 31 G Shin So jung 1 65 m 5 4 ft 63 kg 139 lb 4 March 1990 nbsp Ice Beat 32 D Jin Ok 1 58 m 5 2 ft 56 kg 123 lb 28 January 1990 nbsp Kanggye 33 F Choe Un gyong 1 52 m 5 0 ft 52 kg 115 lb 29 January 1994 nbsp Susan 37 F Randi Griffin 1 65 m 5 4 ft 58 kg 128 lb 2 September 1988 nbsp Phoenix 39 F Hwang Chung gum 1 63 m 5 3 ft 59 kg 130 lb 11 September 1995 nbsp Taesongsan 41 D Hwang Sol gyong 1 60 m 5 2 ft 60 kg 130 lb 9 January 1997 nbsp Jangjasan 42 D Ryu Su jong 1 60 m 5 2 ft 59 kg 130 lb 24 July 1995 nbsp Kimchaek 47 D Choe Jong hui 1 58 m 5 2 ft 62 kg 137 lb 12 December 1991 nbsp KimchaekAll time record against other nations editLast match update 20 February 2018 Team GP W T L GF GA nbsp Japan 1 0 0 1 1 4 nbsp Sweden 3 0 0 3 2 17 nbsp Switzerland 2 0 0 2 0 10See also editKorea at the 2018 Winter Olympics Unified Korean sporting teamsReferences edit Steiss Adam 19 September 2014 Korea headed to the Olympics National teams granted entry to PyeongChang 2018 IIHF Retrieved 5 February 2018 N Korean IOC member keeps mum on Olympic co hosting with S Korea Yonhap News Agency 23 June 2017 Retrieved 7 October 2017 a b c Merk Martin 30 January 2018 Unified Korean Team International Ice Hockey Federation Archived from the original on 6 February 2018 Retrieved 5 February 2018 N Korea refuses South s Olympic offer BBC News 26 June 2017 Retrieved 5 February 2018 Payne Marissa 30 September 2017 PyeongChang Olympic organizers happy to see first North Koreans qualify for 2018 Games Washington Post Retrieved 5 February 2018 Kim Chang keum 22 January 2018 IOC announces decision to allow unified Korean hockey team Retrieved 5 February 2018 a b Unified Korean Olympic Team to march at Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 International Olympic Committee 20 January 2018 Retrieved 5 February 2018 Siles Matt 2 February 2018 Koreas unified women s hockey team has exposed a key difference between South and North their language Los Angeles Times Retrieved 5 February 2018 Myers Paul 4 February 2018 Korea s united ice hockey team loses warm up match against Sweden RFI Retrieved 5 February 2018 a b Watson Ivan Ko Stella McKenzie Sheena 5 February 2018 Joint Korean ice hockey team plays for first time ahead of Olympics CNN Retrieved 5 February 2018 Choi Won suk 5 February 2018 Joint Korea ice hockey team plays their first game The Korea Times Retrieved 5 February 2018 Winter Olympics Joint Korean team loses first practice match BBC News 4 February 2018 Retrieved 5 February 2018 Ice hockey Women Team Roster COR Korea PDF pyeongchang2018 com 13 February 2018 Archived from the original PDF on 20 February 2018 Retrieved 20 February 2018 Coach Profile Sarah MURRAY Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games Retrieved 18 February 2018 Portal nbsp Olympics Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Korea women 27s national ice hockey team amp oldid 1212160750, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
