North Korean women's national handball team

 North Korea

Association	Handball Federation of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
confederacy	Asian Handball Federation
statistics
Biggest win North Korea 73-2 Indonesia (December 13, 2012)
Highest Loss North Korea 19:36 South Korea (August 1991) North Korea 22:39 South Korea (14 August 2018)     0
Handball Asian Championship
Participation	6 (first: 1991 )
best result	3rd place ( 1993 , 2000 )
(As of January 23, 2019)

The North Korean women's national handball team is the selection of North Korean handball players that the handball association of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea represents on an international level, for example in friendly matches against the national teams of other national associations, but also in international competitions. The greatest success was winning the bronze medal at the Asian Championships in 1993 and 2000. Originally, North Korea was qualified for the 1999 World Cup, but was replaced by Ukraine before the tournament began .

International competitions

The national team has taken part in an Asian Cup six times :

1987 : did not participate  1989 : did not participate  1991 : 4th place (out of 5)  1993 : 3rd place (out of 7)  1995 : did not participate  1997 : did not participate

1999 : 4th place (out of 5)  2000 : 3rd place (out of 7)  2002 : did not participate  2004 : did not participate  2006 : did not participate  2008 : did not participate

2010 : 5th place (out of 8)  2012 : 5th place (out of 12)  2015 : not participated  2017 : not participated  2018 : not participated

In addition, the national team has taken part in the Asian Games five times :

1990 : 4th place (out of 6)  1994 : did not participate  1998 : 2nd place (out of 6)

2002 : 5th place (out of 5)  2006 : did not participate  2010 : 5th place (out of 9)

2014 : did not participate  2018 : 5th place (out of 10)

List of international matches

date opponent result occasion 26 Sep 1990  Taiwan 23:25 Asian Games 28 Sep 1990  Japan 26:24 Asian Games Sep 30 1990  South Korea 29:40 Asian Games 0Oct 2, 1990  People's Republic of China 24:26 Asian Games 0Oct. 4, 1990  Hong Kong 41:14 Asian Games  Aug 1991  Japan 14:23 Asian Championship  Aug 1991  South Korea 19:36 Asian Championship Aug 28, 1991  People's Republic of China 19:27 Asian Championship Aug 31, 1991  Taiwan 28:27 Asian Championship  Aug 1993  South Korea 23:36 Asian Championship  Aug 1993  Taiwan 33:16 Asian Championship  Aug 1993  People's Republic of China 09:21 Asian Championship  Aug 1993  Japan 25:21 Asian Championship 0Dec 9, 1998  Japan 26:20 Asian Games Dec 10, 1998  Kazakhstan 30:28 Asian Games Dec 11, 1998  South Korea 22:37 Asian Games Dec 12, 1998  People's Republic of China 36:29 Asian Games Dec 14, 1998  Thailand 44:12 Asian Games Jan. 24, 2000  South Korea 27:36 Asian Cup 1999 Jan 25, 2000  People's Republic of China 21:21 Asian Cup 1999 Jan. 27, 2000  Japan 25:26 Asian Cup 1999 Jan. 29, 2000  Taiwan 30:25 Asian Cup 1999 Aug 10, 2000  People's Republic of China 24:28 Asian Championship Aug 11, 2000  India 51:11 Asian Championship Aug 15, 2000  South Korea 23:29 Asian Championship Aug 17, 2000  People's Republic of China 24:18 Asian Championship

date opponent result occasion 0Oct 3, 2002  Japan 26:26 Asian Games 0Oct 5, 2002  People's Republic of China 23:34 Asian Games 0Oct 7, 2002  South Korea 24:34 Asian Games Oct 11, 2002  Kazakhstan 26:29 Asian Games Nov 19, 2010  Japan 27:31 Asian Games Nov 21, 2010  People's Republic of China 21:26 Asian Games Nov 22, 2010  India 42:17 Asian Games Nov 25, 2010  Taiwan 38:17 Asian Games Dec 20, 2010  Iran 47:22 Asian Championship Dec 21, 2010  People's Republic of China 27:33 Asian Championship Dec 22, 2010  Kazakhstan 31:35 Asian Championship Dec 24, 2010  Uzbekistan 52:21 Asian Championship 0Dec 7, 2012  People's Republic of China 20:29 Asian Championship 0Dec 8, 2012  Iran 36:20 Asian Championship 0Dec 9, 2012  Taiwan 41:23 Asian Championship Dec 11, 2012  South Korea 18:33 Asian Championship Dec 13, 2012  Indonesia 73: 20 Asian Championship Dec 14, 2012  India 46:24 Asian Championship Dec 15, 2012  Uzbekistan 41:28 Asian Championship 14 Aug 2018  South Korea 22:39 Asian Games 19th Aug 2018  Kazakhstan 37:33 Asian Games 21 Aug 2018  India 49:19 Asian Games 23 Aug 2018  People's Republic of China 31:34 Asian Games 25 Aug 2018  Indonesia 59:15 Asian Games 29 Aug 2018  Kazakhstan 32:30 Asian Games The first international match between North Korea and the respective nation is marked in bold .

Web links

• Handball Association of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea at the International Handball Federation (IHF)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Women Handball Asia Games 1998. In: todor66.com , accessed on January 23, 2019.
2. ^ Women Handball Asia Games 1990. In: todor66.com , accessed on January 23, 2019.
3. ↑ Women Handball 3rd Asian Championship 1991. In: todor66.com , accessed on January 23, 2019.
4. ↑ Women Handball 4th Asian Championship 1993. In: todor66.com , accessed on January 23, 2019.
5. ↑ Women Handball Asia 2000. In: todor66.com , accessed on January 23, 2019.
6. ↑ Women Handball Asia 2000a. In: todor66.com , accessed January 23, 2019.
7. ^ Women Handball Asia Games 2002. In: todor66.com , accessed on January 23, 2019.
8. ↑ Women Handball 16th Asia Games 2010. In: todor66.com , accessed on January 23, 2019.
9. ↑ Women Handball Asia 2010. In: todor66.com , accessed on January 23, 2019.
10. ↑ Women Handball 14th Asia Championship 2012. In: todor66.com , accessed on January 23, 2019.
11. ↑ Women Handball 18th Asia Games 2018. In: todor66.com , accessed on January 23, 2019.