South Korean national rugby union team
Association | Korea Rugby Union | |||||||||
Trainer | Hyung Suk Chung and Chun Oh Seo | |||||||||
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Most international matches Back Kwang Soo (26) |
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First international Japan 23-5 South Korea (March 16, 1969) |
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Biggest victory South Korea 135: 3 Malaysia (September 20, 1992) |
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Biggest defeat Tonga 119-0 South Korea (March 22, 2003) |
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World Championship participations: none |
The South Korean national rugby union team represents South Korea in the sport of rugby union . She belongs to the third tier and has not yet participated in any world championships.
South Korea is one of the strongest national rugby union teams in Asia after Japan and has been among the top 30 in the world rankings for years . Since 2008 the team has been participating in the newly created Asian Five Nations , the unofficial Asian Championships.
International matches
country | Games | Won | Lost | draw |
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Arabia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Australia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
People's Republic of China | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Hong Kong | 6th | 4th | 2 | 0 |
Japan | 25th | 6th | 18th | 1 |
Kazakhstan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Malaysia | 4th | 4th | 0 | 0 |
Netherlands | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Samoa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Singapore | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Sri Lanka | 6th | 6th | 0 | 0 |
Taiwan | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
Thailand | 4th | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Tonga | 6th | 0 | 6th | 0 |
Total | 73 | 42 | 30th | 1 |
Results at world championships
- World Championship 1987 : not participated
- 1991 World Cup : not qualified
- 1995 World Cup : not qualified
- World Championship 1999 : not qualified
- World Championship 2003 : not qualified
- World Championship 2007 : not qualified ( Barrage round )