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Unified Korean sporting teams

"Korea Team" redirects here. Not to be confused with Team Korea.

A unified team of North and South Korea has played at certain sports competitions under the name Korea.

Korea Team
Korean Unification Flag
Events
IOC codeCOR
NOCs
Other related appearances
 North Korea
 South Korea
International medals
World Table Tennis Championships
Gold medal – first place 1991 Chiba Women's team
Silver medal – second place 1991 Chiba Women's singles
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Chiba Men's singles
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Chiba Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Sweden Women's team
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta–Palembang Women's Canoe TBR 500 meters
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta–Palembang Women's Canoe TBR 200 meters
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta–Palembang Men's Canoe TBR 1000 meters
ITTF World Tour
Gold medal – first place 2018 Korea Open Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Korea Open Men's doubles
Korea
Hangul
코리아
Revised RomanizationKoria
McCune–ReischauerK'oria
IPA/kʰo̞ɾi.a̠/
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History

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Since the conclusion of the Korean War, North and South Korea have existed as separate countries, with both claiming to be the sole legitimate government of all Korea. Both nations participate in international sport as individual countries; unified teams are exceptions to this practice rather than the norm. Joint teams have been seen as geopolitical gestures.[1]

A unified team under the name Korea (KOR) competed in 1991 World Table Tennis Championships and FIFA World Youth Championship with athletes from both North and South Korea. In 1991, the team used the Unification Flag and the anthem "Arirang".[2][3]

At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang in South Korea, the Koreas marched together at the Parade of Nations under the Unification Flag.[4] A unified team played in the women's ice hockey tournament as Korea under the IOC country code COR, using the Unification Flag and the "Arirang" anthem. For other disciplines, the two Koreas retained separate national teams.[5] At the 2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships, the two Koreas entered separate teams, but when they were paired against each other at the quarter-final of the women's event, they negotiated instead to field a joint team for the semifinal, with the agreement of the International Table Tennis Federation.[6]

The two Koreas also initially agreed to form a unified Korea team at the 2018 East Asian Judo Championships in Mongolia.[7] Plans to compete under a unified flag were eventually scrapped due to a dispute over the flag.[8]

Four unified teams also participated in the international table tennis event, 2018 Korea Open. The unified Korean women's doubles team won gold, the first gold medal won by a unified Korean team since the 1991 World Table Tennis Championships, while the unified men's doubles team won bronze.[9]

FIBA allowed the participation of unified Korean team at the 2019 FIBA Women's Asia Cup.[10] However, no unified Korean team entered the basketball tournament.

Records

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Multi-sport events

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2018 Winter Olympics

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Main article: Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total
  2018 Pyeongchang 35[5] 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0

2018 Asian Games

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Main article: Korea at the 2018 Asian Games
Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total
  2018 Jakarta–Palembang 60 1 1 2 4
Total 1 1 2 4

2018 Asian Para Games

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Main article: Korea at the 2018 Asian Para Games
Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total
  2018 Jakarta 12 0 1 1 2
Total 0 1 1 2

Single sports events

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World Table Tennis Championships

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Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total
  1991 Chiba 22[11] 1 1 2 4
  2018 Sweden 5[12] 0 0 1 1
Total 1 1 3 5

ITTF World Tour

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Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total
  2018 Korea Open 8[13] 1 0 1 2
Total 1 0 1 2

Single sport team tournaments

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FIFA World Youth Championship

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Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total
  1991 Portugal 18[14] 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0

World Men's Handball Championship

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Main article: Korea men's national handball team
Games Round Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
   2019 Denmark / Germany Match for 21st place 22nd of 24 7 1 0 6 177 216 –39
Total 22nd place 7 1 0 6 177 216 –39

Names

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In English, the team is named Korea, a term shared between North Korea and South Korea.

In East Asian languages where the names of the countries are significantly different (North Korea's 조선/朝鮮/Chosŏn versus South Korea's 한국/韓國/Hanguk), the team name uses an English transliteration. For example, during the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea, the team used the name 코리아 Koria; and during the 1991 World Table Tennis Championships in Japan, the team used the name コリア Koria.

During the 2007 Asian Winter Games opening ceremony in China where North and South Korea marched together, their placard displayed only the English name "Korea", with no Chinese-language name present. All other teams' placards displayed an English-language name over a Chinese-language name. The parade order was unaffected as it used English alphabetical order. There were no announcers present to call out the names of any of the teams, only commentators.[15][16]

During the 2005 East Asian Games opening ceremony in Macau, North and South Korea also marched together and their placard displayed the English name "Korea".[17][18]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Unified Korean hockey team showed impact of sport on global issues". Global Sport Matters. 2019-09-27. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
  2. ^ "제41회 세계탁구선수권대회 남북단일팀 구성·참가에 관한 합의서". Ministry of Unification (in Korean). 1991-02-12. Retrieved 2018-01-10.
  3. ^ "제6회 세계청소년 축구선수권대회 남북단일팀 구성·참가에 관한 합의서". Ministry of Unification (in Korean). 1991-02-12. Retrieved 2018-01-10.
  4. ^ Hyonhee Shin; Christine Kim (17 January 2018). "Koreas to form unified ice hockey team, march together in Olympics". Reuters. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  5. ^ a b "Unified Korean Olympic Team to march at Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018". International Olympic Committee. 20 January 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  6. ^ "Table Tennis: Koreas form unified team at world championships". Reuters. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  7. ^ Young, Henry (6 June 2018). "Unified Korean team to fight at East Asian Judo Championships". CNN. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  8. ^ "Judo: South, North Korea cancel plans to compete as joint team". Kyodo News+. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
  9. ^ "Table tennis: Joint inter-Korea team beats China to win mixed doubles at Korea Open". Channel NewsAsia. Archived from the original on 2018-09-03. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  10. ^ Morgan, Liam (4 April 2019). "FIBA Central Board approve resolution for joint Korean team to compete at Women's Asia Cup". Inside the Games. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  11. ^ "제41회 세계탁구선수권대회 단일팀 실무위원회 합의서". Ministry of Unification (in Korean). 1991-02-26. Retrieved 2018-01-10.
  12. ^ "As one, Korea unified, the power of table tennis - International Table Tennis Federation". International Table Tennis Federation. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
  13. ^ "Unified Korean mixed doubles team cruises at int'l table tennis event". Yonhap News Agency. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  14. ^ "제6회 세계청소년축구선수권대회 단일팀 실무위원회 합의서". Ministry of Unification (in Korean). 1991-02-26. Retrieved 2018-01-10.
  15. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Asian Winter Games 2007 Changchun – via YouTube.
  16. ^ "【开幕式】2007长春亚冬会开幕式_哔哩哔哩_bilibili".
  17. ^ "S.Korea has 2020 vision to co-host with North".
  18. ^ "SNTV Olympics Korea | AP Archive".
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