The Korea national handball team was a representative side which was composed of players from both

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

and

North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu River, Y ...

. The team competed at the 2019 World Championship as "Korea".

2019 World Championship

The team had to have four players from North Korea. Because of this rule the team was allowed to have 20 players in the team instead of 16. The team played with the country abbreviation COR.

World Championship record

Current squad

Squad for the

2019 World Men's Handball Championship The 2019 IHF World Men's Handball Championship was the 26th event hosted by the International Handball Federation and held in Denmark and Germany from 10 to 27 January 2019. It was the first IHF World Men's Handball Championship to include more t ...

.2019 World Men's Handball Championship squad
/ref> Head coach:

Cho Young-shin Cho Young-shin (born 20 October 1967) is a South Korean handball coach of the Korean national team. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he coached the South Korea national handball tea ...

References

External links

* (South Korea)
IHF profile
(North Korea)
IHF profile
(South Korea) {{DEFAULTSORT:Korea national handball Team

Korea Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) comprising its northern half and South Korea (Republic o ...

Handball in South Korea Handball in North Korea Men's sport in Korea 2018 establishments in South Korea 2019 disestablishments in South Korea

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...