Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympics

This article is about the unified team that competed in ice hockey. For the two nations in all other events, see North Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympics and South Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

A unified team of South Korea and North Korea competed under the title "Korea" at the 2018 Winter Olympics in ice hockey.

Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Korean Unification Flag
IOC code	COR
in Pyeongchang, South Korea 9–25 February 2018
Competitors	35 in 1 sport
Flag bearers	Opening Won Yun-jong[1] (South Korea) Hwang Chung-gum[1] (North Korea) Closing Lee Seung-hoon[2] (South Korea) Kim Ju-sik[2] (North Korea)
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
2018
Other related appearances
South Korea (1948–)  North Korea (1964–)

At the 2018 Winter Olympics, the delegations from both the host nation South Korea and North Korea marched together in the opening ceremony under the Korean Unification Flag.^[3][4]

Background

In January 2018, it was announced that the South Korea women's national ice hockey team would be amalgamated with a group of North Korean players to form a single Korea women's national ice hockey team in the tournament.^[5] They competed under the country code "COR",^[6] from the abbreviation of French word Corée.^[7] (The country code "KOR" is already used for South Korea; the IOC uses "PRK" for North Korea.) The anthem which played when the Korea team played 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 featured the silhouette of the Korean peninsula with the text "Korea".^[8] Because of ongoing U.S. sanctions against North Korea, the uniforms were made by a Finnish company instead of official sponsor Nike.^[9]

The first match of the unified Korean women's ice hockey team was attended by various dignitaries, including International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, South Korean President Moon Jae-in, North Korean President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly Kim Yong-nam and North Korean Director of the Propaganda and Agitation Department of the Workers' Party of Korea Kim Yo-jong.^[10]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors who participated in the unified Korean team.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Ice hockey	0	South Korea: 23  North Korea: 12	35
Total	0	35	35

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Summary

Key:

• OT – Overtime
• GWS – Match decided by penalty-shootout

Team	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal / Pl.	Final / BM / Pl.
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Korea women's	Women's tournament	Switzerland L 0–8	Sweden L 0–8	Japan L 1–4	4	—	Switzerland L 0–2	Sweden L 1–6	8

Women's tournament

Main articles: Korea women's national ice hockey team, Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament, and Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's qualification

South Korea qualified as the host. From a roster of 35 players, at minimum of three North Korean players were selected for each game.^[11]

Team roster

• Women's team event – 1 team of 35 players

The following is the Korean roster for the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2018 Winter Olympics.^[12]

Head coach: Sarah Murray^[13]     Assistant coaches: Kim Do-yun, Pak Chol-ho, 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	Phoenix
2	F	Ko Hye-in	1.63 m (5.3 ft)	68 kg (150 lb)	18 July 1994	Ice Avengers
3	D	Eom Su-yeon	1.68 m (5.5 ft)	60 kg (130 lb)	1 February 2001	Ice Avengers
4	F	Kim Un-hyang	1.57 m (5.2 ft)	59 kg (130 lb)	10 December 1992	Kanggye
5	F	Caroline Park	1.59 m (5.2 ft)	56 kg (123 lb)	18 November 1989	Phoenix
6	F	Choi Yu-jung	1.56 m (5.1 ft)	56 kg (123 lb)	27 March 2000	Ice Beat
7	F	Danelle Im	1.62 m (5.3 ft)	55 kg (121 lb)	21 January 1993	Phoenix
8	D	Kim Se-lin	1.56 m (5.1 ft)	60 kg (130 lb)	3 April 2000	Ice Avengers
9	F	Park Jong-ah – C	1.60 m (5.2 ft)	59 kg (130 lb)	13 June 1996	Ice Avengers
10	F	Choi Ji-yeon	1.59 m (5.2 ft)	52 kg (115 lb)	21 August 1998	Ice Avengers
11	D	Park Ye-eun	1.62 m (5.3 ft)	54 kg (119 lb)	28 May 1996	Ice Beat
12	F	Kim Hee-won	1.64 m (5.4 ft)	55 kg (121 lb)	1 August 2001	Ice Avengers
13	F	Lee Eun-ji	1.54 m (5.1 ft)	48 kg (106 lb)	8 March 2001	Phoenix
14	F	Ryo Song-hui	1.57 m (5.2 ft)	61 kg (134 lb)	15 January 1994	Taesongsan
15	D	Park Chae-lin	1.58 m (5.2 ft)	52 kg (115 lb)	17 December 1998	Ice Beat
16	F	Jo Su-sie – A	1.62 m (5.3 ft)	55 kg (121 lb)	9 September 1994	Ice Beat
17	F	Han Soo-jin	1.69 m (5.5 ft)	63 kg (139 lb)	22 September 1987	Ice Beat
18	F	Kim Un-jong	1.56 m (5.1 ft)	63 kg (139 lb)	28 October 1992	Taesongsan
20	G	Han Do-hee	1.59 m (5.2 ft)	60 kg (130 lb)	16 November 1994	Ice Avengers
21	F	Lee Yeon-jeong	1.60 m (5.2 ft)	52 kg (115 lb)	2 November 1994	Ice Beat
22	F	Jung Si-yun	1.71 m (5.6 ft)	64 kg (141 lb)	8 September 2000	Ice Avengers
23	D	Park Yoon-jung – A	1.71 m (5.6 ft)	65 kg (143 lb)	18 December 1992	Phoenix
24	D	Cho Mi-hwan	1.60 m (5.2 ft)	58 kg (128 lb)	30 March 1995	Ice Avengers
25	G	Ri Pom	1.63 m (5.3 ft)	62 kg (137 lb)	28 May 1995	Sajabong
26	F	Kim Hyang-mi	1.62 m (5.3 ft)	72 kg (159 lb)	10 February 1995	Taesongsan
27	F	Jong Su-hyon	1.60 m (5.2 ft)	58 kg (128 lb)	10 October 1996	Taesongsan
29	F	Lee Jin-gyu	1.63 m (5.3 ft)	59 kg (130 lb)	13 January 2000	Phoenix
31	G	Shin So-jung	1.65 m (5.4 ft)	63 kg (139 lb)	4 March 1990	Ice Beat
32	D	Jin Ok	1.58 m (5.2 ft)	56 kg (123 lb)	28 January 1990	Kanggye
33	F	Choe Un-gyong	1.52 m (5.0 ft)	52 kg (115 lb)	29 January 1994	Susan
37	F	Randi Griffin	1.65 m (5.4 ft)	58 kg (128 lb)	2 September 1988	Phoenix
39	F	Hwang Chung-gum	1.63 m (5.3 ft)	59 kg (130 lb)	11 September 1995	Taesongsan
41	D	Hwang Sol-gyong	1.60 m (5.2 ft)	60 kg (130 lb)	9 January 1997	Jangjasan
42	D	Ryu Su-jong	1.60 m (5.2 ft)	59 kg (130 lb)	24 July 1995	Kimchaek
47	D	Choe Jong-hui	1.58 m (5.2 ft)	62 kg (137 lb)	12 December 1991	Kimchaek

Preliminary round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Switzerland	3	3	0	0	0	13	2	+11	9	Quarterfinals
2	Sweden	3	2	0	0	1	11	3	+8	6
3	Japan	3	1	0	0	2	6	6	0	3	Classification
4	Korea (H)	3	0	0	0	3	1	20	−19	0

Source: IIHF
(H) Host

10 February 2018 21:10

Switzerland

8–0 (3–0, 3–0, 2–0)

Korea

Kwandong Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 3,606

Game reference
	Florence Schelling	Goalies	Shin So-jung	Referees: Dina Allen Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Linesmen: Jessica Leclerc Justine Todd
	Müller (S. Benz) (SH) – 10:23 1–0 Müller (S. Benz, Stalder) – 11:24 2–0 Müller (S. Benz, Meier) – 19:49 3–0 Müller – 21:26 4–0 Stänz (Raselli) – 22:21 5–0 Stänz (Raselli) – 37:19 6–0 Stalder (Meier, Müller) (PP) – 49:42 7–0 Stalder (Müller) – 51:48 8–0
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	52	Shots	8

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12 February 2018 21:10

Sweden

8–0 (4–0, 1–0, 3–0)

Korea

Kwandong Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 4,244

Game reference
	Sara Grahn	Goalies	Shin So-jung	Referees: Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Drahomira Fialova Linesmen: Johanna Tauriainen Jessica Leclerc
	Nylén Persson (Alasalmi) (PP) – 04:00 1–0 Lundberg (Rask, Grahm) – 09:47 2–0 Fällman (Rask, Küller) – 10:17 3–0 Udén Johansson (Johansson) – 17:04 4–0 Winberg (Lundberg, Alasalmi) – 24:08 5-0 Nordin (Winberg) – 41:09 6–0 Winberg (Grahm, Nordin) – 41:45 7–0 Stenberg (Winberg) – 45:34 8–0
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	50	Shots	19

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14 February 2018 16:40

Korea

1–4 (0–2, 1–0, 0–2)

Japan

Kwandong Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 4,110

Game reference
	Shin So-jung	Goalies	Akane Konishi	Referees: Drahomira Fialova Nicole Hertrich Linesmen: Jessica Leclerc Zuzana Svobodová
	0–1 01:07 – Kubo (H. Toko, Ukita) 0–2 03:58 – Ono (Koike, Yoneyama) (PP) Griffin (Park Yo.) – 29:31 1–2 1–3 51:42 – Koike (Hosoyamada, Yoneyama) (PP) 1–4 58:33 – Ukita (ENG)
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	13	Shots	44

5–8th place semifinal

18 February 2018 12:10

Switzerland

2–0 (1–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Korea

Kwandong Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 3,811

Game reference
	Janine Alder	Goalies	Shin So-jung	Referees: Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Katarina Timglas Linesmen: Jenni Heikkinen Veronica Johansson
	Zollinger (Bullo, L. Benz) (PP) – 16:35 1–0 Raselli (Rüegg, Altmann) – 38:52 2–0
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	53	Shots	19

Seventh place game

20 February 2018 12:10

Sweden

6–1 (2–1, 1–0, 3–0)

Korea

Kwandong Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 4,125

Game reference
	Minatsu Murase Sarah Berglind	Goalies	Shin So-jung Han Do-hee	Referees: Drahomira Fialova Aina Hove Linesmen: Jenni Heikkinen Nataša Pagon
	Küller (Rask, Udén Johansson) – 05:50 1–0 1–1 06:21 – Han S. (Park J.) (PP) Alasalmi (Nylén Persson, Borgqvist) (PP) – 19:37 2–1 Grahm (Rask, Nordin) – 36:27 3–1 Svedin (Johansson, Hjalmarsson) – 43:05 4–1 Rask (Lindh) – 49:31 5–1 Johansson (Borgqvist, Hjalmarsson) – 57:19 6–1
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	40	Shots	16

See also

• Korea Team
• North Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympics
• South Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympics