South Korea Basketball Team Roster, Schedule, Matches FIBA World Cup 2019
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South Korea Basketball Team Roster & Schedule for FIBA World Cup 2019 China. Find Men’s Basketball South Korea world cup matches schedule, players & National basketball team squad for FIBA 2019.
The Korean Basketball Team Represents South Korea in International men’s Basketball Competitions. South Korea Basketball Team is administered by the Korea Basketball Association..
The South Korean Basketball Team Act a Major Role in FIBA tournament 2019. The South Korean team has won a record number of 24 medals at the FIBA Asia Championship. Korean Basketball team coach Hur Jae has announced the team roster for the FIBA World cup 2019. A 14 player team has announced till now and it will be cut short to 12 that will finally attend the FIBA ( Fédération Internationale de Basketball ) World Cup 2019.
South Korea Basketball team is in the Group B of Fiba 2019 Championship in which total 6 matches is to be played & 3 matches will be played by each team in the group stages. The other 3 teams are Russia, Argentina & Nigeria.
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History Of South Korea Basketball Team
In 1947 two years after stabilize of the People’s Republic of Korea, the Korea Basketball Association joined the International Federation of Basketball (FIBA) and sent its national teams to FIBA Tournament’s. The South Korea Basketball Team was played well and to be a big drawn for FIBA Federation Members. The Golden Time for The Korean Team between 1969 and 1970.
South Korean Basketball Team Performances & History FIBA World cup
The Korean was not competing between 1969 and 1970. The South National Basketball Team was started competing in 1970. The Time Period of the career in FIBA Tournament of The Basketball team of South Korea is not a cakewalk.
| Year | Position | Place |
| 1970 | 11th | 8 |
| 1978 | 13th | 7 |
| 1986 | 22nd | 5 |
| 1990 | 15th | 5 |
| 1994 | 13th | 8 |
| 1998 | 16th | 5 |
| 2014 | 23rd | 5 |
Golden Year for South Korea Team
In 1969 and 1970 Team Korea enjoyed a bright period in his career. Because that time it won the 1939 Asian Championship and the 1970 Asian Game and finally qualified for 1970 FIBA World Championship.
The Basketball Team of Korea is only Asian team that had remained in the championship, South Korea finished ahead of Australia in champion of FIBA Oceania and Egypt in champion of FIBA Africa and showed its best performance ever at this event.
At the Asian Championship, Basketball Team of South Korean stayed among the top three teams and the record still unmatched till today. Between 1975 and 2005 South Korean team is only team which is seriously challenge China Basketball Team.
Head Coach Positions & Names Of South Korea Basketball Team
- Choi Bu Young – 2006-2007
- Hur Jae – 2008-2009
- Yoo Jae-hak – 2010-2014
- Kim Dong-gwang – 2015-2016
- Hur Jae – 2016-present
South Korea Basketball Team Roster & Matches for Basketball World Cup 2019
*Updated South Korea Team Squad & Roster for FIBA Basketball World Championship 2019
| Player Name | Position | Height(Feet-Inch) | Birthdate | NBA Draft |
| Youngjun An | SF | 6-5 | Dec 23, 1983 | – |
| Sung-Min Cho | F | 6-2 | May 11, 1984 | Anyang KGC (South Korea) |
| Bu Kyung Choi | F | 6-7 | Aug 13, 1984 | – |
| Jin-Soo Choi | F | 6-8 | Aug 4, 1985 | Yonsei University (South Korea) |
| Junyong Choi | F | 6-7 | Aug 5, 1985 | – |
| Kung-Min Doo | G | 6-1 | Mar 3, 1987 | – |
| Hoon Heo | SG | 5-11 | Apr 17, 1987 | – |
| Ilyoung Heo | F | 6-6 | May 20, 1987 | Chung-Ang University (South Korea) |
| Ung Heo | SG | 6-0 | Jul 1, 1988 | Chung-Ang University (South Korea) |
| Junbeom Jeon | F | 6-5 | Feb 20, 1989 | Missouri |
| Hyogeun Jeong | F | 6-6 | Mar 22, 1989 | – |
| Sangjae Kang | C | 6-7 | May 11, 1989 | Goyang Orions (South Korea) |
| Jongkyu Kim | C | 6-9 | Jun 28, 1989 | – |
| Jun Yl Kim | PF | 6-8 | May 30, 1990 | BYU-Hawaii |
| Si Rae Kim | G | 5-11 | Aug 29, 1990 | – |
| Sun-Hyung Kim | SG | 6-2 | Jul 3, 1991 | – |
| Tae-Sool Kim | G | 5-11 | Aug 27, 1991 | – |
| Song Kyo-Chang | F | 6-7 | Sep 22, 1991 | – |
| Dae Sung Lee | G | 6-4 | Apr 16, 1992 | – |
| Jonghyun Lee | C | 6-9 | May 7, 1992 | – |
| Jung-Hyun Lee | F | 6-3 | May 9, 1993 | – |
| Junghyun Lee | F | 6-3 | Aug 5, 1993 | Yonsei University (South Korea) |
| Seounghyun Lee | C | 6-6 | Dec 14, 1993 | – |
| Dong-Seob Lim | F | 6-6 | Feb 5, 1994 | – |
| Seonggon Moon | F | 6-5 | Apr 4, 1994 | – |
| Sek-Eun Oh | FC | 6-7 | Dec 31, 1994 | – |
| Chan-Hee Park | G | 6-3 | Jun 28, 1995 | – |
| Ricardo Ratliffe | PF | 6-8 | Aug 16, 1995 | – |
| Ha Seung-Jin | C | 7-3 | Jul 3, 1996 | – |
| Hee-jong Yang | SG | 6-4 | Jul 2, 1997 | – |
| Hongseok Yang | C | 6-6 | Apr 14, 1999 | – |
FIBA World Cup 2019 South Korea Basketball Team Matches within GROUP B
| Date | Team 1 | Team 2 |
| 31 August 2019 | South Korea | Argentina |
| 2 September 2019 | South Korea | Russia |
| 4 September 2019 | South Korea | Nigeria |
Venue : Wuhan Gymnasium, Wuhan
| 31 August 2019 | |||||
Russia  |
– |  Nigeria |
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Argentina  |
– |  South Korea |
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| 2 September 2019 | |||||
| Nigeria |
– | Argentina |
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| South Korea |
– | Russia |
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| 4 September 2019 | |||||
| South Korea |
– | Nigeria |
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| Russia |
– | Argentina |
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