Rugby team
South Korea Union Korea Rugby Union Coach(es) Charles Louw Captain(s) Wanyong Park
Appearances 5 (First in 1993 ) Best result 5th (1997 )
The South Korea national rugby sevens team is a minor national sevens side. They sometimes take part in the Rugby World Cup Sevens , and have competed in the Hong Kong Sevens since the 1980s.[ 1]
South Korea made their Olympic debut at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics , they had qualified the previous year after defeating Hong Kong at the 2019 Asia Rugby Sevens Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Incheon .[ 2] [ 3]
Tournament history
Summer Olympics
Rugby World Cup Sevens
World Cup record
Year
Round
Position
1993
Group stage
11th
6
3
3
0
1997
Cup Quarter-finals
5th
5
1
3
1
2001
Plate Quarter-finals
13th
6
2
3
1
2005
Bowl Quarter-finals
21st
6
1
5
0
2009
Did not qualify
2013
2018
2022
Bowl Quarter-finals
21st
4
2
2
0
Total
0 Titles
5/8
27
9
16
2
Asian Games
Asian Games record
Year
Round
Position
1998
Winners
1st
5
5
0
0
2002
Winners
1st
5
5
0
0
2006
Runner-up
2nd
4
3
1
0
2010
Semi-finalist
3rd
6
4
2
0
2014
Semi-finalist
3rd
6
5
1
0
2018
Semi-finalist
3rd
6
5
1
0
Total
2 Titles
6/6
32
27
5
0
Hong Kong Sevens results
Sri Lanka Sevens
Players
Previous squad
References
McLaren, Bill A Visit to Hong Kong in Starmer-Smith, Nigel & Robertson, Ian (eds) The Whitbread Rugby World '90 (Lennard Books, 1989),
Governing body National teams
Competitions
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