TEAM COMPOSITION

KOR / Korea - Team Composition

Team manager	HONG, YANG-JA
Head coach	KIM, HYUNG-SIL
Assistant coach	HONG, SUNG-JIN
Doctor	SHIM, BEOM-SOO/PARK, JI-HUN
Therapist / trainer	KIM, HYO-SEUNG
Journalist	WON, SUNG-YOUL

	No.	Name	Lastname	Shirt Name	Birthdate	Height	Weight	Spike	Block
	1	MIN-JI	KIM	KIM Min-ji	25.05.1985	187	75	304	296
	3	JI-YOUN	JUNG	JUNG Ji-youn	28.06.1980	178	64	295	284
	4	YOUN-JOO	HWANG	HWANG Youn-joo	13.08.1986	177	68	303	294
	6	YOUN-OK	CHOI	CHOI Youn-ok	23.04.1985	173	59	290	280
	7	HYE-SUK	YOON	YOON Hye-suk	19.06.1983	174	60	293	283
L	8	JIE-YOUN	NAM	NAM Jie-youn	25.05.1983	172	63	285	273
	10	YEON-KOUNG	KIM	KIM Yeon-koung	26.02.1988	192	73	307	299
	13	BO-LAM	LEE	LEE Bo-lam	08.08.1988	185	75	283	274
	14	YEA-NA	JOO	JOO Yea-na	02.05.1990	175	61	289	280
C	15	SE-YOUNG	KIM	KIM Se-young	04.06.1981	190	73	309	300
	16	YOUNG-EUN	JANG	JANG Young-eun	30.10.1993	182	68	290	270
	17	HYE-JIN	KIM	KIM Hye-jin	17.02.1989	180	62	284	274
	18	HEE-JIN	KIM	KIM Hee-jin	29.04.1991	185	77	300	295
	19	JEONG-AH	PARK	PARK Jeong-ah	26.03.1993	185	68	300	290

C=Captain L=Libero

Team profile

Korea’s playing style has always been characterized by quick combination play and mental resilience, but in the last few years the team has been trying to add power and height to match the trend in an effort to reverse a number of poor results. They finished eighth at the FIVB World Cup 2007, fourth in the 2007 Asian Championship, fifth in the 2006 Asian Games and 13th at the FIVB World Championship 2006. Most disappointingly, the team failed to qualify for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

On the plus side, the team was second at the inaugural AVC Cup in 2008. In 2009, they finished 12th in the FIVB World Grand Prix and fourth at the Asian Women's Championship. However, in 2010, the team improved, finishing 13th at the FIVB World Championship and second at the Asian Games.

During the FIVB World Grand Prix 2011, Korea found they could match higher-ranked teams, defeating Germany and topping the second round of matches in Poland before narrowly missing out on a spot in the Finals. At the Asian Women's Championship, they again impressed, finishing third, which was enough to qualify for the FIVB World Cup since hosts Japan finished second.

Coach profile

Kim Hyung-Sil has a wealth of experience coaching club teams, as well as junior and senior women’s national teams. He was assistant coach of the Korea women’s team from 1981 to 1984 – during which time they finished third in the 1982 Asian Games and fifth at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games – before again taking on the position for a short stint in 1991. He went on to coach the team from 1997 to 1998 and won silver at the 1998 Asian Games. He was reappointed to the post in 2005.