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17th Edition
31 July - 23 August 2009
 
 KOR / Korea - Team Composition

 
Team manager RYU, HOA-SUK
Head coach LEE, SUNG-HEE
Assistant coach KIM, TAE-JONG
Doctor JANG, BYEONG-SOO
Therapist / trainer SHIN, DONG-IN
Journalist
 
  No. Name Lastname Shirt Name Birthdate Height Weight Spike Block Club
  1 MIN-JI KIM KIM Min-ji 25/05/1985 187 75 304 296 GS Caltex
  2   HYE-SEON YEUM YEUM Hye-seon 3/02/1991 177 65 302 291 Hyundai
  3 SO-LA LEE LEE So-la 1/09/1987 177 62 295 285 Korea Expressway Corp.
  4   SA-NEE KIM KIM Sa-nee 21/06/1981 180 75 302 292 Heungkuk Life Insurance Co.
  L 5 HAE-RAN KIM KIM Hae-ran 16/03/1984 168 60 280 270 Korea Highway corp.
  6   HYUN-MI OH OH Hyun-mi 15/03/1986 175 62 270 265 GS Caltex
  7 HYE-SUK YOON YOON Hye-suk 19/06/1983 174 60 293 283 Hyundai
  L 8   HYE-JIN KIM KIM Hye-jin 17/02/1989 180 62 284 274 Heungkuk Life Insurance
  9 HEA-WON LA LA Hea-won 28/06/1986 184 73 302 294 GS Caltex
  10   YEON-KOUNG KIM KIM Yeon-koung 26/02/1988 192 73 307 299 FENERBAHCE
  11 JUNG-HEE JI JI Jung-hee 18/03/1985 180 65 305 296 KT&G
  12   SONG-YI HAN HAN Song-yi 5/09/1984 186 65 305 298 GS Caltex
  13 YEON-JU LEE LEE Yeon-ju 1/03/1990 180 71 282 270 KT&G
  14   HYO-JIN YANG YANG Hyo-jin 14/12/1989 190 72 287 280 Hyundai
  C 15 SE-YOUNG KIM KIM Se-young 4/06/1981 190 73 309 300 Korea Ginseng Corp.
  16   YOO-NA BAE BAE Yoo-na 30/11/1989 180 67 303 294 GS Caltex
  17 BO-LAM LEE LEE Bo-lam 8/08/1988 185 75 283 274 Korea Highway Corp.
  18   HYUN-JUNG NA NA Hyun-jung 10/03/1990 162 54 257 250 GS Caltex
  19 HEE-JIN KIM KIM Hee-jin 29/04/1991 185 77 300 295 IBK
 C=Captain  L=Libero
 
Team profile

The Korean Women's National Team has been characterized by its quick combination play and mental power, but for the last few years the team has been trying to add power and height to follow the worldwide trend in Women's Volleyball.

The team's results at recent major international tournaments were not satisfactory for Korean Volleyball or its fans.

They finished eighth at the 2007 FIVB World Cup, fourth at the 2007 Asian Championship, fifth in the 2006 Asian Games and 13th at the 2006 FIVB World Championship.

Most disappointingly, the team failed to qualify for the 2008 Beijing Olympics after an unexpectedly poor performance at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Japan. However, the team finished second at the 1st AVC Cup the same year.

Kim Sa-Nee and Kim Yeon-Koung have returned as the national team's setter and main spiker, respectively. Young players Lee Bo-Lam, Kim Hee-Jin, and Na Hyun-Jung will make their international debuts at the 2009 World Grand Prix.

Korea is participating in the Grand Prix after a two-year absence. The team is looking to gain valuable experience at the tournament against world-class teams such as Brazil, Russia and China. Korea hopes the strong competition will help the players improve as they head toward the 2010 Asian Games and 2012 London Olympics.

 
Coach profile

Lee Sung-Hee, 41, was a setter for the Men's National Team in the 1990s at many international competitions, including the World championship, Olympics, World League and Asian Games.

Lee won the gold medal at the 1987 World Junior Championship in Bahrain.

The Korean Volleyball Association named Lee head coach of the Women's National Team following the Qualifying Tournament for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

As an assistant coach of GS Caltex Women's Club Team, Lee steered the side to the championship crown while the team's head coach was receiving medical treatment throughout the season. Lee was then promoted to head coach of the club and months later became head coach of the National Women's Team.

While Lee is new to the National Team, the KVA is expecting big things from him and the players.

 
 

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