The South Korean national ice hockey team (; recognized as Korea by IIHF) is the national men's ice hockey team of the Republic of Korea (South Korea). They are currently ranked 23rd in the IIHF World Ranking and 3rd in the Asian Ranking. South Korea compete in the World Championship Division I Group B. The team's most successful campaign thus far was a second-place finish in the 2017 Division I Group A tournament and thus qualifying for the top division in 2018. They competed in their first Winter Olympics in 2018 in Pyeongchang as the host nation.
South Korea first participated in the World Championship in 1979, playing in Pool C, the third level of the tournament. They did not return until 1982, again in Pool C, and became a regular participant in 1986. They remained at the Division I level, the second tier of the World Championship, from 2010 until 2017, when they earned a promotion to the 2018 World Championship.
Upon being named the host country for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, the South Korean team began efforts to steadily improve themselves in order to be competitive with the other teams expected at the tournament, led by the efforts of Korea Ice Hockey Association president Chung Mong-won.
Several North American players playing for teams in South Korea were offered South Korean citizenship, thus allowing them to play at the Olympics. This was done to help the team perform better in the lead-up to the Olympics, which proved successful: when awarded the Olympics in 2011, the South Korean team was ranked 31st in the IIHF World Ranking, while on the eve of the Olympics had moved up to 18th. However, South Korea gradually phased out the use of naturalized players in the post-COVID-19 era.
The South Korean team is one of the powerhouses of Asian ice hockey. It is a regular participant in the Asian Winter Games, with its best result being a silver medal in 2017. In November 2024, South Korea took part in the inaugural IIHF Asia Championship and finished in third place.
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<small>Last match update: 14 February 2025</small>
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