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The South Korean women's national team competed in the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics after being granted automatic entry as the host country by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). [3] In an effort to boost their competitiveness for the Olympics, the program has recruited several North American players with Korean ancestry. [ 4 ]
In January 2018, it was announced that the South Korea women's national ice hockey team would be amalgamated with a group of North Korean players to form a single Korea women's national ice hockey team in the tournament. [5] They competed under the country code "COR", [6] from the abbreviation of French word Corée. [7] (The country code "KOR ...
In English, the team is named Korea, a term shared between North Korea and South Korea. In East Asian languages where the names of the countries are significantly different (North Korea's 조선/朝鮮/ Chosŏn versus South Korea's 한국/韓國/ Hanguk ), the team name uses an English transliteration.
The women's tournament in ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held in Gangneung, South Korea between 10 and 22 February 2018. [1] Under a special agreement with the IOC and the IIHF, twelve North Korean players joined the host team to form a united team. [2] They were allowed to have an expanded roster of 35 where 22 players dress for ...
The South Korea women's national under-18 ice hockey team debuted at the 2019 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship Division I Group B Qualification tournament in Jaca, Spain. [1] Their opening game of the tournament was against Spain which they won 1–0. [2]
South Korea women's national ice hockey team; South Korea women's national under-18 ice hockey team This page was last edited on 31 December 2024, at 00:21 (UTC ...
Randi Heesoo Griffin (Korean: 랜디 희수 그리핀; born September 2, 1988) is an ice hockey player who competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics as part of the Unified Korea women's national team, scoring its first goal on February 14. [1] In 2018, she was listed as one of BBC's 100 Women. [2]
In January 2018, following inter-governmental talks, the teams representing South Korea and North Korea entered the Opening Ceremony marching under the Korean Unification Flag, while in women's ice hockey there was a single united Korean team. [3] South Korea won a total of seventeen medals – five gold, eight silver and four bronze – making ...