| South Korea | |
| Badge: | South Korea national handball team logo.png |
| Association: | Korea Handball Federation |
| Coach: | Rolando Freitas |
| Assistant Coach: | Vanja Radić Herlander Silva |
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| Summer Olympics Apps: | 7 |
| Summer Olympics First: | 1984 |
| Summer Olympics Best: | 2nd (1988) |
| World Cup Apps: | 13 |
| World Cup First: | 1986 |
| World Cup Best: | 8th (1997) |
| Regional Name: | Asian Championship |
| Regional Cup Apps: | 18 |
| Regional Cup First: | 1977 |
| Regional Cup Best: | 1st (1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 2000, 2008, 2010, 2012) |
The South Korea national handball team is the national handball team of South Korea and is controlled by the Korea Handball Federation.
Champions Runners-up
| Games | Round | Position | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 Berlin | did not enter | |||||||||
| Not held from 1948 to 1968 | ||||||||||
| 1972 Munich | did not qualify | |||||||||
| 1976 Montreal | ||||||||||
| 1980 Moscow | did not participate | |||||||||
| 1984 Los Angeles | Match for 11th place | 11th of 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 148 | 178 | −30 | |
| align=left style="border: 3px solid red" | 1988 Seoul | Runners-up | 2nd of 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 152 | 149 | +3 |
| 1992 Barcelona | Match for 5th place | 6th of 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 135 | 153 | −18 | |
| 1996 Atlanta | did not qualify | |||||||||
| 2000 Sydney | Match for 9th place | 9th of 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 152 | 150 | +2 | |
| 2004 Athens | Match for 7th place | 8th of 12 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 221 | 238 | −15 | |
| 2008 Beijing | Match for 7th place | 8th of 12 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 198 | 224 | −26 | |
| 2012 London | Group stage | 11th of 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 115 | 140 | −25 | |
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | did not qualify | |||||||||
| 2020 Tokyo | ||||||||||
| 2024 Paris | ||||||||||
| Total | 7/15 | 0 Titles | 45 | 15 | 2 | 28 | 1,121 | 1,232 | −111 | |
| Year | Round | Position | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 | Not a IHF member | ||||||||
 1954 | |||||||||
| 1958 | |||||||||
| 1961 | did not enter | ||||||||
| 1964 | |||||||||
| 1967 | |||||||||
 1970 | |||||||||
| 1974 | |||||||||
| 1978 | |||||||||
| 1982 | |||||||||
| 1986 | Match for 11th place | 12th | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 230 | 229 | |
| 1990 | Match for 11th place | 12th | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 215 | 252 | |
| 1993 | Ranking round | 15th | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 151 | 167 | |
 1995 | Match for 11th place | 12th | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 249 | 220 | |
 1997 | Match for 7th place | 8th | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 233 | 253 | |
 1999 | Round of 16 | 14th | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 169 | 153 | |
| 2001 | Round of 16 | 12th | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 252 | 252 | |
| 2003 | did not qualify | ||||||||
 2005 | |||||||||
| 2007 | President's Cup | 15th | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 193 | 187 | |
| 2009 | Match for 11th place | 12th | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 290 | 297 | |
| 2011 | President's Cup | 13th | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 192 | 175 | |
 2013 | President's cup | 21st | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 182 | 189 | |
 2015 | did not qualify | ||||||||
| 2017 | |||||||||
| 2019 | President's cup | 22nd | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 177 | 216 | |
| 2021 | President's cup | 31st | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 176 | 225 | |
 2023 | President's cup | 28th | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 206 | 227 | |
 2025 | did not qualify | ||||||||
| 2027 | to be determined | ||||||||
| Total | 13/28 | 109 | 36 | 4 | 69 | 2915 | 3042 | ||
Squad for the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship.[1] [2]
Head coach: Rolando Freitas
Assistant Coach: Herlander Silva