Korea_at_the_2018_Winter_Olympics

Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympics

2018 Winter Olympics team

This article is about the unified team that competed in ice hockey. For the two nations in all other events, see North Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympics and South Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

A unified team of South Korea and North Korea competed under the title "Korea" at the 2018 Winter Olympics in ice hockey.

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At the 2018 Winter Olympics, the delegations from both the host nation South Korea and North Korea marched together in the opening ceremony under the Korean Unification Flag.[3][4]

Background

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.[IOC Media Relations Team 1] They competed under the country code "COR",[5] from the abbreviation of French word Corée.[6] (The country code "KOR" is already used for South Korea; the IOC uses "PRK" for North Korea.) The anthem which played when the Korea team played in international ice hockey is the folk song "Arirang" instead of the national anthems of either South Korea or North Korea. The team's uniform featured the silhouette of the Korean peninsula with the text "Korea".[7] Because of ongoing U.S. sanctions against North Korea, the uniforms were made by a Finnish company instead of official sponsor Nike.[8]

The first match of the unified Korean women's ice hockey team was attended by various dignitaries, including International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, South Korean President Moon Jae-in, North Korean President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly Kim Yong-nam and North Korean Director of the Propaganda and Agitation Department of the Workers' Party of Korea Kim Yo-jong.[9]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors who participated in the unified Korean team.

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Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Summary
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Women's tournament

Main articles: Korea women's national ice hockey team, Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament, and Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's qualification

South Korea qualified as the host. From a roster of 35 players, at minimum of three North Korean players were selected for each game.[10]

Team roster

  • Women's team event – 1 team of 35 players

The following is the Korean roster for the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2018 Winter Olympics.[11]

Head coach: Canada Sarah Murray[12]     Assistant coaches: South Korea Kim Do-yun, North Korea Pak Chol-ho, United States Rebecca Baker

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Preliminary round

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Source: IIHF
(H) Host
10 February 2018
21:10		Switzerland 8–0
(3–0, 3–0, 2–0)		 KoreaKwandong Hockey Centre, Gangneung
Attendance: 3,606
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12 February 2018
21:10		Sweden 8–0
(4–0, 1–0, 3–0)		 KoreaKwandong Hockey Centre, Gangneung
Attendance: 4,244
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14 February 2018
16:40		Korea 1–4
(0–2, 1–0, 0–2)		 JapanKwandong Hockey Centre, Gangneung
Attendance: 4,110
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5–8th place semifinal
18 February 2018
12:10		Switzerland 2–0
(1–0, 1–0, 0–0)		 KoreaKwandong Hockey Centre, Gangneung
Attendance: 3,811
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Seventh place game
20 February 2018
12:10		Sweden 6–1
(2–1, 1–0, 3–0)		 KoreaKwandong Hockey Centre, Gangneung
Attendance: 4,125
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See also

References

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    "Olympics' most powerful moment". NewsComAu. 10 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
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    "Closing Ceremony Flagbearers - Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
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    "Koreas to march under single 'united' flag in Olympic Games". BBC News. London, United Kingdom. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
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    Stiles, Matt (20 January 2018). "North Korea gets official OK to compete in Winter Olympics, will march with South". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California, United States. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
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    "Unified Korean Olympic Team to march at Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018". International Olympic Committee. 20 January 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
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    "Two Koreas' Olympic ice hockey team faces unexpected challenge: language". The Japan Times. 29 January 2018. Archived from the original on 8 January 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2018. the unified team has been accorded its own country code, COR, from the French word for Korea, Coree.
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    Watson, Ivan; Ko, Stella; McKenzie, Sheena (5 February 2018). "Joint Korean ice hockey team plays for first time ahead of Olympics". CNN. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
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    Hyunjoo, Jin; Christine, Kim (2018). "No Samsung phones, Nike uniforms for North Koreans? Sanctions cloud Ol". Reuters. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
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    Ortiz, Erik; Abdelkader, Rima. "Despite defeat, unified Korean women's ice hockey team shines". NBC News.
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    "Winter Olympics 2018: North Korea will send 22 athletes to Pyeongchang". BBC News. 20 January 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
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    "Ice hockey Women – Team Roster – COR - Korea" (PDF). pyeongchang2018.com. 13 February 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 February 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
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    "Coach Profile: Sarah MURRAY". Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  1. [I 1]
    "Olympic Korean Peninsula Declaration" (PDF). olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
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