South Korea men's national volleyball team

South Korea
AssociationKorea Volleyball Association (KVA)
ConfederationAVC
Head coachIssanayê Ramires
FIVB ranking 26 (5 October 2025)
Uniforms
Home
Away
Third
Summer Olympics
Appearances8 (First in 1964)
Best result5th (1984)
World Championship
Appearances10 (First in 1956)
Best result4th (1978)
World Cup
Appearances8 (First in 1977)
Best result5th (1991)
Asian Championship
Appearances22 (First in 1975)
Best result (1989, 1993, 2001, 2003)
www.kva.or.kr (in Korean)
Honours
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Challenger Cup 0 0 1
Asian Championship 4 4 9
Asian Games 3 7 4
Asian Cup 1 1 0
Asian Nations Cup 0 0 2
Eastern Asian Championship 3 5 3
Korea Cup 1 0 0
Universiade 4 1 4
Total 16 18 23
Medal record
Challenger Cup
2022 Seoul Team
Asian Championship
1989 Seoul Team
1993 Nakhon Ratchasima Team
2001 Changwon Team
2003 Tianjin Team
1975 Melbourne Team
1979 Manama Team
1991 Perth Team
2013 Dubai Team
1983 Tokyo Team
1987 Kuwait Team
1995 Seoul Team
1999 Tehran Team
2005 Suphanburi Team
2007 Jakarta Team
2009 Manila Team
2011 Tehran Team
2017 Gresik Team
Asian Games
1978 Bangkok Team
2002 Busan Team
2006 Doha Team
1966 Bangkok Team
1970 Bangkok Team
1974 Tehran Team
1986 Seoul Team
1990 Beijing Team
1998 Bangkok Team
2018 Jakarta-Palembang Team
1982 New Delhi Team
1994 Hiroshima Team
2010 Guangzhou Team
2014 Incheon Team
Asian Cup
2014 Almaty Team
2008 Nakhon Ratchasima Team
Asian Nations Cup
2023 Taipei Team
2024 Isa Town Team
Eastern Asian Championship
2008 Ulaanbaatar Team
2010 Jeju Team
2025 Zhangjiagang Team
1998 Macau Team
2000 Ulaanbaatar Team
2002 Shanghai Team
2004 Taicang Team
2013 Taipei Team
2006 Pingtung Team
2015 Ulaanbaatar Team
2017 Ulaanbaatar Team
Korea Cup
2024 Jecheon Team
Universiade
1979 Mexico City Team
1995 Fukuoka Team
1997 Sicily Team
2003 Daegu Team
1967 Tokyo Team
1970 Turin Team
1973 Moscow Team
1977 Sofia Team
1993 Buffalo Team

The South Korea men's national volleyball team (Korean: 대한민국 남자 배구 국가대표팀; recognized as Korea by FIVB) represents South Korea in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches, governed by Korea Volleyball Association. The Republic of Korea (ROK) has competed in the Olympic Games eight times, but has not featured since the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. The national team's best performance at the Olympic Games was 5th place at the 1984 Games in Los Angeles, California, United States. The national team at the FIVB World Championship competed nine times, with their best result at 4th place in 1978. On continental level, The national team won three gold medals at the Asian Games in 1978, 2002 and 2006. And at the Asian Championship, the national team won four gold medals, two of these was at home in 1989 Seoul and 2001 Changwon and the other two are in 1993 and 2003. The national team now ranks 26th in the FIVB World Rankings.