South Korea national baseball team

South Korea national baseball team
Information
CountrySouth Korea South Korea
FederationKorea Baseball Softball Association
ConfederationBaseball Federation of Asia
ManagerSouth Korea Ryu Joong-il (2022–present)
CaptainSong Sung-mun
WBSC ranking
Current 4 Steady (18 December 2023)[1]
Highest2 (first in August 2021)
Lowest8 (first in December 2014)
Uniforms
South Korea's national baseball uniform
World Baseball Classic
Appearances5 (first in 2006)
Best resultSilver 2nd (2009)
Olympic Games
Appearances4 (first in 1996)
Best result Gold: 1 - 2008
WBSC Premier12
Appearances2 (first in 2015)
Best result 1st (1 time, in 2015)
World Cup
Appearances14 (first in 1976)
Best result 1st (1982)
Intercontinental Cup
Appearances14 (first in 1975)
Best result 1st (1977)
Asian Games
Appearances7 (first in 1994)
Best result 1st (5: 1998, 2002, 2010, 2014, 2018) 2023)
Asian Championship
Appearances27 (first in 1954)
Best result 1st (8: 1963, 1971, 1975, 1983, 1989, 1997, 1999, 2015)

The South Korean national baseball team (Korean: 대한민국 야구 국가대표팀), also known as the Blue Wave (Korean: 푸른물결), is the national baseball team of South Korea. It has participated in every edition of the World Baseball Classic (WBC), reaching the finals in 2009, and won the WBSC Premier12 in 2015. South Korea also hosted and won the Baseball World Cup in 1982, and has participated in several Summer Olympic Games (winning gold over Cuba in 2008).

Currently, South Korean baseball is ranked fiftth in the WBSC World Rankings. South Korea's main rival is Japan, which it has met in several WBC, Olympic, and Asian Baseball Championship games.

  1. ^ "The WBSC World Ranking". WBSC. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.