Korea on Ice (Part One)

The sport has seen steady growth since that time. In 1979, South Korea played its first World Championship match in Spain. Since that time, Korea has participated in a variety of winter matches: the Asia Games, the Junior Asia Games, the Winter Universiad, and others. As of two years ago, there were 5 college teams, 11 senior high teams, 11 junior high teams, 9 elementary school teams, a Korean Army team, and a plethora of corporate teams. And I'm pleased to say that South Korea is also supporting a national women's ice hockey team. The first indoor ice rink at Dongdaemun has since closed, supplanted by the Taenung rink in 1984-5. Since that time, the Mokdang rink has been built, but South Korea still lacks for ice facilities. There is a rink at the Bundang Olympic Sports Center, another at Kwachon Civic Center Gymnasium, and a leisure rink at Lotte World. Two universities also have indoor rinks. Along with 5 or 6 outdoor rinks, this sums up the availability of ice in South Korea. Although the sport is growing in popularity (the crowds average about 4,000 for big university games), there are still a few stumbling blocks in the way of the sport.

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Hyundai Oil Refining Company OILBANK Icehockey Team (4 Stars) This website is for the corporate team supported by Hyundai. It's a little out of date, but has an excellent description of the history of ice hockey in South Korea

Kyungjin Kim's Hockey Site Unfortunately, Kyungjin's hockey dreams have been sidelined by injury, but she has some good hockey women photos

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