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Sports in Korea. Part of the Lecture of Korean Language and Culture By JAE-YOUNG YU. Contents. General Survey Results by Gallop (2009) Football Baseball Skating Basketball Golf Swimming Others – Martial arts , archery, hockey, handball, boxing, wrestling, gymnastics, etc. General.
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Sports in Korea Part of the Lecture of Korean Language and Culture By JAE-YOUNG YU
Contents • General • Survey Results by Gallop (2009) • Football • Baseball • Skating • Basketball • Golf • Swimming • Others – Martial arts, archery, hockey, handball, boxing, wrestling, gymnastics, etc.
General • Loves it very much • Requires more facilities and supports • Trnsforms from elite sports to common people’s sports • Needs to improve the sports organizations and policies
Survey results by Gallop (2009) • Sports practiced • Football (soccer) • Walking • Baseball • Mountain climbing • Badminton • Swimming • Jogging • Basketball • Fitness • Table tennis • Sports watched on TV • Football • Baseball • Figure skating • Basketball • Volleyball • Golf • Fighting (UFC) • Swimming • Boxing • Badminton/Billiard
Football • FIFA world ranking: 25 • 16 teams in K-League, 14 teams in National League, & 18 teams in Challange League • Recent achievements • 2012 London Olympic: Bronze • 2004 Athens Olympic: Quarter final • 2010 SouthafricaWorldcup: 2nd round (round of 16) • 2002 Korea-Japan Worldcup: Semifinal • 2009, 2010 AFC Champion’s League Champion: Pohang Steelers, SeongnamIlwhaChunma
K-League Teams Daegu FC Ilhwa Chunma FC-Seoul Incheon United Pusan IPark Suwon Bluewings Ulsan Hyundae Sangju Phoneix Geyongnam FC Pohang Steelers Kwangju FC Chunbuk Hyundai Motors Jeju United Kangwon FC Daejeon Citizen Chunnam Dragons
Star players 2011 K-League MVP Lee Dong-Gook QPR Park Ji-Sung Bolton Wanderers Lee Chung Yong Hamburg SV Son Heung Min Ausburg FC Koo Ja-Cheol Swansea city Ki Sung-Yeung
Clips of plays • Lee Dong-Gook Goals http://youtu.be/44MNJGQMzLA • Park Ji-Sung’s play http://youtu.be/xBGrnEObu34 • Lee Chung-Yong’s play http://youtu.be/QwGvVUzxAD8 • Ki Sung-Yeung’s play http://youtu.be/CWeeJ4R6YU8 • Koo Ja-Cheol’s play http://youtu.be/C-6XF8E6cLU • Son Heung Min’s play http://youtu.be/Pa3zOxbAuxY
Baseball • IBFA world ranking: 4 • 8 teams in KBO Proleague (Paldoproleague) • Recent achievements • 2009 WBC: final, runner-up • 2006 WBC: 3rd • 2008 Beijing Olympic: Gold • 2000 Sydney Olympic: Bronze • 2010, 2002, 1998 Asian Games: Gold
Star players Orix Buffalos Lee Dae Ho 2011 Paldo-League MVP Yoon Suk-Min Cleaveland Indians Chu Shin-Soo Park Chan Ho Kim Byung Hyun Hanhwa Eagles RyuHyunjin
Clips of plays • Yoon Suk-Min’s pitching http://youtu.be/1ne2PNX_zVY • Chu Shin-Soo’splay http://youtu.be/-veRVD16G4E • Lee Dae-Ho’s homerun http://youtu.be/AL3Gr05wihQ • RyuHyunjin’spitching http://youtu.be/xiwVuHxY-mw • Park Chan Ho’s pitching http://youtu.be/Ew9jnHeXeVg • Kim Byung Hyun’s pitching http://youtu.be/LFKPK7adhE8
Skating • Strong in figure skating, speed skating, and short tracks • Typical elite sports • Recent achievements • 2010 Vancouver Olympic: 6 Golds (Woman’s figure single, Man’s and Woman’s 500m speed skating, Man’s 10,000m speed skating, Man’s 1,000m and 1,500m short track) • 2006 Torino Olympic: 6 Golds (Man’s 1,000m, 1,500m, & 5,000m relay, Woman’s 1,000m, 1,500m, 3,000m relay)
Star players Kim Yuna Figure skating Mo Tae Bum Speed skating Lee Sang Hwa, Speed skating Lee SeungHoon Speed skating Ahn Hyun Soo Short track speed skating Jin Sun-Yu Short track speed skating
Clips of competition • Kim Yuna’sskating http://youtu.be/6uLhN1jH6uo • Mo Tae Bum’s skating http://youtu.be/YtWqW4Q7rCI • Lee Sang Hwa’sskating http://youtu.be/KQVWf_Q8ees • Lee SeungHoon’sskating http://youtu.be/gh2NQjIPxoA • Ahn Hyun Soo’sskating http://youtu.be/_KVzOPbkyR4 • Jin Sun-Yu’s skating http://youtu.be/0Rjo_UY4RN4
Baseketball • FIBA world ranking: Men, 33; Women, 11 (2012) • Man; 10 proteamsin KBL (Korean Basketball League) Women; 6 proteams in WKBL • Recent achievements • 2012 London Olympic: MW DQ • 2010 Asian Games (Guangzhou, China): MW Silver
Golf • World golf ranking by www. Officialworldgolfranking.com: (Oct. 14, 2012) • Men • Choi KJ, 41 • Bae SM, 50 • Women • Choi NY, 3 • Park I, 5 • Shin J, 6 • Ryu SY, 10 • 19 players within top 50 • Becoming more popular • Recent Achievements: • Men; 8 wins in PGA tour (by Choi KJ) • Women; win more than 90 times in LPGA tour