South Korea national baseball team | |
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Information | |
Country | ![]() |
Federation | Korea Baseball Softball Association |
Confederation | Baseball Federation of Asia |
Manager | ![]() |
Captain | Hyun-soo Kim |
WBSC ranking | |
Current | 4 ![]() |
Highest | 2 (first in August 2021) |
Lowest | 8 (first in December 2014) |
Uniforms | |
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World Baseball Classic | |
Appearances | 5 (first in 2006) |
Best result | ![]() |
Olympic Games | |
Appearances | 4 (first in 1996) |
Best result | ![]() |
WBSC Premier12 | |
Appearances | 2 (first in 2015) |
Best result | ![]() |
World Cup | |
Appearances | 14 (first in 1976) |
Best result | ![]() |
Intercontinental Cup | |
Appearances | 14 (first in 1975) |
Best result | ![]() |
Asian Games | |
Appearances | 7 (first in 1994) |
Best result | ![]() |
Asian Championship | |
Appearances | 27 (first in 1954) |
Best result | ![]() |
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.