The South Korea men's national ice hockey team is the national men's ice hockey of South Korea. They are currently ranked 28th in the IIHF World Ranking and currently compete in IIHF World Championship Division I. The team holds the record of the largest victory in the sport. South Korea beat Thailand in the 1998 IIHF Asian Oceanic Junior U18 Championships almost unbelievably 92–0. The team's most successful campaign thus far was a third place result at the 2011 IIHF World Championship Division 1 Tournament.
The team is in the talks to compete in Finland's Mestis from the 2013–14 season onwards, in preparation for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.
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