The Korea women's national field hockey team is the national field hockey team of the Republic of Korea (South Korea). They have participated in every Summer Olympic Games since 1988. The team captured the silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, and also at Atlanta in 1996. They won the gold medal at the 1989 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy and the bronze medal at the 1990 Women's Hockey World Cup. South Korea women's field hockey team is currently ranked 8th in the world according to the FIH
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