South Korea national baseball team

South Korea national baseball team
Information
Country	South Korea
Federation	Korea Baseball Softball Association
Confederation	Baseball Federation of Asia
Manager	Lee Kang-chul (2022–present)
Captain	Hyun-soo Kim
WBSC ranking
Current	4 (18 December 2023)[1]
Highest	2 (first in August 2021)
Lowest	8 (first in December 2014)
Uniforms
World Baseball Classic
Appearances	5 (first in 2006)
Best result	2nd (2009)
Olympic Games
Appearances	3 (first in 1996)
Best result	Gold: 1 - 2008
WBSC Premier12
Appearances	1 (first in 2015)
Best result	1st (1 time, in 2015)
World Cup
Appearances	14 (first in 1976)
Best result	1st (1982)
Intercontinental Cup
Appearances	14 (first in 1975)
Best result	1st (1977)
Asian Games
Appearances	7 (first in 1994)
Best result	1st (5: 1998, 2002, 2010, 2014, 2018) 2023)
Asian Championship
Appearances	27 (first in 1954)
Best result	1st (8: 1963, 1971, 1975, 1983, 1989, 1997, 1999, 2015)

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.