The teams - South Korea

Asian qualifier - Group A

Football for the blind was introduced to South Korea in 1999, and the national team first participated in World Championship in Spain in 2000.

Through the participation in this competition, they began to accumulate the basic techniques and experiences for blind football, and since 2002, national competitions have been held to promote the sport in the country. Moreover, based on skills and strategies gained through these competitions, Korea was chosen to host the Asian Championship in 2007.

The Korean team has also competed in other World Championships, including those in Argentina and Brazil. Furthermore, the national team qualified for 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games and participated in it as the only ball game from the nation. In the 2009 Asian Championships in Japan, they won the third place and achieved qualification to participate at Blind 2010, which is a great excitement to them all.

Being blind himself, and thus understanding the characteristics of the disability, Ok Hyung Lee manifests outstanding leadership as team coach, and several team members, including captain Yong Kyun Oh, boast plenty of experience from their many years of in the game. The Korean team has also had some gifted strikers join the team recently and expect to fully reveal their capabilities as a team in Hereford.

Squad list

Yong Jyun Oh
Chang Hyun Kwak
Kyung Ho Kim
Yeong Jun Jang
Seung Woo Park
Yun Cheol Shin
Ji Young Ha
Sang Won Kim
Hyun Chul Shin
Meong Su Park

Staff list

Ok Hyeong Lee (Head Coach)
Dae Won Lee (Coach)
Hyeon Yeong Sin (Staff)
Dong Jin Kim (Staff)
Hong Jin Kim (Staff)
Seong Su Jeong (Staff)
Min Kyu Park (Staff)