After competing in its first Winter Olympics, where will South Korea's national Ice hockey team make their World Championship debut?
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South Korea men's national ice hockey team The South Korean national ice hockey team (Korean: 대한민국 아이스하키 국가대표팀 ; "Daehanmingug Aiseuhaki Guggadaepyotim") is the national men's ice hockey of the Republic of Korea (South Korea). They are currently ranked 23rd in the IIHF World Ranking and currently compete in IIHF World Championship. The team's most successful campaign thus far was a second place in the 2017 Division IA tournament and thus qualifying for the top division in 2018 IIHF World Championship. They will compete in their first Winter Olympics in 2018 in Pyeongchang as the host nation.
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2018 IIHF World Championship The 2018 IIHF World Championship will be hosted by Copenhagen and Herning, Denmark, as the IIHF announced on 23 May 2014. South Korea will make its debut at the World Championship, having played in the lower divisions previously.
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Asian Skating Union The Asian Skating Union (ASU) is the Asian governing body for competitive ice skating disciplines, including figure skating, synchronized skating, speed skating, and short track speed skating. It is now based in Seoul, South Korea.
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India at the 1988 Winter Olympics India competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It was the first time that the nation had sent athletes to the Winter Games in 20 years.
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Zimbabwe at the 2014 Winter Olympics Zimbabwe competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia from 7 to 23 February 2014. Zimbabwe made its debut at the Winter Olympics. The team consisted of a single athlete competing in alpine skiing.
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Korea Divisional Domestic Championship The Korea Divisional Domestic Championship (Korean: 전국종별아이스하키선수권대회 ) was a national ice hockey tournament that ran in South Korea for 47 years starting in 1954. The tournament was originally called the "Student Ice Hockey Championship" (학생아이스하키선수권대회).
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Argentina at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics Argentina competed at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway from 12 to 21 February 2016.
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Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics The ice hockey competitions of the 2018 Winter Olympics will be played at two venues within the Gangneung Coastal Cluster in Gangneung, South Korea. The Gangneung Hockey Centre, which will seat 10,000, and the Kwandong Hockey Centre, which will seat 6,000, both were originally scheduled to be completed in 2016 and appear to have been completed in early 2017. Both venues contain international-sized rinks (60 meters by 30 meters).
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1986 Asian Winter Games The 1st Asian Winter Games were held from March 1 to 8, 1986 in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan. The Japanese Olympic Committee first suggested the idea of having a continent-wide winter version of the Asian Games in 1982. With Sapporo's expertise and infrastructure available after successfully hosting the 1972 Winter Olympics, the Olympic Council of Asia General Assembly in Seoul in 1984 decided to give Japan the privilege of hosting the first ever Asian Winter Games. Participating in a total of 35 events in seven sports were 430 athletes and officials from seven countries.
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Short track speed skating at the Winter Olympics Short track speed skating has been a contest at the Winter Olympics since the 1992 Winter Games in Albertville, France. Prior to that, it was a demonstration sport at the 1988 games. The results from the 1988 demonstration competition is not included in the official Olympic statistics. The sport has been dominated by teams from Asia and North America, namely South Korea (IOC code KOR), China (CHN), Canada (CAN) and the United States (USA). Those four countries have won 104 of 120 medals awarded since 1992. South Korea leads the medal tally (and gold medal tally), with 37 medals including 19 golds since 1992. All but 8 medals (including 4 golds) that South Korea won at the Winter Olympics came from Short-track speed skating. Similarly, 24 of China's 44 Winter Olympics medals are from the sport.
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Turkey at the 2018 Winter Olympics Turkey is scheduled to compete at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, from 9 to 28 February 2018.
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India at the 2014 Asian Games India competed at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, from 19 September to 4 October 2014. After 16 years India won the Gold medal in Asian Games men's hockey tournament, and consequently earned a direct berth to the 2016 Summer Olympics hockey tournament.
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South Korea at the 1960 Winter Olympics South Korea, as "Republic of Korea", competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, United States.
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South Korea at the 2010 Winter Paralympics The Republic of Korea (South Korea) will be competing, under the name Korea, at the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver.
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Bids for the 2014 Winter Olympics Seven applicant cities presented bids to host the 2014 Winter Olympics and Paralympics (formally known as "XXII Olympic Winter Games" and "XI Paralympic Winter Games") to the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The IOC Executive Board shortlisted three cities—Sochi, Russia; Salzburg, Austria; and Pyeongchang, South Korea—with Sochi winning the IOC's July 2007 final vote.
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France at the 2018 Winter Olympics France will compete at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, from 9 to 28 February 2018.
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Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics will be held at the Alpensia Cross-Country Centre in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The twelve events will take place between 10–25 February 2018.
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Russia at the 1994 Winter Olympics Russia competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. It was the first time the nation had competed at the Winter Olympic Games since the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. Russian athletes had competed as part of the Unified Team at the 1992 Winter Olympics.
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Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics is scheduled for 12–24 February at Yongpyong Alpine Centre (slalom and giant slalom) at the Alpensia Sports Park in PyeongChang and at the Jeongseon Alpine Centre (speed events) in Jeongseon, South Korea.
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Hungary at the 2014 Winter Olympics Hungary competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014. A team of 16 athletes competing in five sports were selected to the team.
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Pyongyang Ice Rink The Pyongyang Ice Rink (평양빙상관) is an indoor ice hockey venue on the bank of Pothong River in Pyongyang, North Korea. The Pyongyang Peoples Outdoor Ice Rink (인민야외빙상장 전경) is a recent construction.
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Serbia at the 2010 Winter Olympics Serbia participated at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was the first time the nation had participated in the Winter Olympics after competing as Serbia and Montenegro in the previous Olympics.