Torino 2013: South Korea preview

Look to speed king Seung-Hwan Jung to lead the scoring for South Korea, which boast a strong line of forwards who will all come out eager to make-up for their performance earlier this year.

The top three finishers from the IPC Ice Sledge Hockey Qualification Tournament will qualify for the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.

Here's a brief overview of South Korea's ice sledge hockey team as they head to Torino, where they will challenge Italy, Sweden, Germany, Japan and Great Britain for one of the Paralympic spots.

Outlook

South Korea are heading into the Qualification Tournament with lots of questions surrounding their team following a disappointing seventh-place finish at the 2013 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships A-Pool on their home ice in Goyang in April.

Are they the same team that won silver at the 2012 edition of the World Championships A-Pool? Or will they crumble again against some of the world’s best teams like they did in Goyang?

Vancouver 2010 marked the programme’s Paralympic debut in ice sledge hockey, and they don’t want to take a step back after several major leaps forward in the last five years.

Look to speed king Seung-Hwan Jung to lead the scoring for South Korea, which boast a strong line of forwards who will all come out eager to make-up for their performance earlier this year.

Key players

Seung-Hwan Jung (forward); Min-Su Han (forward); Young-Sung Kim (forward)

Head coach

Ik-Hwan Kim

Last Paralympic appearance

Vancouver 2010 – sixth place