Briefings Feb 01, 2012 04:07 Match Preview 15. Great Britain - Korea (February 2nd, 5:30pm) Match Preview 15. Great Britain - Korea (February 2nd, 5:30pm)   Head-to-Heads > Korea are unbeaten in 4 CT matches against GB, recording 3 wins and 1 draw. > GB’s only result against Korea in CT competition came in their first meeting in 1987 (1-1). Korea have won all 3 CT encounters ever since (2-0 in 1989, 3-1 in 1993 and 2-0 in 1997) > GB and Korea met in January 2012 at the Four Nations Tournament in Cordoba, where GB beat Korea 2-1 in the opening match only to lose 3-2 in the final. > Crista Cullen scored once in each of these matches. Other goals were scored by Rebecca Herbert, Alex Danson and Ashleigh Ball. The Korean goals were scored by Cho Eun-Ji (PC) and Park M-Hyun and Kim (2).     Great Britain > GB have played only two knock-out matches in CT competition, losing 1-0 to Spain in the 1993 Final 5-6 and beating USA 3-0 in the 1997 Final 5-6. > Crista Cullen is on 5 PC goals so far this tournament. The only players to have scored more than 5 PC goals in a single CT edition are Noel Barrionuevo (8 in 2010) and Maartje Paumen (6 in 2011). > GB have converted 5 of 13 penalty corners awarded in the tournament (38%). > GB have conceded fewest goals in the Pool phase at Rosario 2012 (3). > GB have not conceded any PC goals from 12 penalty corners awarded to their opponents. > Beth Storry is the only goalkeeper to have kept a clean sheet so far this tournament (3-0 vs Japan). > GB’s best CT result came in 1989 when they were ranked 4th. > Helen Richardson and Alex Danson were selected in the 2011 FIH Women’s All Stars team.     Korea > Korea are winless in 5 successive CT matches (2 draws, 3 defeats) since beating New Zealand 5-3 in the 2011 CT. > At Rosario 2012 Korea lost 4-2 to Germany and drew 2-2 with New Zealand and Argentina. > Korea are winless in all 7 knock-out matches they played in CT competition, recording 5 defeats and 2 draws. The two matches that were tied, they eventually lost after penalty strokes. > Korea are ranked 8th on the FIH World Ranking. > Korea needs to score 2 goals to reach 100 in CT competition. > Korea finished fourth in last year’s CT, despite only winning one of its six matches at the tournament. It marked their best result in the competition since finishing fourth in 1997. > In 1989 Korea won the Champions Trophy in Frankfurt am Main. At Mar del Plata in 1995, they claimed silver. > Korea won the 4 Nations tournament, held in Cordoba prior to the 2012 Champions Trophy. Korea beat Great Britain 3-2 in the final. Argentina finished third, New Zealand fourth. > Midfielder Kim Da-Rae was selected in the FIH 2011 Women’s All Star team. > Captain Lee Seon-Ok celebrates her 31st birthday today.