South Korean Handball H-League holds rookie draft

The Handball H-League conducted its rookie draft for the 2026–2027 season at the Mayfield Hotel in Seoul. In the men's division, SK Hawks selected Song Je-woo as the first overall pick. Song, a graduate of Korea National Sport University with experience playing for the Fukuoka Golden Wolves in Japan, previously served as a national team player for the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.

In the women's division, the newly joined Chungnam Development Corporation utilized its priority selection right to pick Kim Eun-yul, a standout player from Jeongsin Girls' High School and a former youth national team member.

The draft saw 13 out of 19 male applicants and 18 out of 22 female applicants sign with professional teams. Contract terms for top-tier picks include signing bonuses of 70 million KRW, with minimum annual salaries set at 27 million KRW to align with the national minimum wage.