Chennai, Sep 7 - Forward Jung Sun-min will enter her 15th year in Asia senior basketball competitions when she leads defending champions South Korea on to the court at the 23rd Asia Women's Championship to be held here Sep 17-24.

Coach Lim Dal Shik has included eight players who took Korea to the quarterfinals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, but will count on the Shinhan Bank S-Birds' veteran to take South Korea on the top of the podium.

Jung Sun-min, returning to the national team after a five-year gap, had helped South Korea to win the gold - and thus a place in Beijing Olympics - in the 22nd FIBA Asia Championship for Women at Incheon two years ago.

Giving Jung Sun-min company will be six others - including the giant centre Ha Eun-joo and sharpshooter Beon Yeon-ha - who formed a part of the Incheon triumph.

Having made her debut for the senior national team in 1994, Jung Sun-min has returned a consistent double-digit average in points in all her subsequent appearances for Korea.