Lee Chang Won-ho, Group D with Japan, Syria, Thailand at the U20 Asian Cup in February next year

Lee Chang Won-ho, Group D with Japan, Syria, Thailand at the U20 Asian Cup in February next year

Blog Article

The U20 national soccer team, led by head coach Lee Chang-won, will face Japan in the 2025 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U20 Asian Cup finals.

South Korea was in Group D along with Japan, Syria and Thailand as a result of the draw for the finals of the tournament held in Shenzhen, China on the 7th.

In the U20 Asian Cup to be held in China in February next year, 16 teams will be divided into four groups of four teams, and the top two teams in each group will reach the quarterfinals tournament to determine the winning team.

The top four teams will qualify for the FIFA U20 World Cup finals in Thailand in September next year.

AFC allocated the port with the results of the 2023 tournament, and South Korea in Port 2 will meet Japan in Port 1.

Korea has 24 wins, eight draws, and five losses in past U20 soccer teams against Japan. Korea has not allowed a single goal in matches with Japan since 2016, and has had three wins and one draw.

South Korea, which has won the U20 Asian Cup 12 times in total, is the most winning country in the tournament, and has not won the trophy since the 2012 United Arab Emirates (UAE). It was eliminated in the group stage in Myanmar in 2014 and Bahrain in 2016, while Indonesia in 2018 was the runner-up, and Uzbekistan in 2023 made it to the semifinals. 메이저놀이터

North Korea, which aims to advance to the U20 World Cup finals for the first time in nine years since the 2015 New Zealand Games, will compete with Iraq, Jordan and Saudi Arabia in Group B.

Group A included China, Australia, Kyrgyzstan, and Qatar, while Group C included Uzbekistan, Iran, Indonesia, and Yemen.