South Korea at the AFC Asian Cup
This article is a record of South Korea's results at the AFC Asian Cup. South Korea have appeared in the finals of every AFC Asian Cup, except 1968, 1976, and 1992. Their best ever performance is a champions in the 1956 and 1960 tournament held in Hong Kong and South Korea, respectively. In addition, they have finished in the top two of the tournament (total six times, tied with Saudi Arabia) and they have also played in more Asian Cup quarter-finals than any other Asian country (ten times).
Records
AFC Asian Cup Record | ||||||||
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Year | Result | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
1956 | Champions | 1st | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 |
1960 | Champions | 1st | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
1964 | Third Place | 3rd | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
1968 | Did Not Qualify | |||||||
1972 | Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 |
1976 | Did Not Qualify | |||||||
1980 | Runners-Up | 2nd | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 |
1984 | Group Stage | 9th | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
1988 | Runners-Up | 2nd | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 |
1992 | Did Not Qualify | |||||||
1996 | Quarter-Finals | 7th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 |
2000 | Third Place | 3rd | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 |
2004 | Quarter-Finals | 6th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 |
2007 | Third Place | 3rd | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
2011 | Third Place | 3rd | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 7 |
2015 | Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
2019 | Quarter-finals | 5th | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
Total | 2 Titles | 14/17 | 67 | 36 | 16 | 15 | 106 | 64 |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks
Hong Kong 1956
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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South Korea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 5 |
Israel | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 |
Hong Kong | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 2 |
South Vietnam | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 1 |
South Korea | 2 – 2 | Hong Kong |
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Kim Ji-Sung 45' Choi Kwang-Seok 62' |
Tang Yee Kit 10' Ko Po Keung 39' |
Attendance: 30,000
Israel | 1 – 2 | South Korea |
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Stelmach 71' | Woo Sang-Kwon 52' Sung Nak-Woon 64' |
South Korea | 5 – 3 | South Vietnam |
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Sung Nak-Woon 5' Woo Sang-Kwon 41' (pen.), 58' Choi Chung-Min 57', 66' |
Trải Văn Đào 20' Lê Hữu Đức 51', 63' |
South Korea 1960
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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South Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 6 |
Israel | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 |
Republic of China | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
South Vietnam | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 0 |
South Korea | 5 – 1 | South Vietnam |
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Cho Yoon-Ok 15', 71' Woo Sang-Kwon 27' Choi Chung-Min 47' Moon Jung-Sik 56' |
Nguyễn Văn Tu 70' |
Attendance: 30,000
South Korea | 3 – 0 | Israel |
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Cho Yoon-Ok 17', 60' Woo Sang-Kwon 30' |
Israel 1964
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Israel | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 |
India | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 |
South Korea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 |
Hong Kong | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 |
South Korea | 0 – 2 | India |
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Appalaraju 2' I. Singh 57' |
South Korea | 1 – 0 | Hong Kong |
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Bae Keum-Soo 74' |
South Korea | 1 – 2 | Israel |
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Huh Yoon-Jung 79' | Leon 20' Tish 38' |
Thailand 1972
Group B
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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South Korea | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 2 |
Khmer Republic | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 2 |
Kuwait | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 2 |
Semifinal
South Korea | 1 – 1 (a.e.t.) | Thailand |
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Park Ee-Chon | Tantiyanon 97' | |
Penalties | ||
2 – 1 |
Final
Iran | 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) | South Korea |
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Jabbari 48' Kalani 108' |
Park Ee-Chon 65' |
Kuwait 1980
Group B
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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South Korea | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 |
Kuwait | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 |
Malaysia | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Qatar | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 |
United Arab Emirates | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 |
Malaysia | 1 – 1 | South Korea |
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Abdul Ali 90' | Choi Soon-Ho 68' |
Attendance: 5,000
Qatar | 0 – 2 | South Korea |
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Lee Jung-Il 4' Choi Soon-Ho 21' |
South Korea | 3 – 0 | Kuwait |
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Hwang Seok-Keun 47' Choi Soon-Ho 71', 78' |
Attendance: 15,000
South Korea | 4 – 1 | United Arab Emirates |
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Choi Soon-Ho 26', 53', 78' (pen.) Jung Hae-Won 84' |
Chombi 79' |
Semifinal
South Korea | 2 – 1 | North Korea |
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Jung Hae-Won 80', 89' | Park Jong-Hon 19' (pen.) |
Final
Kuwait | 3 – 0 | South Korea |
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Al-Houti 7' Al-Dakhil 30', 67' |
Attendance: 25,000
Singapore 1984
Group A
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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Saudi Arabia | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 |
Kuwait | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 |
Qatar | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Syria | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 |
South Korea | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 |
South Korea | 1 – 1 | Saudi Arabia |
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Lee Tae-Ho 51' | Abdullah 90' |
South Korea | 0 – 1 | Syria |
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Hassan 13' |
Qatar | 1 – 0 | South Korea |
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Salman 69' |
Qatar 1988
Group A
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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South Korea | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 |
Iran | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Qatar | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 |
United Arab Emirates | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | −2 |
Japan | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −6 |
United Arab Emirates | 0 – 1 | South Korea |
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Report | Lee Tae-Ho 8' (pen.) |
Referee: George Courtney (England)
South Korea | 2 – 0 | Japan |
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Hwang Sun-Hong 13' Kim Joo-Sung 35' |
Report |
Referee: Salah Mohammed (Iraq)
Qatar | 2 – 3 | South Korea |
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Salman 47' (pen.), 80' (pen.) | Report | Chung Hae-Won 10', 72' Kim Joo-Sung 34' |
Referee: George Courtney (England)
South Korea | 3 – 0 | Iran |
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Byun Byung-Joo 26', 57' Hwang Sun-Hong 42' |
Report |
Semifinal
South Korea | 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) | China |
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Lee Tae-Ho 93', 103' | Report | Mai Chao 100' |
Final
South Korea | 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) | Saudi Arabia |
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Report | ||
Penalties | ||
Cho Min-Kook Lee Tae-Ho Byun Byung-Joo Kim Joo-Sung Cho Yoon-Hwan |
3 – 4 | Al-Naima Al-Jawad Abdullah Al-Mutlaq Al-Bishi |
United Arab Emirates 1996
Group A
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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United Arab Emirates | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 |
Kuwait | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 |
South Korea | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Indonesia | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -4 |
United Arab Emirates | 1 – 1 | South Korea |
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K. Saad 40' | Report | Hwang Sun-Hong 9' |
South Korea | 4 - 2 | Indonesia |
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Kim Do-Hoon 5' Hwang Sun-Hong 7', 15' Ko Jeong-Woon 55' |
Report | Wabia 58' Putro 65' |
Kuwait | 2 – 0 | South Korea |
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Al-Huwaidi 60' Bashar Abdullah 87' |
Report |
Quarterfinal
South Korea | 2 – 6 | Iran |
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Kim Do-Hoon 11' Shin Tae-Yong 35' |
Report | Bagheri 31' Azizi 52' Daei 66', 76', 83', 89' (pen.) |
Lebanon 2000
Group B
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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China | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 |
Kuwait | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 |
South Korea | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 |
Indonesia | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | −7 |
South Korea | 2 – 2 | China |
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Lee Young-Pyo 30' Noh Jung-Yoon 58' |
Report | Su Maozhen 36' Fan Zhiyi 66' (pen.) |
South Korea | 0 – 1 | Kuwait |
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Report | Al-Huwaidi 43' |
South Korea | 3 – 0 | Indonesia |
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Lee Dong-Gook 30', 76', 90+1' | Report |
Quarterfinal
Iran | 1 – 2 (a.e.t.) | South Korea |
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Bagheri 71' | Report | Kim Sang-Sik 90' Lee Dong-Gook 99' |
Semifinal
South Korea | 1 – 2 | Saudi Arabia |
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Lee Dong-Gook 90+1' | Report | Al-Meshal 76', 80' |
Third place play-off
South Korea | 1 – 0 | China |
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Lee Dong-Gook 76' | Report |
China 2004
Group B
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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South Korea | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 |
Jordan | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 |
Kuwait | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 |
United Arab Emirates | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 |
South Korea | 0 – 0 | Jordan |
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Report |
United Arab Emirates | 0 – 2 | South Korea |
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Report | Lee Dong-gook 41' Ahn Jung-hwan 90+1' |
South Korea | 4 – 0 | Kuwait |
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Lee Dong-gook 25', 41' Cha Du-ri 45+1' Ahn Jung-hwan 75' |
Report |
Quarterfinal
South Korea | 3 – 4 | Iran |
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Seol Ki-hyeon 16' Lee Dong-gook 25' Kim Nam-il 68' |
Report | Karimi 10', 20', 77' Park Jin-seop 51' (o.g.) |
Indonesia/Malaysia/Thailand/Vietnam 2007
Group D
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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Saudi Arabia | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 |
South Korea | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Indonesia | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 |
Bahrain | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 |
South Korea | 1 – 1 | Saudi Arabia |
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Choi Sung-Kuk 66' | Report | Y. Al-Qahtani 77' (pen.) |
Bahrain | 2 – 1 | South Korea |
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Isa 43' Abdullatif 85' |
Report | Kim Do-Heon 4' |
Quarterfinal
Iran | 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) | South Korea |
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Report | ||
Penalties | ||
Zandi Mahdavikia Enayati Khatibi |
2 – 4 | Lee Chun-Soo Kim Sang-Sik Kim Do-Heon Cho Jae-Jin Kim Jung-Woo |
Semifinal
Iraq | 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) | South Korea |
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Report | ||
Penalties | ||
Hawar Mohammed Qusay Munir Haidar Abdul-Amir Ahmad Mnajed |
4 – 3 | Lee Chun-Soo Lee Dong-Gook Cho Jae-Jin Yeom Ki-Hun Kim Jung-Woo |
Third place play-off
South Korea | 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) | Japan |
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Report | ||
Penalties | ||
Cho Jae-Jin Oh Beom-Seok Lee Chun-Soo Lee Ho Kim Jin-Kyu Kim Chi-Woo |
6 – 5 | S. Nakamura Endo Abe Komano Nakazawa Hanyu |
Qatar 2011
Group C
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Australia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7 |
South Korea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 |
Bahrain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 3 |
India | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 0 |
South Korea | 2 – 1 | Bahrain |
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Koo Ja-Cheol 40', 52' | Report | Aaish 85' (pen.) |
Australia | 1 – 1 | South Korea |
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Jedinak 62' | Report | Koo Ja-Cheol 24' |
South Korea | 4 – 1 | India |
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Ji Dong-Won 6', 23' Koo Ja-Cheol 9' Son Heung-Min 81' |
Report | Chhetri 12' (pen.) |
Quarterfinal
Iran | 0 – 1 (a.e.t.) | South Korea |
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Report | Yoon Bit-Garam 105' |
Semifinal
Japan | 2 – 2 (a.e.t.) | South Korea |
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Maeda 36' Hosogai 97' |
Report | Ki Sung-Yueng 23' (pen.) Hwang Jae-Won 120' |
Penalties | ||
K. Honda Okazaki Nagatomo Konno |
3 – 0 | Koo Ja-Cheol Lee Yong-Rae Hong Jeong-Ho |
Third place playoff
Uzbekistan | 2 – 3 | South Korea |
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Geynrikh 45' (pen.), 53' | Report | Koo Ja-Cheol 18' Ji Dong-Won 28', 39' |
Australia 2015
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | South Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Australia (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 6 | |
3 | Oman | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 3 | |
4 | Kuwait | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 |
Quarterfinal
South Korea | 2–0 (a.e.t.) | Uzbekistan |
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Son Heung-min 104', 119' | Report |
Semifinal
South Korea | 2–0 | Iraq |
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Lee Jung-hyup 20' Kim Young-gwon 50' |
Report |
Final
South Korea | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | Australia |
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Son Heung-min 90+1' | Report | Luongo 45' Troisi 105' |
United Arab Emirates 2019
Group C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | South Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | China | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 | |
3 | Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
4 | Philippines | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 |
Source: AFC
South Korea | 2–0 | China |
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Report |
Round of 16
South Korea | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Bahrain |
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Report |
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Quarterfinal
South Korea | 0–1 | Qatar |
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Report |
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