"We Met Well" Grouped With Ukraine, ···2025 U-20 World Cup Korea, Opportunity to avenge 2019 Final Defeat
"We Met Well" Grouped With Ukraine, ···2025 U-20 World Cup Korea, Opportunity to avenge 2019 Final Defeat
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Revenge 2019.'
South Korea's U-20 soccer team will face Ukraine, which faced off in the final of the 2019 tournament at the FIFA U-20 World Cup 2025 (September 27 to October 19 in Chile).
FIFA held a draw for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Santiago, Chile on Sunday. As a result, Korea will compete with Ukraine, Paraguay, and Panama in Group B for the advance to the round of 16.
Twenty-four teams will participate in the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup, which will be divided into six groups of four teams. The top two teams in each group will go straight to the round of 16, and the top four teams among the third-place teams in each group will join the round of 16.
Korea's best record at the U-20 World Cup was the runner-up at the 2019 World Cup. At the previous 2023 World Cup, Korea ranked fourth, and achieved good results in the last three events, including runner-up (2019), fourth (2023), and round of 16 (2017). The 2021 World Cup was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The U-20 national team, led by head coach Lee Chang-won, advanced to the semifinals of the 2025 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-20 Asian Cup in Shenzhen, China, in February and won the ticket to the World Cup finals. South Korea lost to Ukraine 0-1 in the final of the 2019 tournament, missing its first ever chance to win. South Korea, led by coach Chung Jung-yong at the time, advanced to the final with Lee Kang-in (PSG) performing very well. Unfortunately, however, it failed to win the first FIFA World Cup hosted by men's soccer history because it failed to cross the last threshold. Still, Lee Kang-in showed off his potential by winning the Golden Ball of the tournament at the time.
Korea is set to recover its pride by meeting Ukraine again at the U-20 World Cup for the first time in six years. The team is trailing Ukraine by one win and two losses in matches against the U-20 team. 메이저놀이터
Another opponent, Paraguay, was locked in a 2-1 draw and two losses in all-time records. It met Panama once in a friendly match in 2018, drawing 2-2, and has never met on the U-20 World Cup stage. v