Soccer World Cup 1994 / South Korea

This article covers the South Korean national soccer team at the 1994 soccer world cup in the United States . It was South Korea's fourth participation in the finals of a soccer world championship.

qualification

First, the South Koreans had to pass a first group stage. They had little trouble against Bahrain , Lebanon , Hong Kong and India and advanced to the final group stage. The games of the first half of the season were played in Beirut (Lebanon), the games of the second half of the season in Seoul (South Korea).

Round 1:

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	South Korea	23: 01	15th
2	Bahrain	09: 06	9
3	Lebanon	08: 09	8th
4th	Hong Kong	09:19	5
5	India	08:22	3

South Korea	-	Bahrain	0-0
Lebanon	-	South Korea	0: 1 (0: 1)
India	-	South Korea	0: 3 (0: 1)
Hong Kong	-	South Korea	0: 3 (0: 1)
South Korea	-	Hong Kong	4: 1 (1: 1)
South Korea	-	Lebanon	2: 0 (1: 0)
South Korea	-	India	7: 0 (4: 0)
South Korea	-	Bahrain	3: 0 (0: 0)

In the second group stage, the South Koreans competed against the five other group winners. All games took place in Doha (Qatar). Opponents were Japan , Iran , Iraq , Saudi Arabia and North Korea . The team started weak and had only a minimal chance of qualifying after the defeat against Japan on the penultimate day. However, the Korean duel against North Korea was won 3-0, while Japan had to accept the equalizer against Iraq in the 92nd minute and were eliminated. The South Koreans still call the qualification of their team the miracle of Doha .

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Saudi Arabia	8: 06	7th
2	South Korea	9: 04	6th
3	Japan	7: 04	6th
4th	Iraq	9: 09	5
5	Iran	8:11	4th
6th	North Korea	5:12	2

South Korea	-	Iran	3: 0 (1: 0)
Iraq	-	South Korea	2: 2 (1: 1)
South Korea	-	Saudi Arabia	1: 1 (0: 0)
Japan	-	South Korea	1: 0 (0: 0)
South Korea	-	North Korea	3: 0 (0: 0)

Contingent

number	Surname	Association at the time	birthday	Sp.	goal	red	G / R	yellow
goalkeeper
1	Choi In-young	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	05.03.1962	3	0	0	0	0
21st	Park Chul-woo	Lucky Gold Star	09/29/1965	0	0	0	0	0
22nd	Lee Woon-jae	Kyung Hee University	04/26/1973	1	0	0	0	0
Defense
2	Chung Jong-son	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	03/20/1966	0	0	0	0	0
20th	Hong Myung-bo	POSCO Atoms	02/12/1969	3	2	0	0	0
3	Lee Jong-hwa	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	06/20/1963	0	0	0	0	0
4th	Kim Pan-keun	Lucky Gold Star	05.03.1966	3	0	0	0	0
5	Park Jung-bae	Daewoo Royals	02/19/1967	3	0	0	0	1
12	Choi Young-il	Hyundai Horang-I	04/25/1966	3	0	0	0	2
17th	Gu Sang-bum	Daewoo Royals	06/15/1964	0	0	0	0	0
13	To Ik-soo	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	05/06/1965	0	0	0	0	0
midfield
6th	Lee Young-jin	Lucky Gold Star	October 27, 1963	3	0	0	0	0
7th	Shin Hong-gi	Hyundai Horang-I	05/04/1968	3	0	0	0	1
8th	Noh Jung-yoon	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	March 28, 1971	2	0	0	0	0
14th	Choi Dae-sik	Lucky Gold Star	01/10/1971	0	0	0	0	0
16	Ha Seok-ju	Daewoo Royals	02/20/1968	2	0	0	0	0
19th	Choi Moon-sik	POSCO Atoms	01/06/1971	0	0	0	0	0
attack
9	Kim Joo-sung	VfL Bochum	January 17, 1966	3	0	0	0	1
10	Ko Jeong-woon	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	06/27/1966	0	0	0	0	0
11	Seo Young-won	Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix	December 17, 1970	3	1	0	0	0
15th	Cho Jin-ho	POSCO Atoms	08/02/1973	1	0	0	0	0
18th	Hwang Seon-hong	POSCO Atoms	07/14/1968	3	1	0	0	0
Trainer
	Kim Ho		11/24/1944

Games

South Korea were drawn in Group C defending champions Germany , Spain and Bolivia . In their first game against Spain the Asians were 2-0 down until the 85th minute, but drew with goals from Hong Myung-bo in the 85th and Seo Wung-jon in the 90th minute. Against Bolivia they won another point in the 0-0 draw. In the first meeting between Germany and South Korea, the defending champion led at halftime through Jürgen Klinsmann ( 12th / 37th ) and Karlheinz Riedle (20th) 3-0, after the break, Hwang Seon-hong (51st) and Hong Myung- bo (63.) South Korea approached 2: 3, but the Germans were able to defend this narrow lead. Due to this defeat, the South Koreans were eliminated in the preliminary round, but achieved their best result to date.

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Germany	5: 3	7th
2	Spain	6: 4	5
3	South Korea	4: 5	2
4th	Bolivia	1: 5	1

South Korea	-	Spain	2: 2 (0: 0)
South Korea	-	Bolivia	0-0
Germany	-	South Korea	3: 2 (3: 0)