2017 K-League Junior Championship

2017 K-League Junior Championship
Cup winners	Pohang Steelers
Beginning	July 22, 2017
final	3rd August 2017
Final stadium	Steel Yard Stadium Yangdeok Stadium 1st Place Yangdeok Stadium 2nd Place Yangdeok Stadium 3rd Place Honghae Sports Ground Cheongrim Sports Ground
Teams	21st
Games	42
Gates	129  (ø 3.07 per game)
spectator	5,525  (ø 132 per game)
Top scorer	Bae Ho-jun, Pohang Steelers , (5 goals)
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The K-League Junior Championship 2017 was the third edition of the football - cup competition for South Korean club teams of the K League Junior was. The U-18 from Pohang Steelers won the league cup.

The cup tournament began on July 22nd and ended on August 3rd, 2017 with the final. The games were played on the Yangdeok Stadium 1st, 2nd and 3rd place, as well as on the Honghae and Cheongrim sports fields. The final was held in the Steel Yard Stadium . The tournament took place in and around Pohang .

Participating teams

The K-League Junior members take part in the cup tournament.

K League Junior the 21 clubs of the K League Junior 2017

Suwon Samsung Bluewings Pohang Steelers Daegu FC FC Seoul Ulsan Hyundai Bucheon FC 1995 Busan IPark Daejeon Citizen Seongnam FC Incheon United Gyeongnam FC Jeju United Jeonnam Dragons Sangju Sangmu FC Gwangju FC Seoul E-Land FC Suwon FC Ansan Greeners FC Gangwon FC FC Anyang Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

mode

The teams were divided into three groups of four and three groups of three. There were three game days in the groups of 4 and two in the groups of 3. The best three from the groups of 4 qualified directly for the knockout round. The fourth placed from the groups of 4 were also in a direct comparison. Its best placed qualified for the knockout rounds.

Group stage

Group A

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Pohang Steelers	3	3	0	0	009: 300	+6	09
2.	FC Seoul	3	1	1	1	003: 300	± 0	04th
3.	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	3	1	1	1	003: 500	−2	04th
4th	Daegu FC	3	0	0	3	003: 700	−4	00

	Qualification for the knockout rounds
	Direct comparison of the third placed in groups A to C: The best placed qualifies for the knockout round

Group B

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Ulsan Hyundai	3	3	0	0	008: 100	+7	09
2.	Busan IPark	3	2	0	1	008: 600	+2	06th
3.	Daejeon Citizen	3	1	0	2	001: 400	−3	03
4th	Bucheon FC 1995	3	0	0	3	002: 800	−6	00

	Qualification for the knockout rounds
	Direct comparison of the third placed in groups A to C: The best placed qualifies for the knockout round

Group C

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Jeju United	3	3	0	0	004: 100	+3	09
2.	Seongnam FC	3	2	0	1	004: 200	+2	06th
3.	Incheon United	3	0	1	2	002: 400	−2	01
4th	Gyeongnam FC	3	0	1	2	002: 500	−3	01

	Qualification for the knockout rounds
	Direct comparison of the third placed in groups A to C: The best placed qualifies for the knockout round

Group D

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Gwangju FC	2	2	0	0	005: 200	+3	06th
2.	Jeonnam Dragons	2	1	0	1	004: 400	± 0	03
3.	Sangju Sangmu FC	2	0	0	2	002: 500	−3	00

	Qualification for the knockout rounds

Group E

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Suwon FC	2	1	1	0	004: 300	+1	04th
2.	Ansan Greeners FC	2	1	0	1	002: 200	± 0	03
3.	Seoul E-Land FC	2	0	1	1	004: 500	−1	01

	Qualification for the knockout rounds

Group F.

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	2	0	2	0	005: 500	± 0	02
2.	Gangwon FC	2	0	2	0	004: 400	± 0	02
3.	FC Anyang	2	0	2	0	003: 300	± 0	02

	Qualification for the knockout rounds

Direct comparison of the third-placed from groups A to C.

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Gyeongnam FC	3	0	1	2	002: 500	−3	01
2.	Daegu FC	3	0	0	3	003: 700	−4	00
3.	Bucheon FC 1995	3	0	0	3	002: 800	−6	00

	Qualification for the round of 16
	no qualification for the knockout rounds

Knockout round

Round of 16

The round of 16 took place on July 28, 2017.

	Result
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	1: 2	Daejeon Citizen
Gwangju FC	1: 1 (4: 5 as new )	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Jeju United	3: 3 (6: 5 n.E. )	Busan IPark
Seongnam FC	4-0	Gangwon FC
Suwon FC	0: 4	Incheon United
Ulsan Hyundai	1: 3	Gyeongnam FC
Pohang Steelers	2: 1	Jeonnam Dragons
Ansan Greeners FC	0: 4	FC Seoul

Quarter finals

The quarter-finals took place on July 30, 2017.

	Result
Daejeon Citizen	0: 4	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Jeju United	1: 3	Seongnam FC
Incheon United	1: 1 (6: 5 as new )	Gyeongnam FC
Pohang Steelers	2-0	FC Seoul

Semifinals

The semi-finals took place on August 1, 2017.

	Result
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	0: 0 (4: 5 n.E. )	Seongnam FC
Incheon United	1: 1 (4: 5 as new )	Pohang Steelers

final

The final took place on August 3, 2017 in the Steel Yard Stadium .

	Result
Seongnam FC	0: 2	Pohang Steelers

statistics

List of goalscorers

If the number of hits is the same, the players are sorted alphabetically.

space	player	team	Gates
01	Bae Ho-jun	Pohang Steelers	5
0	Kim Jin-hyeon	Pohang Steelers	4th
0	Park Tae-jun	Pohang Steelers	4th
03	Seong-jin Park	Gwangju FC	3
0	Lee Seong-yun	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	3

Web links

• KLJM (schedule) on the kleague.com website (Korean)
• table
• List of goalscorers

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.kleague.com/ko/content/junior-11 mode explanation (kor)
2. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/KLEAGUEYOUTH/photos/pcb.1220702304725308/1220702271391978/?type=3&theater final result of the last sixteen
3. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/KLEAGUEYOUTH/photos/pcb.1222492127879659/1222492091212996/?type=3&theater final result quarter-finals
4. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/KLEAGUEYOUTH/photos/pcb.1224131027715769/1224130997715772/?type=3&theater final result semifinals