Hwang Sun-hong entered Doha, the "final place."
The South Korean Olympic soccer team, led by head coach Hwang Sun-hong, traveled from Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to Doha, Qatar, where the 2024 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Under-23 Asian Cup will be held on the 10th.
The 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup will kick off on the 15th, and the first to third-place teams will be given direct tickets to the Paris Olympics. The fourth-place finisher in the competition will have an intercontinental playoff with the fourth-place finisher in Africa to determine the owner of the ticket to the Olympics.
Korea, which aims to advance to the Olympic finals for a 10th consecutive time, has been assigned to Group B with Japan, China, and the UAE. It is expected that Korea will face tough opponents from the start of the group stage. Korea will play its first match against the UAE on May 17, followed by China on May 19 and Japan on May 22. Korea must be in the top two in the group to advance to the quarterfinals.
Meanwhile, Hwang Sun-hong lost 0-1 to Saudi Arabia in a closed exhibition match on the 10th. 안전놀이터
South Korea won 1-0 over Saudi Arabia in the semifinals of the West Asian Football Confederation (WAFF) U-23 Championship last month, but lost by one goal in the match.