The Korean national soccer team, led by coach Jurgen Klinsmann, was drawn in a group with Malaysia, Jordan and Bahrain in the 2023 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup finals.
Korea entered Group E as a result of the 2023 Asian Cup draw ceremony held at the Katara Opera House in Doha, Qatar on the 11th (hereinafter Korean time).
Korea, ranked 27th in the FIFA rankings, was assigned to pot 1 in the pot distribution in order of FIFA ranking and waited for their turn.
In the last pot 1 draw following Pot 4, Pot 3 and Pot 2, Korea was drawn into Group E with Malaysia, Jordan and Bahrain.
Malaysia is a team led by Korean coach Kim Pan-gon. Coach Kim is a former head of the Korea Football Association’s Power Reinforcement Committee and is the person who appointed former coach Paulo Bento, but this time he faced Korea as an enemy general. 메이저사이트
Both Jordan and Bahrain are teams that are considered ambush in the Middle East.
The tournament will be held at 8 stadiums in 5 cities, including Doha, from January 12 to February 10, 2024.
A total of 24 teams will participate in this tournament, which will be divided into 6 groups of 4 countries to play the group stage. In addition to the 12 teams ranked 1st and 2nd in each group, the top 4 teams from the 3rd place will advance to the round of 16 tournament.
Korea, which has not reached the top since the second tournament in 1960, is challenging for the first time in 64 years.