South Korean players and coaches celebrate their 1-0 win over Germany in their Group D match at the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup at Estadio El Techo in Bogota, Colombia, on Sept. 7, 2024, in this photo provided by the Korea Football Association. (Image courtesy of Yonhap) SEOUL, Sept.
9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will take on the host country Colombia in their first knockout match of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup. South Korea had grabbed a ticket to the round of 16 by beating Germany 1-0 in their final Group D match on Saturday (local time). With the top two teams from six groups and four-best third-place teams reaching the knockouts, South Korea finished with the third-best record among No.
3 seeds with four points from one win, one draw and one loss. Colombia, who won Group A with three straight wins, ended up as South Korea’s opponent in the round of 16 following results from remaining group matches on Sunday. The match will kick off at 8 p.
m. Wednesday at Estadio Pascual Guerrero in Cali. It will be 10 a.
m. Thursday in South Korean time. This is South Korea’s first knockout appearance at the U-20 Women’s World Cup since 2014, when only 16 teams competed and the knockout phase started with the quarterfinals.
South Korea began this year’s tournament with a 1-0 loss to Nigeria and then played Venezuela to a goalless draw. South Korea then upset the favored Germany 1-0 on a first-half goal by Park Soo-jeong. In defeating Australia, Cameroon and Mexico in suc.