South Korea aiming for tickets to the U-17 World Cup, final training in Wonju to prepare for the Asian Cup

South Korea aiming for tickets to the U-17 World Cup, final training in Wonju to prepare for the Asian Cup

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The Korean national team, which will participate in the 2025 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Under-17 Asian Cup in Saudi Arabia next month, has begun full-fledged training from the 21st.
The Korea Football Association announced, "The U-17 national team, led by head coach Baek Ki-tae, began its convocation training in Wonju, Gangwon-do from the 21st and is scheduled to leave for Saudi Arabia, the venue of the tournament, on the 26th."

Baek Ki-tae included 23 players who were born in 2008. Players who played a key role in last year's Asian Cup qualifying tournament, including captain Hyun Young-bin (Incheon United U-18), Kim Ye-gun (Jeonbuk Hyundai U-18), and Kim Ji-sung (Suwon Samsung U-18), were selected as the main players.

A total of 15 teams will participate in the U-17 Asian Cup, which will be held in Jeddah and Taif, Saudi Arabia from the 3rd to the 20th of next month. The tournament will be divided into four groups of four teams, with the first and second-place teams from each group advancing to the tournament to compete for the championship.

Korea is in Group C along with Indonesia, Afghanistan and Yemen. It will play Indonesia on April 5, Afghanistan on April 8, and Yemen on April 11.

The Asian qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 World Cup to be held in Qatar in November. Those who pass the group stage of the U-17 Asian Cup will qualify for the World Cup finals. 스포츠토토

This year marks the 20th edition of the U-17 World Cup, and there are significant changes in the number of participating teams and the number of participating teams. The biennial competition will be held annually from this year to 2029, during which all competitions will be held by Qatar. The number of participating teams will also be greatly expanded from 24 to 48.