Korea U-19 National Football Team Wins Seoul EOU Cup International Competition for Second Consecutive Time

Korea U-19 National Football Team Wins Seoul EOU Cup International Competition for Second Consecutive Time

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The Korean U-19 national soccer team won the 2024 Seoul EOU Cup U-19 international soccer tournament.

The Korean U-19 national team, led by coach Lee Chang-won, won 3-0 against Indonesia in the final third match of the tournament held at Mokdong Stadium in Seoul on the 1st.

Korea, which defeated Thailand 4-1 in the first match on the 28th of last month and Argentina 1-0 in the second match on the 30th, went on to win three games in a row and take the top spot in this tournament where four countries competed in a full league format.

The Seoul EOU Cup is a competition co-hosted by the Seoul Metropolitan Football Association and the Korea Sports Agents Association, which has been held since last year. Korea won the inaugural championship 스포츠 with the U-18 national team last year, and brought home the trophy again this year.

On this day, Korea took the lead by 3 goals in the first half with Shin Min-ha (Gangwon) scoring the winning goal just 5 minutes after the start of the game, and Kim Tae-won (Portimonense) and Hong Seok-hyeon (Hannan University) scoring consecutive goals in the 25th and 32nd minutes, respectively, and they maintained their lead until the end.

This U-19 national team is the age group preparing for the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-20 Asian Cup and the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) U-20 World Cup to be held next year.

In the 2025 U-20 Asian Cup qualifiers held in Kuwait this month, Korea, in Group C, will compete with Kuwait, the Northern Mariana Islands, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Lebanon.