South Korea at the FIFA World Cup
This is a record of South Korea's results at the FIFA World Cup. South Korea have appeared in the finals of the FIFA World Cup on nine occasions in 1954 and 1986 to 2014. Their best ever performance is a fourth place in the 2002 tournament held in Korea and Japan.
Contents
Records
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Year | Result | Position | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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Group Stage | 16th | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 |
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Group Stage | 20th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
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22nd | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
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20th | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
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30th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
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Fourth Place | 4th | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 |
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Group Stage | 17th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
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Round of 16 | 15th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
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Group Stage | 27th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
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Total | Fourth Place | 9/20 | 31 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 31 | 67 |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks
Switzerland 1954
Group 2
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 4 |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 2 |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
Hungary ![]() |
9 – 0 | ![]() |
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Puskás ![]() Lantos ![]() Kocsis ![]() Czibor ![]() Palotás ![]() |
Report |
Mexico 1986
Group A
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 5 |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 |
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 1 |
Argentina ![]() |
3 – 1 | ![]() |
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Valdano ![]() Ruggeri ![]() |
(Report) | Park Chang-Seon ![]() |
Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City
Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Victoriano Sánchez Arminio (Spain) |
Bulgaria ![]() |
1 – 1 | ![]() |
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Getov ![]() |
(Report) | Kim Jong-Boo ![]() |
Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City
Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Fallaj Al Shanar (Saudi Arabia) |
Italy ![]() |
3 – 2 | ![]() |
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Altobelli ![]() Cho Kwang-Rae ![]() |
(Report) | Choi Soon-Ho ![]() Huh Jung-Moo ![]() |
Italy 1990
Group E
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Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 5 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 |
All times local (CEST/UTC+2)
United States 1994
Group C
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Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 5 |
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 |
France 1998
Group E
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Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 5 |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 5 |
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3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 1 |
20 June 1998
21:00 |
Netherlands ![]() |
5 – 0 | ![]() |
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Cocu ![]() Overmars ![]() Bergkamp ![]() van Hooijdonk ![]() R. de Boer ![]() |
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Korea/Japan 2002
Group D
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 3 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 3 |
All times local (UTC+9)
Knockout Stage
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Round of 16
18 June 2002
20:30 |
South Korea ![]() |
2 – 1 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Seol Ki-Hyeon ![]() Ahn Jung-Hwan ![]() |
Report | Vieri ![]() |
Quarter-finals
22 June 2002
15:30 |
Spain ![]() |
0 – 0 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Report | ||
Penalties | ||
Hierro ![]() Baraja ![]() Xavi ![]() Joaquín ![]() |
3 – 5 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Semi-finals
Third place
29 June 2002
20:00 |
South Korea ![]() |
2 – 3 | ![]() |
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Lee Eul-Yong ![]() Song Chong-Gug ![]() |
Report | Hakan Şükür ![]() İlhan ![]() |
Germany 2006
Group G
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Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 7 |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 |
All times local (CEST/UTC+2)
South Africa 2010
Group B
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All times local (UTC+02)
12 June 2010
13:30 |
South Korea ![]() |
2 – 0 | ![]() |
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Lee Jung-Soo ![]() Park Ji-Sung ![]() |
Report |
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
Attendance: 31,513 Referee: Michael Hester (New Zealand)[2] |
17 June 2010
13:30 |
Argentina ![]() |
4 – 1 | ![]() |
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Park Chu-Young ![]() Higuaín ![]() |
Report | Lee Chung-Yong ![]() |
22 June 2010
20:30 |
Nigeria ![]() |
2 – 2 | ![]() |
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Uche ![]() Yakubu ![]() |
Report | Lee Jung-Soo ![]() Park Chu-Young ![]() |
Knockout Stage
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Round of 16
Brazil 2014
Group H
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South Korea ![]() |
2–4 | ![]() |
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Son Heung-min ![]() Koo Ja-cheol ![]() |
Report | Slimani ![]() Halliche ![]() Djabou ![]() Brahimi ![]() |
References
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