They lost 3-1 in the semifinals of the previous tournament.
The U-20 women's national soccer team will face off against North Korea in the semifinals of the '2024 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-20 Women's Asian Cup'.
The women's U-20 national team, led by coach Park Yoon-jung, will face North Korea in the semifinals of the tournament held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan at 5 p.m. on the 13th (Korean time).
Korea ranked second in Group A of the group stage with 2 wins, 1 loss, and 6 points and advanced to the semifinals. They lost 1-2 to group leader Australia in the first game, but achieved huge wins in the second game against Taiwan and the third game against Uzbekistan.
Korea is showing off its unstoppable offensive power, winning 6-0 against Taiwan and 13-0 against Uzbekistan. Considering that Australia, first place in the group, beat Chinese Taipei 3-0 and Uzbekistan 2-0, Korea's scoring power in this tournament is formidable.
In particular, Korea scored 20 goals in just 3 games of this tournament, solidifying its position as the country with the most goals early on. Second-place Japan scored 12 goals in three group stage games.
Attention is being paid to whether a Korean player will also be the top scorer. Jeon Yoo-kyung is currently ranked first in the tournament's scoring list with 4 goals. Hong Chae-bin and Yang Eun-seo are tied for second place with three goals each.
South Korea, which passed the group stage amid a flurry of goals, faces North Korea in the semifinals. North Korea passed Group B in first place. North Korea blocked South Korea's challenge to win the 2019 Thailand tournament, the previous tournament. At that time, they beat Korea 3-1 in the semifinals and advanced to the finals. In the final, they lost to Japan and finished as runners-up. South Korea, which lost to North Korea, defeated Australia 9-1 in the third place match and took third place. If Park Yun-jung avenges North Korea this time and reaches the finals, he will win this competition for the first time since the 2013 China competition. 고스톱