2024-03-21 01:16:00
2024 Paris Olympics men’s soccer group draw results. Photo = FIFA
The Korean national soccer team, ahead of the two-game series against Thailand in the 2026 North and Central America World Cup Asia Region 2nd qualifying round, held an official press conference at the Seoul World Cup Stadium in Mapo-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 20th. Interim coach Hwang Seon-hong is answering questions from reporters. Sangam = Reporter Kim Min-gyu [email protected] /2024.03.20/
The results of the men’s soccer group draw for the 2024 Paris Olympics have been announced. As the Asian preliminaries are scheduled for the final preliminaries next month, only the group formation according to the final rankings of the preliminaries has been confirmed. The best scenario for the U-23 national team led by coach Hwang Seon-hong is group D.
On the 21st (Korean time), FIFA announced the results of the men’s soccer group draw for the Paris Olympics, which will be held in seven cities, including Paris, France, in July. This year’s Olympic finals will be held in a way that a total of 16 teams will be divided into 4 groups and play in the group stage, and then the 1st and 2nd place teams from each group will advance to the quarterfinals and play the tournament.
Except for Asia, all other continents have already completed the preliminaries and the teams that will advance to the finals have been confirmed. In Asia, the teams that advance to the Paris Olympics will be determined based on their performance at the 2024 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-23 Asian Cup held in Qatar next month. The 1st to 3rd place teams in the U-23 Asian Cup, which also serves as the final qualifiers, advance directly to the Olympic finals, while the 4th place teams must go through an intercontinental playoff with Guinea.
According to the group draw results, Group A includes the host country France, the United States, New Zealand, and the winning team of the Asia-Africa playoffs. Group B consists of Argentina, Morocco, Ukraine, and the third-place team from Asia. Group C includes Spain, Egypt, the Dominican Republic, and Asia’s second-place team, and Group D includes Paraguay, Mali, Israel, and Asia’s number one team.
The 1st to 3rd places in the Asian rankings assigned to each group are determined by reflecting the performance of the last Tokyo Olympics among the teams that were confirmed to advance directly to the finals through the final preliminary round. At the last Tokyo Olympics, Japan placed 4th and Korea was eliminated in the quarterfinals. Australia and Saudi Arabia failed to advance past the group stage. The final ranking is determined by considering the performance of the top three teams that successfully qualified for the Olympic finals through the AFC U-23 Asian Cup at the Tokyo Olympics.
Regardless of the final ranking of the AFC U-23 Asian Cup (1st to 3rd place), if both Korea and Japan succeed in advancing directly to the Olympic finals, Japan, which had a better performance in the last Tokyo Olympics, will be ranked first in Asia and belong to Group D, and Korea will be ranked first in Asia. As a 2nd place winner, we head to Group C. If Japan fails to advance directly to the finals, Korea will instead belong to Group D as first place in Asia.
The best group is probably Group D. Group D’s Paraguay and Mali are participating in the Olympic finals for the first time in 20 years, and Israel is also competing in the Olympics for the first time in 48 years. Conversely, if Korea heads to Group C, it may have to compete with formidable teams such as Spain and Egypt in the group stage. If Korea stays in 4th place in the final preliminary round and heads to the intercontinental playoffs, even if it defeats Guinea and advances to the finals, it will head to Group A, which includes hosts France and the United States.
Seonhongho Hwang will participate in the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup, which will be held from the middle of next month. In the group stage, they are in Group B and will face off against the United Arab Emirates (UAE), China, and Japan in turn. They must finish in the top two of their group to advance to the quarterfinals, and in the quarterfinals, they will compete against the first or second place team in Group A, which includes the host country Qatar, Australia, Jordan, and Indonesia.
You must advance to the semifinals of the competition to secure at least a spot in the intercontinental playoffs, and the final ranking of the competition will be determined through the finals or 3rd and 4th place matches. Korean soccer is attempting to advance to the Olympic finals for the 10th consecutive time.
▲2024 Paris Olympics men’s soccer group draw results
– Group A: France, USA, New Zealand, 4th place in Asia final qualifier or Guinea (PO)
– Group B: Argentina, Morocco, Ukraine, 3rd place in Asia
– Group C: Spain, Egypt, Dominican Republic, 2nd place in Asia
– Group D: Paraguay, Mali, Israel, 1st place in Asia
*Asia qualifiers will be held in April for the AFC U-23 Asian Cup
Reporter Kim Myeong-seok [email protected]
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