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Korean women’s soccer, Asian Cup quarterfinals confirmed… Competition with Japan for first place in group remains


The Korean women’s soccer team, led by coach Colin Bell, will face off against the defending champion Japan for the first place in the group as they have confirmed their place in the quarterfinals of the 2022 Asian Cup.

Korea will play the final match of Group C of the Women’s Asian Cup with Japan on the 27th at 5 pm.

Korea Rep. 3-0 in the first leg against Vietnam on the 21st and 2-0 against Myanmar on the 24thThey won the group stage for the second time in a row.

Japan also secured their place in the quarterfinals with two consecutive wins against Vietnam and Myanmar.

The winner of the next Korea-Japan match will take first place in Group C.

Their record of opponents has been 31 times, and Japan has 17 wins, 10 draws and 4 losses, far ahead of Korea.

The most recent match was the final match of the 2019 East Asian Football Federation E-1 Championship, where Korea lost 0-1 at that time and gave up the title to Japan.