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South Korea Out After 5-0 Shelling by Netherlands
South Korea got crushed by the Netherlands, 5-0, on June 20, extinguishing any possible hopes of making the second round. The Koreans, who will co-host the 2002 World Cup with Japan, became the second team to be elinimated, after Saudi Arabia. They still haven't won a game in five appearances.

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World Cup Highlights

Four appearances in World Cup finals
Asian Cup winners in 1956, 1960; runners-up in 1972, 1980 and 1988
Asian Games winners in 1978 and 1986

First-Round Results

Date Result Site Saturday, June 13 Mexico 3, South Korea 1 Lyon Saturday, June 20 Netherlands 5, South Korea 0 Marseille Friday, June 26 Belgium 1, South Korea 1 Paris

Complete First-Round Results

Roster

Pos. Name Age Club GK Seo Dong Myung 23 Sangmoo GK Kim Byung-Ji 28 Ulsan Hyundai D Sang Hun Lee 22 Anyang LG D Dae Il Jang 23 Chunan Ilhwa D Hyung Seok Jang 25 Ulsan Hyundai D Myung Bo Hung 29 Bellmare Hiratsuka D Min Sung Lee 25 Ulsan Hyundai D Tae Yong Kim 27 Chunnam Dragons D Young Il Choi 32 Ulsan Hyundai D Sang Chul Yoo 26 Ulsan Hyundai D Lim Saeng Lee 26 Puchon SK M Do Keun Kim 26 Chunnam Dragons M Jong Soo Ko 19 Suwon Samsung M Sung Yong Choi 22 Sangmoo M Sang Yoon Lee 29 Chunan Ilhwa M Seok Ju Ha 30 Cerezo Osaka M Jung Yoon Noh 27 NAC Breda F Sun Hong Hwang 29 Pohang Steelers F Jung Won Seo 28 Strasbourg F Do Hoon Kim 27 Vissel Kobe F Yong Soo Choi 24 Sangmoo   Dong Gook Lee 19 Pohang Steelers

Road to France

Won Lost Tied GF GA 9 1 2 28 8 How Qualified: First place in AFC Group B

Date Result AFC Second Round — Group B Nov. 9, 1997 United Arab Emirates 1, South Korea 3 Nov. 1, 1997 South Korea 0, Japan 2 Oct. 18, 1997 Uzbekistan 1, South Korea 5 Oct. 11, 1997 Kazakhstan 1, South Korea 1 Oct. 4, 1997 South Korea 3, United Arab Emirates 0 Sept. 28, 1997 Japan 1, South Korea 2 Sept. 12, 1997 South Korea 2, Uzbekistan 1 Sept. 6, 1997 South Korea 3, Kazakhstan 0 AFC First Round — Group 6 June 1, 1997 South Korea 0, Thailand 0 May 28, 1997 South Korea 4, Hong Kong 0 March 2, 1997 Thailand 1, South Korea 3 Feb. 22, 1997 Hong Kong 0, South Korea 2

Facts and Figures

Knight-Ridder/Tribune
Location: Eastern Asia, southern half of the Korean peninsula bordering the Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea, south of North Korea
Population: 45.6 million (1995 estimate)
Capital: Seoul
Comparative area: Slightly larger than Indiana
Religions: Christianity 48.6 percent, Buddhism 47.4 percent, Confucianism 3 percent, pervasive folk religion (Shamanism), Chondogyo (Religion of the Heavenly Way) 0.2 percent
Landscape: Mostly hills and mountains; wide coastal plains in west and south