The South Korea national football B team ( ko, 대한민국 축구 국가대표 B팀) was the selection of South Korean semi-professional footballers and college footballers. Most of the members were playing in the Korean Semi-professional Football League, the Korean University Football League or the

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. It was run as the

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of the

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, and is currently managed as the South Korea Universiade football team ( ko, 대한민국 유니버시아드 축구 국가대표팀; recognized as Republic of Korea by

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) after Asia's minor competitions were in decline. The under-28 professionals and semi-professionals also can be selected for the

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team within two years of graduation from university.

History

First world title (1976)

Competitive record

AFC Asian Cup

Summer Universiade

East Asian Games

Honours

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: Third place:

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: Gold medalists:

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: Silver medalists:

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1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peace ...

1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is O. J. Simpson murder case, acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the 1994, year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The ...

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: Bronze medalists:

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...

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: Champions: 1976 *

East Asian Games The East Asian Games was a multi-sport event organized by the East Asian Games Association (EAGA) and held every four years from 1993 to 2013. Among those who competed included athletes from East Asian countries and territories of the Olympic C ...

: Gold medalists:

: Silver medalists:

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...

: Bronze medalists:

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

* Minor competitions **

Jakarta Anniversary Tournament The Jakarta Anniversary Tournament was a football tournament hosted by Indonesia. The tournament was established in 1970 to commemorate the establishment of Jakarta Government. Results References {{Friendly association football tourname ...

: 1976, 1978 **

King's Cup __NOTOC__ King's Cup (incl. translations), may refer to: Sports Football * Copa del Rey, Spanish for "King's Cup," the main national knockout tournament in men's football * King Cup (sometimes named King's Cup), Saudi Arabian men's football nati ...

: 1977 ** Saudi Tournament: 1978 **

Merdeka Tournament Merdeka Tournament or Pestabola Merdeka is a friendly football tournament held in Malaysia to commemorate the Independence Day. The competition bears the Malay word for independence. As of 2022, it has been held 40 times, and decreasingly in r ...

: 1979, 1984, 1985 **

Merlion Cup The Merlion Cup was an invitational football tournament that was held in Singapore annually from 1982–1986, in 1992, 2009 and 2019. Participants included full national sides, Olympic sides, Invitational XI's and club teams. After the 1986 tou ...

: 1992

References

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:South Korea B National Football Team Asian national B association football teams