South Korea at the FIFA Women's World Cup

For the men's team, see South Korea at the FIFA World Cup.

The South Korea women's national football team has represented South Korea (Korea Republic) at the FIFA Women's World Cup on four occasions, in 2003, 2015, 2019, and 2023.

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup record Qualification record
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA Squad Pld W D L GF GA
China 1991 Did not qualify Via AFC Women's Asian Cup
Sweden 1995 Via Asian Games
United States 1999 Via AFC Women's Asian Cup
United States 2003 Group stage 3 0 0 3 1 11 Squad
China 2007 Did not qualify
Germany 2011
Canada 2015 Round of 16 4 1 1 2 4 8 Squad
France 2019 Group stage 3 0 0 3 1 8 Squad
AustraliaNew Zealand 2023 3 0 1 2 1 4 Squad
Brazil 2027 To be determined To be determined
Total Round of 16 13 1 2 10 7 31 4/10 0 0 0 0 0 0

Head-to-head record

Player records

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Goals
1 Cho So-hyun 2
2 Kim Jin-hee 1
Jeon Ga-eul 1
Ji So-yun 1
Kim Soo-yun 1
Yeo Min-ji 1

Details

2003 (United States)

21 September 2003 (2003-09-21) Group B Brazil  3–0  South Korea Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C.
15:15
Report Attendance: 34,144[1]
Referee: Tammy Ogston (Australia)
24 September 2003 (2003-09-24) Group B France  1–0  South Korea Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C.
19:45
Report Attendance: 16,316[1]
Referee: Zhang Dongqing (China PR)
27 September 2003 (2003-09-27) Group B South Korea  1–7  Norway Gillette Stadium, Foxborough
12:45
Report
Attendance: 14,356[1]
Referee: Tammy Ogston (Australia)
Group B table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Norway 3 2 0 1 10 5 +5 6
3  France 3 1 1 1 2 3 −1 4
4  South Korea 3 0 0 3 1 11 −10 0

2015 (Canada)

South Korea finished in fourth place at the 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup and qualified for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, where they made it out of the group stage for the first time. They were drawn in Group E with Brazil, Spain and Costa Rica. South Korea lost 2–0 to Brazil, but a 2–2 draw with Costa Rica and a 2–1 victory against Spain were enough to progress for the first time ever at a World Cup. They went on to lose 3–0 to France in the round of 16.[2]

9 June 2015 (2015-06-09) Group E Brazil  2–0  South Korea Olympic Stadium, Montreal
19:00 EDT (UTC−4)
Report Attendance: 10,175[3]
Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)
13 June 2015 (2015-06-13) Group E South Korea  2–2  Costa Rica Olympic Stadium, Montreal
19:00 EDT (UTC−4)
Report
Attendance: 28,623[4]
Referee: Carina Vitulano (Italy)
17 June 2015 (2015-06-17) Group E South Korea  2–1  Spain TD Place Stadium, Ottawa
19:00 EDT (UTC−4)
Report
Attendance: 21,562[5]
Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley (New Zealand)
Group E table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 3 3 0 0 4 0 +4 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  South Korea 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4
3  Costa Rica 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
4  Spain 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1
21 June 2015 (2015-06-21) Round of 16 France  3–0  South Korea Olympic Stadium, Montreal
16:00 EDT (UTC−4)
Report Attendance: 15,518[6]
Referee: Salomé di Iorio (Argentina)

2019 (France)

Coming off an improved showing at the previous one, South Korea qualified for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup and were put in Group A with France, Norway and Nigeria. However, they could not repeat their prior success in 2015 and lost all three games and exited the tournament in the group stage, only scoring one goal in their entire run and even an own goal.[7]

7 June 2019 (2019-06-07) Group A France  4–0  South Korea Parc des Princes, Paris
21:00
Report Attendance: 45,261[8]
Referee: Claudia Umpiérrez (Uruguay)
12 June 2019 (2019-06-12) Group A Nigeria  2–0  South Korea Stade des Alpes, Grenoble
15:00
Report Attendance: 11,252[9]
Referee: Anastasia Pustovoitova (Russia)
17 June 2019 (2019-06-17) Group A South Korea  1–2  Norway Stade Auguste-Delaune, Reims
21:00
Report
Attendance: 13,034[10]
Referee: Marie-Soleil Beaudoin (Canada)
Group A table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  France 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Norway 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6
3  Nigeria 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
4  South Korea 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0

2023 (Australia and New Zealand)

South Korea next qualified for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. As in 2019, the team scored only one goal, but achieved a notable result by drawing their final match with Germany 1–1, which resulted in the Germans exiting the tournament at the group stage despite being second in the FIFA Ranking at the time.[11][12][13]

25 July 2023 (2023-07-25) Group H Colombia  2–0  South Korea Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
12:00 UTC+10
Report Attendance: 24,323
Referee: Rebecca Welch (England)
30 July 2023 (2023-07-30) Group H South Korea  0–1  Morocco Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
14:00 UTC+9:30 Report Jraïdi 6' Attendance: 12,886
Referee: Edina Alves Batista (Brazil)
3 August 2023 (2023-08-03) Group H South Korea  1–1  Germany Lang Park, Brisbane
20:00 UTC+10 Cho So-hyun 6' Report Popp 42' Attendance: 38,945
Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley (New Zealand)
Group H table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Colombia 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Morocco 3 2 0 1 2 6 −4 6
3  Germany 3 1 1 1 8 3 +5 4
4  South Korea 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1

See also

References

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  2. ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015™ - Teams". FIFA. Archived from the original on 20 February 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
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  4. ^ "Match report – Group E – Korea Republic v Costa Rica" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
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