FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC

Iraq vs South Korea, 2026 World Cup Qualifying - AFC, Third Round

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Iraq
  • Red Card 26': Ali Ibrahim Al-Hamadi
FT
0 - 2
South Korea
  • 63': Kim Jin-Kyu
  • 82': Oh Hyun-Gyu

South Korea qualify for 2026 World Cup with 2-0 win over 10-man Iraq

VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS FROM SOUTH KOREA 2-0 WIN OVER IRAQ TO QUALIFY FOR WORLD CUP

Game Information

Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC

Venue: Basra International Stadium
Location: Basra, Iraq
Attendance: 55,972

WCQ - AFC Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Saudi Arabia 0 0 0
2 Iraq 0 0 0
3 Indonesia 0 0 0
Full Standings

Line-Ups

IRQ Iraq (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
12 Jalal Hassan Hachim (GK)
18 Zaidd Tahseen
2 Rebin Solaka
23 Merchas Doski
3 Hussein Ali
8 Ibrahim Bayesh
16 Amir Al-Ammari
20 Osama Jabbar
9 Ali Ibrahim Al-Hamadi Red Card
17 Ali Jasim
7 Youssef Amyn Yellow Card
Iraq Substitutes:
Ali Faez, Marko Lawk Farji, Sajjad Jasim, Hasan Abdulkareem, Fahad Talib Raheem, Mohannad Ali Kadhim, Frans Dhia Haddad, Munaf Younus, Suad Natiq, Ahmed Al-Hajjaj, Ahmed Basil, Mohammed Qasim.

KOR South Korea (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
21 Jo Hyeon-Woo (GK)
20 Kwon Kyung-Won
14 Cho Yu-Min
3 Lee Tae-Seok Yellow Card
22 Seol Young-Woo
10 Lee Jae-Sung
8 Park Yong-Woo Yellow Card
6 Hwang In-Beom
9 Oh Se-Hun
11 Hwang Hee-Chan
18 Lee Kang-in
South Korea Substitutes:
Kim Jin-Kyu, Park Jin-Seop, Cho Hyun-taek, Lee Chang-Geun, Moon Seon-Min, Yang Hyun-Jun, Oh Hyun-Gyu, Han-Beom Lee, Kim Ju-Sung, Se-Jin Jeon, Jun Choi, Kim Dong-Heon.

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