The national team, which achieved the goal of qualifying for the World Cup, had to be content with runner-up by giving young players a chance to experience in the final against Hong Kong (7-33, loss), but defeated the Japanese national team in an official match for the first time in five years In fact, it achieved the result of qualifying for the World Cup.Ĭhoi Yoon, president of the Korea Rugby Association, who sent support from the locals, said, “I am delighted to announce to the public that I will participate in the World Cup in South Africa following the Tokyo Summer Olympics, where I participated for the first time in 100 years. “But once we got the boys in at halftime and calmed them down and we focused more on keeping the ball and moving them sideways and making them chase the ball, I felt that we took over the game.With this, our Korean rugby will once again be part of a world-class festival of rugby people for the first time in about 17 years since the Hong Kong Rugby Sevens World Cup in 2005, the last time we participated, and the 5th appearance in rugby after 1993, 1997, 20. “We got dragged into an erratic game at times,” he said of his team’s first-half performance Thursday.
“But to me it’s all about going to Japan and getting ready for Japan in Japan and making it 12 (wins).”Īustralia heads to Japan ahead of Tuesday’s clash with Samurai Blue in Saitama looking to not just bag another win, but add to the eight clean sheets it has kept during the 11-match run.Īrnold said there were still areas the team must improve upon. Korean rugby defeated Japan, the strongest in Asia, and succeeded in advancing to the World Cup for the first time in 17 years. “It’s something we’ll probably reflect on in the future and what a great feat it has been, especially playing 10 out of 11 games away from home,” he said. While praising his players, Arnold stressed the job of booking a place at next year’s World Cup still wasn’t done and making history could wait. In the process, they moved past Germany, Spain and Mexico, who each won 10 in a row on their paths to World Cups in Russia in 2018, South Africa in 2010 and Germany in 2006, respectively.Īustralia’s streak, which stretches back to September 2019, is even more impressive given that every game except one has been away from home due to COVID-19. In the Asian final qualifiers, the Samurai Blue have so far won.
The Australians coasted through the previous rounds with eight straight wins. Japans national soccer team is gearing up for a crucial match in its uphill battle to qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
A rematch of THAT 2006 World Cup classic, or of the 2011 Asian Cup Final. The victory put Australia atop Group B on goal difference over Saudi Arabia in the third and final round of Asian World Cup qualifying for Qatar. Two of the biggest footballing nations in Asia.