Including Ji So-yeon and Pair… Belho Announces List of 2nd Qualifying Rounds for Paris Olympics
Kwon Da-eun, who was born in 2007 and is the same age as Pair, also got on board... Excluding Jo So-hyun
The women's national soccer team, which brings together 'Jimesh' Ji So-yeon, Casey Eugene Pair (independent), Lee Young-ju (Madrid CFF), and Lee Geum-min (Brighton), is once again tightening its soccer shoes as it prepares to advance to the finals of the 2024 Paris Olympics.
The Korea Football Association announced on the 10th the list of 22 women's national team players selected by coach Colin Bell in preparation for the Asian second qualifying round of the Paris Olympics. 온라인카지노사이트
The women's national team, led by coach Bell, is preparing for the group stage of the Asian second qualifying round for the Paris Olympics to be held in Xiamen, China from the 26th to the 1st of next month.
In this tournament, where a total of 12 teams are divided into 3 groups of 4 teams, a total of 4 teams, including the three first place teams in each group and the best second place team in each group, advance to the final preliminary round and compete for the two tickets allocated to Asia. I do it.
Belho, in Group B of the group stage, starts with the first match against Thailand on the 26th, then faces North Korea on the 29th and China on November 1st.
Coach Bell once again called on the 2007-born pair, who had been selected for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia-New Zealand.
Born to a Korean mother and an American father, Pair set the record for being the youngest player in World Cup history for both men and women at the time.
‘Jimesh’ Ji So-yeon, Lee Young-joo, who is playing in Spain, and Lee Geum-min, who is playing in England, will also be traveling to China.
Kwon Da-eun (Ulsan Hyundai High School), born in 2007, who participated in the final convocation training but was not included in the World Cup roster, was given the opportunity to participate in the Olympic qualifiers this time.
However, Cho So-hyun (Birmingham City), who did not play during the recent transfer process, was excluded from this list due to concerns about her sense of play in practice.
The 19 players, excluding overseas players Lee Geum-min, Lee Young-ju, and Choi Yu-ri (Birmingham City), who are joining from China, will begin convocation training at the Paju National Team Training Center (NFC) on the 16th.
On the 23rd, we leave for Xiamen, China, the site of the decisive battle.
Women's soccer at the Olympics began at the 1996 Atlanta Games, but Korea has never advanced to the Olympic finals.
In the 2020 Tokyo Olympics qualifying playoffs, they lost to China and were unable to compete on the Olympic stage.
Unlike men's soccer, where only players under the age of 22 can participate in Olympic women's soccer, there is no age limit.
List of players participating in the Paris Olympics women's soccer Asian second qualifying round (22 players)
GK = Kim Jeong-mi (Incheon Hyundai Steel), Ryu Ji-su (Seoul City Hall), Choi Ye-seul (Changnyeong WFC)
DF = Kim Hye-ri, Jang Seul-gi (Incheon Hyundai Steel ) ), Seo-yeon Shim, Hyo-ju Choo (Suwon FC), Young-ju Lee (Madrid CFF), Eun-young Lee (Korea University)
MF = So-yeon Ji, Eun-ha Jeon (Suwon FC), Lee Min-ah (Incheon Hyundai Steel), Geum-min Lee (Brighton), Garam Cheon (Hwacheon KSPO), Yebin Bae (Widuk University), Daeun Kwon (Ulsan Hyundai High School)
FW = Yuri Choi (Birmingham City), Hwayeon Son, Chaerim Kang (Incheon Hyundai Steel), Mira Moon (Suwon FC), Eunseon Park (Seoul City Hall) ), Casey Eugene Fair (Independent)