The Republic of Korea was represented by the South Korean Soccer Team in international football tournaments. This team is also known by FIFA as Korea Republic. This team has been considered as Asia's most successful national team by being participated in seven World Cup final tournament and has made its debut at the 1948 Summer Olympics. This team is known to be the first Asian nation that has reached the semi-finals when it was chosen to be a co-host of the 2002 tournament. It presently holds the best FIFA World Cup record in the company of Asian teams.
South Korean Soccer Team has come out since 1950s as a chief football power in Asia that won several impressive Asian football championships that includes the first two Asian Cup tournaments. This team has made seven World Cup finals in all including the fact that they have played in six consecutive World Cup finals in 1954, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002 and with 2 games are with Hungary and Turkey that made them lost to Hungary at 0-9 and at Turkey 0-7.
At 2002 FIFA World Cup, the Korea Republic won over Italy and Spain which made them the first Asian national team that has reached the semi-finals of the World Cup. At June 2005, this team made its way to qualify for their seventh time in the World Cup by winning over Kuwait at 4-0 in Kuwait City.
The team first achieved its first World Cup victory in Germany during the 2006 FIFA World Cup which results a success over Togo on June 13 at 2-1 in Frankfurt.
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