South Korea's national youth soccer team is expected to face major difficulties in advancing to the second round of the upcoming FIFA World Youth Championship Netherlands 2005.

In a drawing held in the Dutch city of Utrecht on Monday morning, South Korea found itself assigned to Group F, a bracket that includes last year's winner of the Brazilian soccer championship, African powerhouse Nigeria and European soccer power, Switzerland.

A total of 24 countries will participate in the under-20 international soccer championship opening on June 10th.