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S. Korean Team Roster for Olympics Regional Preliminaries Announced

Written: 2011-09-07 13:50:37Updated: 2011-09-07 18:03:26

S. Korean Team Roster for Olympics Regional Preliminaries Announced

The Korea Football Association has announced its roster of the 24-member soccer squad that will play against Oman in the first round of Asian final preliminaries to qualify for the 2012 London Olympics.

The lineup includes Hong Jeong-ho, Hong Cheol, and Yun Bitgaram, who also played in the regional preliminaries for the World Cup.

South Korea is in Group A with Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Oman in the Olympic final preliminaries. Twelve nations total will hold a total of six matches in a home and away format. The leader of each group will secure berths at the Olympics and the second-ranked team will need to earn a spot through playoffs.

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