South Korea vs Iran, 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup, Group Stage

· AFC Women's Asian Cup
South Korea
  • 37': Choe Yu-Ri
  • 59': Kim Hye-Ri (P)
  • 75': Yoo-Jin Ko
FT
3 - 0
Iran

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    Match Timeline

    • 25': Atefeh Imani (IR Iran) Yellow Card at 25'
    • 37': Choe Yu-Ri (South Korea) Goal at 37'
    • 38': Sara Didar (IR Iran) Substitution at 38'
    • 45': Mohadeseh Zolfi (IR Iran) Substitution at 45'
    • 45': Mona Hamoudi (IR Iran) Substitution at 45'
    • 45': Fatemeh Pasandideh (IR Iran) Substitution at 45'
    • 57': Lee Eun-Young (South Korea) Substitution at 57'
    • 57': Kim Min-Ji (South Korea) Substitution at 57'
    • 57': Song Jae-Eun (South Korea) Substitution at 57'
    • 59': Kim Hye-Ri (South Korea) Penalty - Scored at 59'
    • 66': Kim Shin-Ji (South Korea) Substitution at 66'
    • 75': Yoo-Jin Ko (South Korea) Goal at 75'
    • 81': Casey Phair (South Korea) Substitution at 81'
    • 87': Maryam Dini (IR Iran) Substitution at 87'
    • 90': Sara Didar (IR Iran) Yellow Card at 90'

    Statistics

    https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/countries/500/irn.png&h=25&scale=crop&w=25&location=originIRN KORhttps://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/countries/500/kors.png&h=25&scale=crop&w=25&location=origin
    10 Fouls 4
    2 Yellow Cards 0
    0 Red Cards 0
    0 Offsides 0
    0 Corner Kicks 8
    8 Saves 2
    21.4 Possession 78.6
    3 SHOTS 33
    2 ON GOAL 11
    0.7 On Target % 0.3
    0 Penalty Goals 2
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
    0 Accurate Passes 0
    0 Passes 0
    0.0 Pass Completion % 0.0
    0 Accurate Crosses 0
    0 Crosses 0
    0.0 Cross % 0.0
    0 Long Balls 0
    0 Accurate Long Balls 0
    0.0 Long Balls % 0.0
    0 Blocked Shots 5
    0 Effective Tackles 0
    0 Tackles 0
    0.0 Tackle % 0.0
    0 Interceptions 0
    0 Effective Clearances 0
    0 Clearances 0

    Game Information

    Competition: AFC Women's Asian Cup

    Venue: Cbus Super Stadium
    Location: Gold Coast, Australia
    Attendance: 2,874

    AFC Women's Asian Cup Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 South Korea 3 +6 7
    2 Australia 3 +5 7
    3 Philippines 3 -2 3
    4 Iran 3 -9 0
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    KOR South Korea (4-4-2)

    No. Name
    21 Kim Min-Jung (GK)
    19 Noh Jin-Young
    5 Yoo-Jin Ko
    16 Jang Sel-Gi
    20 Kim Hye-Ri
    23 Kang Chae-Rim
    14 Min-Young Jung
    11 Choe Yu-Ri
    9 Mun Eun-Ju
    17 Choi Yoo-Jung
    10 Ji So-Yun
    South Korea Substitutes:
    Seo-Bin Woo, Choo Hyo-Joo, Yu-Gyeong Jeon, Casey Phair, Ryu Ji-Soo, Son Hwa-Yeon, Lee Min-Hwa, Hye-Jeong Park, Kim Shin-Ji, Lee Eun-Young, Song Jae-Eun, Kim Min-Ji, Na Yeong Shin, Soo-Jeong Park, Kim Jin-Hee.

    IRN Iran (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    12 Maryam Yektaei (GK)
    13 Fatemeh Amineh
    2 Atefeh Imani Yellow Card
    14 Fatemeh Makhdoumi
    4 Melika Motevalli
    9 Zahra Ghanbari
    6 Zahra Sarbali
    17 Shahnaz Jafari
    7 Afsaneh Chatrenoor
    16 Fatemeh Shaban
    8 Shabnam Behesht
    Iran Substitutes:
    Mohadeseh Zolfi, Roujin Tamrian, Maryam Dini, Raha Yazdani, Zahra Ahmadizadeh, Atefeh Ramezanizadeh, Mona Hamoudi, Golnoosh Khosravi, Sara Didar, Fatemeh Pasandideh, Sana Sadeghi, Behnaz Taherkhani, Zahra Khajavi, Kosar Anbari.

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