South Korea 2010 FIFA World Cup Odds: Heading into the 2010 World Cup is the South Korea national football team who is considered as one of the most successful international football teams in Asia. Go to SPORTSBOOK.com to get all of the current 2010 FIFA World Cup odds.
The South Korea national football team is coming in at +20000 odds and was the first and only Asian team to reach the semi-finals when they co-hosted the 2002 World Cup with Japan. Nicknames for the team include Taegeuk Jeonsa (Taegeuk Warriors) and Tigers of Asia. The first World Cup that they entered and qualified for was the 1954 Cup hosted by Switzerland. They entered but didn’t qualify again until 1986 and continued to do so every World Cup after. South Korea’s last World Cup was in 2006 in which they couldn’t get passed the first round.
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Goalkeepers: Kim Young-Kwang (Ulsan), Lee Woon-Jae (Suwon), Jung Sung-Ryong (Seongnam)
Defenders: Kwak Tae-Hwi (Kyoto, Japan), Kim Dong-Jin (Ulsan), Kim Hyung-Il (Pohang), Oh Beom-Seok (Ulsan), Lee Young-Pyo (Al Hilal, Saudi Arabia), Lee Jung-Soo (Kashima, Japan), Cha Du-Ri (Freiburg, Germany) Cho Yong-Hyung (Jeju United)
Midfielders: Koo Ja-Cheol (Jeju), Ki Sung-Yong (Celtic, Scotland), Kim Bo-Kyung (Oita, Japan), Kim Nam-Il (Tomsk, Russia), Shin Hyung-Min (Pohang), Kim Jae-Sung (Pohang), Kim Jung-Woo (Gwangju), Lee Chung-Yong (Bolton, England), Park Ji-Sung (Manchester United, England)
Forwards: Park Chu-Young (Monaco, France), Ahn Jung-Hwan (Dalian, China), Lee Seung-Ryul (Seoul), Yeom Ki-Hun, (Suwon), Lee Keun-Ho (Jubilo Iwata, Japan) Lee Dong-Gook (Jeonbuk)
Drawing Group B, the South Korea national football team will be going head to head against Argentina, Greece, and Nigeria. They will be the 4th match of the 2010 World Cup with their first game being against Greece on June 12th out of Nelson Mandela Bay. South Korea’s captain Park Ji-Sung is one key player to look out for. He has played in the team’s last two World Cups and is known to be inspirational and experienced. Forward Park Chu-Young will be one to watch to get the goals in and player of the year and best newcomer Lee Chung-Yong will be the one to supply them.
"Our team is as strong as any other team in the World Cup finals, because each player has confidence and a fighting spirit," South Korea’s manager Huh Jung-Moo said.
The 2010 FIFA World Cup begins June 11th and go to SPORTSBOOK.com to get all of the current 2010 FIFA World Cup odds:
Algeria: +50000
Argentina: +700
Australia: +12500
Brazil: +450
Cameroon: +10000
Chile: +6600
Denmark: +12500
England: +600
France: +1800
Germany: +1400
Ghana: +8000
Greece: +15000
Holland: +1000
Honduras: +75000
Italy: +1200
Ivory Coast: +3300
Japan: +30000
Mexico: +8000
New Zealand: +250000
Nigeria: +12500
North Korea: +200000
Paraguay: +8000
Portugal: +2800
Serbia: +6600
Slovakia: +25000
Slovenia: +25000
South Africa: +15000
South Korea: +20000
Spain: +400
Switzerland: +20000
USA: +8000
Uruguay: +10000
