South Korea national football B team

South Korea national football B team
Hangul	대한민국 축구 국가대표 B팀
Hanja	大韓民國蹴球國家代表
Revised Romanization	Daehanminguk Chukgu Gukga Daepyo B Tim
McCune–Reischauer	Taehanmin'guk Ch'ukku Kukka Taep'yo B T'im

Republic of Korea B (Universiade)
Nickname(s)	Baekho (White tiger); Chungmu
Association	Korea Football Association (KFA)
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	EAFF (East Asia)
First colours	Second colours
First international
	South Korea 3–1 Thailand ; (Kuala Lumpur, Malaya; 3 August 1961)
Biggest win
	South Korea 14–0 Guam ; (Busan, South Korea; 17 May 1997)
Biggest defeat
	South Korea 0–6 Japan ; (Kanazawa, Japan; 29 March 2014)
Asian Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 1964)
Best result	Third place (1964)
Summer Universiade
Appearances	16 (first in 1979)
Best result	Gold medalists (1991)
East Asian Games
Appearances	6 (first in 1993)
Best result	Gold medalists (1993, 1997)
Medal record
Men's football
Summer Universiade
FISU World University Championships
AFC Asian Cup
East Asian Games

The South Korea national football B team (Korean: 대한민국 축구 국가대표 B팀) was the selection of South Korean semi-professional footballers and college footballers. Most of the members were playing in the Korean Semi-professional Football League, the Korean University Football League or the Korea National League. It was run as the reserve team of the South Korea national football team, and is currently managed as the South Korea Universiade football team (Korean: 대한민국 유니버시아드 축구 국가대표팀; recognized as Republic of Korea by FISU) after Asia's minor competitions were in decline. The under-28 professionals and semi-professionals also can be selected for the Universiade team within two years of graduation from university.

History

First world title

In August 1976, South Korean universities' national football team participated in the World University Football Championship, the football competition of the International University Sports Federation before the Universiade football was established.^[1] South Korea advanced to the knockout stage by defeating Brazil and Chile, and drawing with France in the group stage. It also won against Senegal and the Netherlands in the quarter-finals and semi-finals respectively. In the final against Paraguay, South Korean forward Yoo Dong-choon scored the opening goal, but South Korea drew the first half after conceding a goal. During the second half, Cho Kwang-rae won a crucial penalty, and Paraguay gave up the match after two Paraguayan players who didn't accept the judgement were sent off for hitting the referee.^[2]^[3] This scene was a historic moment as South Korea won a world football competition for the first time, although it was not achieved in a professional tournament.

Competitive record

Champions Runners-up Third place Tournament played on home soil

AFC Asian Cup

AFC Asian Cup record									Qualification record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1964	Third place	3	1	0	2	2	4	Squad	Direct entry
1988	"A" team entered								3	1	1	1	5	3
1992	Did not qualify								2	1	0	1	7	2
Total	Third place	3	1	0	2	2	4	—	5	2	1	2	12	5

Summer Universiade

Summer Universiade record^[4]
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1979	Fifth place	7	5	1	1	22	8
1985	Fifth place	5	3	2	0	23	9
1987	Silver medalists	6	4	0	2	15	10
1991	Gold medalists	6	4	2	0	15	5
1993	Silver medalists	6	2	3	1	9	7
1995	Silver medalists	6	3	2	1	9	4
1997	Silver medalists	6	2	3	1	6	5
1999	Sixth place	5	2	1	2	12	11
2001	Bronze medalists	6	4	1	1	10	3
2003	Ninth place	6	5	0	1	10	5
2005	Fourteenth place	6	1	0	5	8	13
2007	Did not qualify
2009	Sixth place	6	3	2	1	8	6
2011	Fifth place	6	3	2	1	7	3
2013	Did not qualify
2015	Silver medalists	6	5	0	1	12	5
2017	Eleventh place	6	3	2	1	20	7
2019	Fifth place	5	2	1	2	8	9
Total	1 title	94	51	22	21	194	110

East Asian Games

East Asian Games record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1993	Gold medalists	5	4	1	0	29	1
1997	Gold medalists	5	4	0	1	28	2
2001	Silver medalists^[a]	5	3	2	0	11	4
2005	Fourth place	4	1	0	3	4	8
2009	Bronze medalists	4	1	1	2	6	7
2013	Silver medalists	4	2	1	1	8	4
Total	2 titles	27	15	5	7	86	26

^ South Korea finished third, but received the silver medal instead of Australia, the guests and runners-up.

Honours

Intercontinental

Summer Universiade

Gold medalists: 1991

Silver medalists: 1987, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2015

Bronze medalists: 2001

FISU World University Championships^[5]

Champions: 1976^[6]

Continental

AFC Asian Cup

Third place: 1964

Regional

East Asian Games

Gold medalists: 1993, 1997

Silver medalists: 2001, 2013

Bronze medalists: 2009

Minor competitions

Jakarta Anniversary Tournament: 1976, 1978
King's Cup: 1977
Saudi Tournament: 1978
Merdeka Tournament: 1979, 1984, 1985
Merlion Cup: 1992
VFF Cup: 2012

References

^ "Universiade 1976". RSSSF. 14 November 2003. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
^ 한국 축구 첫 세계 제패는 1976년이었다. The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). Osen. 27 September 2010. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
^ 韓國대학 蹴球世界대회 첫優勝. Naver (in Korean). Kyunghyang Shinmun. 16 August 1976. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
^ "Universiade". RSSSF. 9 December 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
^ "Football". FISU. Archived from the original on 30 May 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
^ "Universiade 1976". RSSSF. 14 November 2003.