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It's pure luck if you meet Korea in Pot 2. That's how the world's powerhouses see Hong Myung-bo's team. Coach Hong Myung-bo's national football team successfully qualified for the World Cup finals for the 11th consecutive time. Korea has confirmed its first-ever Pot 2 spot. The draw ceremony for the 2026 North, Central America World Cup will be held on December 6th at 2 AM (Korean time) at the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., USA. Korea's fate will be decided in the first-ever 48-team World Cup. This means Korea won't face other Pot 2 powerhouses in the group stage. Being in the same group as relatively beatable opponents from Pot 3 or Pot 4 puts us in a very advantageous position.
However, teams in Pot 1 are praying, 'Please let us meet Korea.' This is a cold, hard judgment that Korea's strength is relatively weaker than other Pot 2 teams. British broadcaster DAZN, predicting the draw, said, 'The key is to avoid tough teams like Croatia, Colombia, and Uruguay from Pot 2. We also need to avoid Scotland and Norway from Pot 3,' worrying about the worst-case scenario. Conversely, they even made the humiliating claim that meeting Korea from Pot 2 would be a 'sweet draw' for England. The outlet stated, 'If we meet an Asian team in Pot 2, it's luck. There's Japan, Iran, Korea, and Australia. It would be the best possible draw for England.' There's very little reporting on Korea itself. The judgment is that Korea isn't worth analyzing.
https://m.sports.naver.com/wfootball/article/109/0005439774
"Netizens are salty about foreign media underrating Korea and other Asian teams in the World Cup draw, with some joking about potential complacency and others referencing past upsets."
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