Iraq v South Korea

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IraqIraqIRQ

3-3-3, 12 PTS

South KoreaSouth KoreaKOR

6-4-0, 22 PTS

Ali Al-Hamadi - 26'

Kim Jin-Gyu - 63'

Oh Hyeon-Gyu - 82'

12
Hassan
23
Doski
18
Tahseen
2
Sulaka
3
Ali
16
Al-Ammari
20
Jabbar
17
Jasim
8
Bayesh
7
Amyn
9
Al-Hamadi

No.Name
12Jalal Hassan
18Zaid Tahseen
2Rebin Sulaka
23Merchas Doski
3Hussein Ali 6Munaf Younus
8Ibrahim Bayesh 19Mohammed Qasim
16Amir Al-Ammari
20Osama Jabbar 13Sajjad Jasim
9Ali Al-Hamadi
17Ali Jasim 10Mohanad Ali
7Youssef Amyn 21Marko Farji

Substitutes
5Ali Faez
11Hasan Abdulkareem
1Fahad Talib
14Frans Putros
4Suad Natiq
15Ahmed Yahya
22Ahmed Basil

Basra International Stadium

2:15 AM, 6 June 2025

Basra, Iraq

Attendance: 55,972

Referees:
Yosuke Araki
Jun Mihara

South Korea qualify for 2026 World Cup with 2-0 win over 10-man Iraq

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Iraq

South Korea

3
22
26
45
45+1
45
60
61
63
74
74
80
82
87
87
87

Data is currently unavailable.

Team	GP	W	D	L	GD	P
Saudi Arabia	2	1	1	0	+1	4
Iraq	2	1	1	0	+1	4
Indonesia	2	0	0	2	-2	0

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Iraq v South Korea

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South Korea qualify for 2026 World Cup with 2-0 win over 10-man Iraq

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