Director, you did a great job! Lee Dong-guk FC is going to Munich as a representative of Korea! 2025 Gatorade 5v5 Korea Championship Wins
Apr 07, 2025
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The competition, which has been held since 2022, is the nation's top youth futsal competition hosted by sports marketing company HNS and participated by Gatorade as a partner.
In the past month, 36 teams selected through three regional qualifiers, Siheung, Seoul and Pyeongtaek, competed for the championship. Lee Dong-guk FC, the winner of the Pyeongtaek regional preliminary round, also won the championship and qualified to play for the Korean national team '2025 GATORADE 5v5 GLOBAL FINALS' in Munich, Germany in the first half of this year.
Lee Dong-guk FC settled in the round of 16 tournaments with five group qualifiers. Afterwards, he reached the final with an 8-0 victory against Han Gaalmander in the round of 16, a 3-1 victory against Nachos FC in the quarterfinals, and a 9-1 victory over FC Whale Fishing in the semifinals.
In the final that followed, he did not lose the lead throughout the game and won 3-1 after showing his one-up skills. At the same time, he also left a record of 34 goals and two runs in a total of nine games from the group qualifying round to the final.
The winning team, Lee Dong-guk FC, is a project team created by head coach Lee Dong-guk himself with the aim of winning the championship and participating in the Korean national team in the global competition. All of the athletes are made up of student athletes.
Coach Lee Dong-guk said, `Last year, senior players who participated in this competition raised awareness by telling me that they had lost the round of 16, and the order to not lose concentration until the end led to the victory.' "Football and futsal are similar but different. There are about 50 days left until the global competition, and whenever I have time, I will train with the players for tactics and patterns. We will make the other team look at us and think, `We have a strong team.'
The MVP and Han Seung-min are currently a member of Yeongsaeng High School, the Hyundai U-18 team in Jeonbuk. HAN SEUNGMIN said "It's a championship As a result, the level of the participating team was higher than that of the regional preliminary round. I worked with my team members at the Pyeongtaek competition last week, and the players became very close and bonded. As a result, our team's performance has improved from last week's," he said, explaining the background of the championship.
Finally, Han Seung-min said, `My role model is Park Jin-seop, the current captain of Jeonbuk. My dream is to grow up well and become a dedicated player like Park Jin-seop. I will come back from a good experience at the Gatorade Global Championship and become a player who contributes to Korean soccer."
Meanwhile, Lee Dong-guk FC will participate in the '2025 GATORADE 5v5 GLOBAL FINALS' as the winning team of the Korean national championship at the end of May. The global competition will be held in Munich, Germany, and the winning team will be provided with an in-person opportunity to play in the European Champions League final.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
