World Cup that I want to come back next year, it's heavier on my steps → Iraq →→ USA, Cho Hyun-woo enters Charlotte...Ulsan, finally, the whole group
Jun 13, 2025
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Cho Hyun-woo, who was sent to the Hong Myung-bo team, entered Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, where Ulsan's FIFA Club World Cup base camp was set up on the 13th (Korea time) after leading the world's sixth consecutive World Cup finals. It is a murderous June schedule that led to 'Korea → Iraq → Korea → America'.
Cho Hyun-woo was called up for two consecutive A matches in June and went on an away trip to Iraq on the 2nd. He started in Group B's ninth match of the 2026 North-China World Cup Asia 3rd qualifying round against Iraq in Basra, Iraq on the 6th and played full time.
South Korea won 2-0 and secured a ticket to the North Korea-China World Cup finals. Cho Hyun-woo helped North Korea-China U.S. travel without losing a point. Team A played the final Group B match against Kuwait in the third qualifying round at the Seoul World Cup Stadium on the 10th. Coach Hong Myung-bo replaced the lineup in large numbers for the new face experiment. Cho Hyun-woo missed the match against Kuwait, and Lee Chang-geun (Daejeon) took over.
South Korea won 4-0, achieving the first 'unbeaten World Cup qualifying round' in 16 years since the 2010 South African Games. In the 2nd and 3rd qualifiers, he won 16 consecutive matches (11 wins and 5 draws). In the third qualifying round, he finished first in Group B (22 points, 6 wins, 4 draws). Cho Hyun-woo was at the center of it.
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Like this year's World Cup, a national competition, the Club World Cup has transformed into a competition where 32 teams participate every four years to determine the best club in the world, and will open on the 15th. Clubs will play first in the U.S., where the World Cup will be held in June next year.
Ulsan, which is in Group F with Fluminensee (Brazil), Borussia Dortmund (Germany), and Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa), will play the first Group F match against Mamelodi at Inter & Co Stadium in Orlando, Florida, at 7 a.m. on the 18th.
Cho Hyun-woo is setting his watch to the U.S. He added "The steps to come have become even heavier because we have become the United States that we want to come back next year. For Ulsan's team, it should be prevented well, and for representing Asia and countries"You have to show good performance in the United States over a year. I'll show you my best from the first round of the group league," he stressed.
He is the undisputed main goalkeeper not only in the national team but also in Ulsan. Cho Hyun-woo's shoulders are heavier.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
