Thailand is also showing great interest Request for 1,000 away seats for A match in Sangam in March
Hwang In-beom of the Korean national soccer team scored a dramatic equalizer in the second half of extra time in the second half of the match between Jordan and Korea in the 2023 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Qatar Asian Cup Group E group stage held at Al Thumama Stadium in Doha, Qatar on the 20th (local time). Hugging with Son Heung-min.
There is also a lot of interest in Thailand ahead of the North and Central America World Cup qualifiers between Korea and Thailand.
Korea will play the third match of Group C of the 2026 FIFA North and Central America World Cup Asia 2nd qualifying round against Thailand at the Seoul World Cup Stadium at 8 p.m. on the 21st (hereinafter Korean time). The two teams will then play the fourth game at Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand at 9:30 pm on the 26th.
Korea fired coach Jurgen Klinsmann in February and gave temporary leadership to Olympic team coach Hwang Sun-hong for the two-game series.
Korea, which is on a two-game winning streak after defeating Singapore and China in the first and second games, respectively, will likely advance to the final preliminary round if it wins both games.
Attention is being paid to whether they can shake off their poor performance in the 2023 Asian Cup and the recent internal and external controversies, and achieve a rebound in the first A match held at home this year.
This match is important for Thailand as well. Thailand, which is in second place in the group with 1 win and 1 loss (3 points), will have an advantage in the competition for second place with China (1 win, 1 loss and 3 points) if it adds a point in the two-game series against Korea, the top seed in the group. can be occupied.
In particular, starting from this World Cup, the number of participating teams has been expanded from 32 to 48, so it is clear that countries such as Thailand that have not experienced the World Cup finals will be motivated. Thailand, which performed well in the 2023 Asian Cup by reaching the round of 16, is full of confidence.
With the national team’s enthusiasm for the Thai national team growing, the Thai Football Association requested 1,000 away seats from the Korea Football Association (KFA) ahead of this match.
A KFA official said, “For general friendly A matches held in Korea, the allocation of away seats is discussed separately between both associations. However, for World Cup qualifiers such as this game, there is a guideline to allocate 7% of the capacity to away seats,” he explained. “The Thai Football Association’s request was a sufficiently understandable request, and ‘Thailand away seats’ were placed separately.” .
KFA-sponsored ticket sales are carried out on the KFA marketing platform ‘Play KFA’, and since identity verification on this platform is quite difficult for overseas fans, they have separated the tickets into sectors and excluded tickets so that Thai away fans can easily purchase them.
The official continued, “According to the Thai Football Association, a large number of away fans from Thailand are also planning to visit Korea,” adding, “Thailand away seats will only be sold on the 14th, but if they are not sold out, the Thai embassy or Thai fans living in Korea can purchase additional tickets. “He added.
Meanwhile, the Thai Football Association prepared for this expedition in detail, including dispatching officials to Korea early this year to conduct preliminary inspections of the Seoul World Cup Stadium lawn and surrounding accommodations.
Korea plans to announce the entries for the match against Thailand at 11 a.m. on the 11th, convene on the 18th, and prepare for the decisive match on the 21st. 한국야동
