Asian Games 2026: South Korea Lifts Gloom by Winning Men’s Football Gold, Avoids Military Service

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TOYOTA, Japan — South Korea edged out the host country Japan 1-0 to win their fourth straight Asian Games gold medal in men's football on Saturday. Eom Ji-sung's 61st minute goal stood as the title winner for South Korea at Toyota Stadium in Toyota, some 30 kilometers east of the main host city, Nagoya. South Korea have now defeated Japan in three consecutive Asiad men's football finals.

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Um Ji-sung's decisive blow decided the match. Head Coach Lee Min-sung also restored his honor with the team's fourth consecutive Asian Games title. The South Korean U-23 national football team, led by Coach Lee Min-sung, won 1-0 in the football final of the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games held at Toyota Stadium in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, on the 3rd. South Korea... 2014 Incheon

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[Toyota = Sports Chosun Reporter Park Chan-jun] 'Wildcard' Lee Ki-hyuk (Gangwon) has returned to the starting lineup. The South Korean national football team for the Asian Games will face Japan in the final of the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games at Toyota Stadium in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, at 7:30 PM on the 3rd. Japan is a country that is close yet distant; coexistence is impossible due to a painful past. Even if its significance has faded consid…

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(Toyota, Japan = Yonhap News) Reporter Choi Song-a = Lee Young-jun (Grasshopper), Um Ji-sung (Swansea City), Bae Jun... in the Korea-Japan match for the fourth consecutive Asian Games men's football title

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The Japanese men's soccer team was blocked by a formidable wall. For the third consecutive tournament, they lost to South Korea in the final. Kumamoto natives Yuta Shimamoto (Shimizu, Otsu High School graduate) and Yutaka Michiwaki (Iwaki) fought hard to break the deadlock, but ultimately failed to score. Shimamoto, registered as a midfielder, moved around the front line as a starter.