# Women's soccer, first match of Olympic qualifiers against Thailand
***Women's soccer, first match of Olympic qualifiers against Thailand... ‘Multi-score victory’ is the only way to survive*** *Clash at 4:30 pm on the 26th... Being in a group with 'strong' North Korea and China, victory against Thailand is essential* *The Korean women's soccer team begins its challenge to advance to the Olympic finals for the first time in history.* *The women's national soccer team, led by coach Colin Bell (England), will play the first match of Group B of the 2024 Paris Olympics Asia 2nd qualifying group against Thailand at Xiamen Egret Stadium in Fujian Province, China at 4:30 pm (Korean time) on the 26th.* *The match against Thailand is the first gateway to a very difficult challenge heading to the Olympic finals.* [***바카라사이트***](https://www.oncasino.site) *In women's soccer, the Olympics is a more difficult stage to reach than the World Cup.* *Korea has never advanced to the Olympic finals.* *In the finals, 12 countries compete in the Olympics and 32 countries compete in the World Cup.* *In the case of the 2023 Australia-New Zealand World Cup, excluding the host country, Australia, there were 5 finals tickets allocated to Asia.* *The number of finals tickets allocated to Asia in this year's Paris Olympics is only two, less than half of the number of tickets for the Australia-New Zealand World Cup.* *This second preliminary round will be divided into 3 groups of 4 teams, and the 1st place team in each group and the 2nd place team from each group will play in the semifinals.* *The two countries that win the two semifinal matches will advance to the* [*Olympic finals*](https://roosterteeth.com/g/post/3e13da40-52e2-4e09-afbf-1eb5dfedb340)*.* *South Korea was in Group B with Thailand, China, and North Korea.* *It can be said to be the ‘worst group formation.’* *South Korea is at a disadvantage to North Korea with 1 win, 3 draws, and 16 losses.* *The victory took place in 2005, already 18 years ago.* *Even against China, they are inferior with 5 wins, 7 draws, and 29 losses.* *Since their last win in 2015 (1-0), they have recorded 3 draws and 6 losses in 8 years.* *Therefore, for Korea, winning this game against Thailand is a ‘prerequisite’ to continue the challenge of going to Paris.* *If they lose or draw with Thailand, which is considered the weakest among the four countries, the chances of going to Paris will inevitably be very low.* *Since it is clear that China and North Korea will also use Thailand as a 'one-win sacrifice', there is a great need to achieve a 'multiple-goal victory' over Thailand.* *Korea has faced Thailand 10 times so far and has an advantage with 7 wins, 1 draw, and 2 losses.* *In particular, in the last four consecutive wins, all of them scored three or more goals and achieved a scoreless victory.* *The most recent match was in the group stage of the 2014 Incheon Asian Games, where strikers including* [*Jeong Seol-bin*](https://oncasinosite.notion.site/oncasinosite/Wheelchair-Fencing-Men-s-Saber-Team-Wins-Valuable-Bronze-Medal-75724ee850d14293acec0d06fab360c9) *(Hyundai Steel), Park Hee-young (Seoul City Hall), Yoo Young-ah (Seoul City Hall), Jeon Ga-eul (Sports Toto), and Choi Yu-ri (Birmingham City) scored consecutive goals.* *They exploded and won 5-0.* *The offensive line needs to be active in this match against Thailand as well.* *The more the attackers, including veterans Ji So-yeon (Suwon FC), Jeong Seol-bin, Choi Yu-ri, Kang Chae-rim (Hyundai Steel), and Casey Eugene Pear (Independent), shake up Thailand's net, the greater their chances of entering Paris.* *In the FIFA rankings, Korea is 20th and Thailand is 46th.* *The national team, which has been training at the* [*Paju National Football Team Training Center*](https://www.diigo.com/item/note/8zrlr/i0bq?k=f895ae5c9eb09bc355ab2367cc8ce5bc) *(NFC) in Gyeonggi Province since the 16th, is leaving for China, the site of the decisive battle, on the 23rd and is undergoing final hardening.*