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AFC U16 Championship 2020: Know Your Rivals - South Korea

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Team name: South Korea

Nickname: The Red Devils

Manager: Song Kyung-sub

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South Korea boasts great success in the AFC U16 Championship. They won it twice - in Qatar in 1986 and in the UAE in 2002.

They were on the right side of penalty shootouts in both finals, with Yemen and Qatar at the receiving end in 1986 and 2002, respectively.

In their last five appearances in the competition, Korea managed two silver medals and one semi-final finish.