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South Korea

• In 2002, The Korean team upset some more highly fancied opposition to make it into the 3rd place playoff. Along the way they beat Portugal, Italy and Spain.

• The quickest yellow card shown to a substitute in the history of World Cup finals was awarded to Korean forward Cha Doo-Ri during his two-minute's play in a First Round match against Poland on 4 June 2002. Cha Doo-Ri was booked only after 20 seconds after coming in as a substitute during injury time.

• Where is South Korea? Check out this map.