. ▁The ▁team ▁then ▁managed ▁a ▁ 1 – 1 ▁draw ▁against ▁Belg ium . ▁ ▁Hu h ▁Jung - m oo ▁succeeded ▁to ▁the ▁position ▁of ▁manager ▁and ▁participated ▁at ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 8 ▁Asian ▁Games ▁during ▁December . ▁They ▁prec ari ously ▁started ▁the ▁tournament ▁with ▁loss ▁to ▁Turk men istan ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁round . ▁They ▁won ▁all ▁matches ▁against ▁Japan , ▁United ▁Arab ▁Em ir ates ▁and ▁K uw ait ▁in ▁the ▁second ▁round ▁but ▁lost ▁to ▁Th ailand ▁in ▁the ▁quarter - final s ▁by ▁conced ing ▁golden ▁goal ▁during ▁extra ▁time . ▁South ▁Korea ▁ranked ▁ 1 7 th ▁place ▁in ▁the ▁FIFA ▁World ▁Rank ings ▁after ▁the ▁tournament ▁which ▁is ▁their ▁highest ▁ranking ▁despite ▁their ▁poor ▁results ▁in ▁major ▁tournament s . ▁South ▁Korea ▁was ▁invited ▁out ▁to ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁CON C AC AF ▁Gold ▁Cup ▁and ▁met ▁Canada ▁and ▁Costa ▁Rica ▁in ▁the ▁group ▁stage . ▁The ▁three ▁teams ▁drew ▁all ▁their ▁games ▁and ▁Costa ▁Rica ▁took ▁first ▁place ▁in ▁the ▁group ▁by ▁more ▁goals . ▁South ▁Korea ▁had ▁a ▁coin ▁toss ▁with ▁Canada ▁to ▁decide ▁quarter - final ists ▁and ▁lost ▁it . ▁At ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁A FC ▁Asian ▁Cup , ▁South ▁Korea ▁managed ▁to ▁advance ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁group ▁stage ▁and ▁defeated ▁Iran ▁in ▁the ▁quarter - final s ▁but ▁were ▁be aten ▁by ▁Sa udi ▁Arab ia ▁in ▁the ▁semi - final s . ▁They ▁defeated ▁China ▁to ▁gain ▁third ▁place .