South Korea women’s soccer national team (KFA) South Korea fell to the bottom of its group after a 3-1 loss to Ghana in its second match at the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.Coached by Park Yoon-jung, South Korea lost the Group C match Tuesday at Arena Sosnowiec in Sosnowiec, Poland.South Korea, which opened the tournament with a 1-1 draw against France on Sunday, is fourth in the group with one point from two matches.Ghana moved into second place with three points after rebounding from a 3-0 loss to Ecuador in its opener.The 24-team tournament is divided into six groups. The top two teams in each group and the four best third-place finishers advance to the round of 16.South Korea will face Ecuador in its final group match Saturday.Park started Lee Ha-eun of Uiduk University at forward, with Baek Seo-young, Choi Ju-hong and Cho Hye-young behind her.Han Min-seo and Jin Hye-rin played in central midfield, while Maeng Hee-jin, Nam Seung-eun, Jeong Da-bin and Park Ji-yu formed the back four. Kim Chae-bin started in goal.South Korea created two early chances, but Han's long-range attempt in the 14th minute and Jin's shot from the right four minutes later were comfortably saved.Ghana began to apply more pressure and appeared to take the lead in the 40th minute when Sarah Nyarko converted a cross, but the goal was disallowed for offside. Baek then sent a left-footed shot over the crossbar during first-half stoppage time.South Korea made two changes at halftime, bringing on Lee Ha-eun of Ulsan College and Yoon A-young for Jin and Maeng.Ghana broke the deadlock seven minutes into the second half when Nyarko scored with a right-footed shot from inside the penalty area.Ivy Osei Owusu doubled the lead three minutes later after winning a physical challenge and scoring from the right side of the box.Ruth Amponsah added Ghana's third on a counterattack in the 84th minute.Substitute Beom Ye-ju scored South Korea's only goal with a long-range right-footed strike during stoppage time.(This article was produced with the assistance of AI. — Ed.)
South Korea loses to Ghana 3-1
South Korea fell to the bottom of its group after a 3-1 loss to Ghana in its second match at the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. Coached by Park Yoon-jung, So






