WASHINGTON -- With South Korea having avoided a top-10 opponent in the group stage of next year's FIFA World Cup, head coach Hong Myung-bo still said Friday there won't be any easy team for his side.
At the draw for the big tournament held at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., earlier in the day, South Korea ended up in Group A with Mexico, South Africa and a winner of one of four European playoffs.
Mexico are the highest-ranked team in that group at No. 15, seven spots ahead of South Korea. South Africa are No. 61, and 21st-ranked Denmark are the top-ranked nation that can join Group A from the European playoffs in March.
The participating teams were divided into four "pots" based on thei
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