[SOUTH KOREA] Yeo Min Ji and her teammates on South Korea’s 2010 under-17 national team were 9 years old in 2002 whenthey watched the World Cup being held in South Korea and Japan. Eight years later, they captured South Korea’s first world championship, defeating Japan on penalty kicks in Sunday’s Under-17 Women’sWorld Cup final after their game ended, 3-3.

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