The Korea Football Association has decided to change the venue of the fourth round of the third Asian qualifying round for the 2026 North-China World Cup from Seoul World Cup Stadium to Yongin Mir Stadium, and requested the Asian Football Confederation to change the venue. The association, which sent an official letter requesting the Asian Football Confederation to change the venue, will wait for the approval review results.
According to the on-site inspection of the Seoul World Cup Stadium on the 23rd, the Korea Football Association judged that there is a limit to improving the condition significantly even if it uses a variety of measures such as grass storage as much as possible. As a result, in order to change the venue of the match against Iraq to Yongin Mir Stadium, it will submit an official letter requesting the change of the venue of the match and related data to the Asian Football Confederation as soon as details are confirmed. 안전놀이터
The Korea Football Association has been closely reviewing alternative stadiums along with the possibility of improving the grass at the Seoul World Cup Stadium since the grass issue became controversial earlier this month. In the case of Yongin Mir Stadium, officials of the Korea Football Association conducted a field inspection again on the afternoon of the 23rd, and it was judged that the grass was in relatively good condition, and that the grass could be recovered and managed to some extent even considering the scheduled K League 2 game schedule.
An official from the Korea Football Association said, “Earlier this month, we judged that the state of the grass at the Seoul World Cup Stadium affected our performance, and we have been reviewing the stadium change plan on a two-track basis while checking how much grass improvement is possible.” Regarding the request for the change, “The Asian Football Federation is expected to conduct an on-site inspection soon and we will have to wait for the results of the approval review.”