The heat of the K-League Asian Youth Championship Jeju 2024, where youth clubs under the K-League club and youth clubs from prestigious Asian clubs meet, is getting hotter. Amid the biting mix, Ulsan HD has set an important stage for advancing to the tournament through its only winning streak.
The K-League Asian Youth Championship Jeju 2024 will be held in Seogwipo, Jeju from 21 to 26. The competition will be hosted by the Korea Professional Football Federation, co-organized by the federation and Jeju United, and sponsored by the Jeju Special Self-Governing Province. A total of eight teams participated in the competition, including three K-League youth teams including Jeju United, Ulsan HD and Pohang Steelers, four overseas teams including Roaso Kumamoto, Mito Holyhawk from Japan, PVF Academy from Vietnam and Western United from Australia, and Jeju Jeil High School, a regional team in Jeju.
Four teams will be divided into A and B teams, with which the winner will be decided through a tournament and the final round will be played. Group A will be Jeju Island, Pohang City, Mito Holyhawk, PVF Academy, and Group B will be Jeju Jeil High School, Ulsan City, Roaso Kumamoto City, and Western United. Group A and tournaments will be held from July 21 to 26, and the final round will be held from Friday afternoon at Kang Chang-hak Stadium. Notably, participating teams have accelerated their strides to advance to the tournament on the second day of the tournament on June 22.
The first Group A match was held at 11:30 a.m. Jeju and Pohang clashed at the Nomination Po A Stadium. The tight balance of zero sharply shifted to Pohang after Park Hyun-woo of Jeju was sent off at 27 minutes in the second half. Starting with Kim Bum-joon’s first goal in the 28th minute of the second half, Pohang defeated Jeju Island 3-0 with consecutive goals by Kim Ha-eum in the 30th minute of the second half and Noh Geon-hee in the 32nd minute of the second half.
At the same time, the PVF Academy came from behind to win 2-1 against the Mito Holyhawks at the Nomination Po B Stadium. Although Tascu Hayashi of the Mito Holyhawks scored two consecutive goals at the start of the second half, the PVF Academy turned the game around with Nguyen’s equalizer at the 11th minute of the second half and Nguyen’s theater goal at the end of the game.
Group A bites and bites, leaving no strong team in the group. PVF Academy ranks first in the group with one win and one draw, while Pohang and Mito Holyhawk are trailing with one win and one loss. Fourth-ranked Jeju (one draw and one loss) will challenge Mito Holyhawk to win its first title at Nomination Po A Stadium at 2 p.m. on Sunday. PVF Academy and Pohang will play each other at Nomination Po B Stadium at the same time.
Ulsan stands out in Group B. At the match against Jeju Jeil High School held at Nomination Po A Stadium at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Ulsan won 2-0 thanks to consecutive goals scored by Kim Do-min in the 7th minute of the first half and Lee Ji-woo in the 8th minute of the first half. Ulsan has succeeded in winning its second consecutive group league title by maintaining high concentration despite numerical inferiority in which Kim Jeong-moo was sent off due to accumulated warnings in the 24th minute of the second half.
At the same time, Roaso Kumamoto defeated Western United 4-1 at the nomination four-way through the B field. He allowed Tobias Serbin to score the first goal in the seventh minute of the first half, but scored multiple goals by Eito Oda (the third minute of the second half, the 24th minute of the second half), and Riku Masamura in the eighth minute of the second half and Hitoki Otsuka in the 27th minute of the second half. 메이저놀이터
In Group B, Ulsan has secured the upper hand in advancing to the tournament with two consecutive wins. Roaso Kumamoto and Western United aim to turn the tables in the third group match on Sunday with one win and one loss. Jeju Jeil High School fell to the bottom with two consecutive losses. Ulsan will face Western United at the Nomination Po A Stadium at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday. At the same time, a match between Luaso Kumamoto and Jeju Jeil High School will be held at Nomination Po B Stadium.