SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The official championship trophy for the FIFA World Cup arrived in Seoul on Wednesday, presented by a pair of football legends as the trophy’s global tour made the South Korean capital its first Asian stop. The FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour first began in 2006, and this is the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The championship trophy for the FIFA World Cup will be on display in Seoul this week as part of its global tour leading up to this year’s competition, the event’s organizers said Monday. The FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour, run by Coca-Cola, will make its stop in the South [...]
DOHA, Qatar, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — To mark 100 days until the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™, Qatar Tourism reveals how fans should spend 100 hours in Qatar while visiting for a match. With more than one million visitors set to descend on Doha for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™, fans will be [...]
DOHA, Qatar, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Before the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ kicks off in November an assortment of exceptional new tourism developments will open across the country. From a winter-sun wonderland to a water sports paradise, these developments each add something special to the peninsula’s eclectic mix of attractions and activities to [...]
NEW YORK and DOHA, Qatar, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC), the Qatari organisation responsible for delivering the required infrastructure and host country planning and operations for the FIFA World Cup 2022™, has signed an agreement with The Associated Press (AP) to deliver the country’s Host Country broadcast [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The nation’s capital and other major cities are planning street cheering events for South Korean matches at the FIFA World Cup in Russia, hoping to create buzz for an event that has been overshadowed by political and diplomatic events here. Seoul announced earlier this week that it will organize [...]
SEOUL, April 23 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will unveil their roster for the 2018 FIFA World Cup on May 14, the national football governing body said Monday. The Korea Football Association (KFA) said South Korea men’s national football team head coach Shin Tae-yong will announce his roster for the 2018 World Cup at a multipurpose hall at Seoul City Hall starting at 10 a.m. on May 14. For the 2014 World Cup, South Korea announced their 23-man squad at the [...]
SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea fell two spots to No. 61 in the latest FIFA rankings, released on Thursday. South Korea have dropped out of the top 60 for the first time in 2018. The Taeguk Warriors were 59th in January, 58th in February and back to 59th in March. They have [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will not have its football referees at the 2018 FIFA World Cup after the country’s match officials failed to earn selection from the world football governing body. FIFA announced Friday (Korean time) that its referees committee has selected 36 referees and 63 assistant referees from 46 different [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea ranks eighth in terms of gross domestic product among the 32 countries which qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, government data showed Thursday. South Korea, whose FIFA ranking is 59th, had a GDP of US$1.41 trillion last year, according to the data by Statistics [...]