South Korea reach 10th straight World Cup finals / Photo: ©
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South Korea reach 10th straight World Cup finals
South Korea beat Syria 2-0 in Dubai on Tuesday to reach their 10th straight World Cup finals.
The Koreans, who have appeared at every finals since Mexico in 1986 and came fourth when they co-hosted the tournament in 2002, go to Qatar alongside Iran, who had already clinched a place from Asia's preliminary Group A.
Even without injured English Premier League star Son Heung-Min, Paulo Bento's side dominated the game but they did came close to scoring until forward Cho Gue Sung's shot from close in went wide in the 43rd minute.
Two minutes later, Cho, who got the winning goal in the last match against Lebanon, headed the ball against the post.
Kim Jin-Su opened the scoring with a 54th minute shot that gave Syrian goalkeeper Ibrahim Alma no chance.
Kwon Chang-Hoon shot from outside the penalty area to double the score in the 74th minute.
Iran beat Iraq last Thursday to reach their third straight finals.
The third-place teams from Asia's two qualifying groups will clash in a playoff for the right to play a South American team for a place in Qatar.
The first World Cup finals in an Arab country will start in Qatar on November 21.
South Korea have a history of World Cup upsets. They knocked out Italy to reach the semi-finals in 2002 and at the last World Cup in Russia beat Germany 2-0 but failed to reach the knockout rounds.
D.Schneider--BTB