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Kyrgyzstan and South Korea are scheduled to play their  <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_AFC_Asian_Cup">2019 AFC Asian Cup</a> group C game on 2019-01-11. Prior to this match Kyrgyzstan will play China PR while South Korea will play Philippines on 2019-01-07. In the 2nd round of qualifying Kyrgyzstan finished 3rd in group B behind Australia and Jordan then they finished 2nd in group A behind India in the 3rd and final round. This is Kyrgyzstan's debut in the tournament finals. South Korea qualified for the tournament after finishing 1st in group G. They scored 27 times and did not concede a goal over 8 games. South Korea's last championship trophy was awarded in 1960. These nations have not previously played each other at the senior men's level.

###### <a href="http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/13269">Match Report</a>
###### <a href="https://www.11v11.com/teams/kyrgyzstan/tab/opposingTeams/opposition/Korea%20Republic/">Head-to-head record</a>

### January 5 - February 1
[![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ad/2019_afc_asian_cup_logo.png/200px-2019_afc_asian_cup_logo.png)](http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-asian-cup/)
###### <a href="http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-asian-cup/fixtures/">Scores</a> | <a href="http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-asian-cup/tables">Standings</a></sup>
A total of 24 teams are divided into 6 groups. The top 2 teams from each group and the top 4 ranked 3rd place teams qualify for the quarterfinals. 

##### World Rank
<center> [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/10/FIFA_World_Rankings_logo.svg/100px-FIFA_World_Rankings_logo.svg.png)](http://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/ranking-table/men/index.html) </center>

<center> https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/150px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png </center> | <center>**South Korea**</center>  | <center>**53**</center>  | <center> https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4d/Emblem_of_Korea_Football_Association.svg/130px-Emblem_of_Korea_Football_Association.svg.png </center>
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<center> https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg/167px-Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg.png </center> | <center>**Kyrgyzstan**</center>  | <center>**91**</center> | <center> https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/95/Football_Federation_of_the_Kyrgyz_Republic_logo.png/140px-Football_Federation_of_the_Kyrgyz_Republic_logo.png </center>
<sup>Images linked from wikipedia.org under <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use">fair use</a> guidelines.</sup>
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