🚨 Club World Cup: eliminated coach resigns | OneFootball

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·28 June 2026

🚨 Club World Cup: eliminated coach resigns

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After the disillusionment, the resignation. 

The day after South Korea’s elimination was confirmed, head coach Hong Myung-Bo announced that he was stepping down during an exceptionally convened press conference.


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As a reminder, South Korea finished third in its group and will not play in the round of 16.

After an opening win against the Czech Republic, the team then suffered two 1-0 defeats to Mexico and South Africa.

Those two defeats proved fatal for Hong Myung-Bo, who had been in charge since 2024.

Earlier on Sunday, the President of the Republic of South Korea had publicly described him as “incompetent.” 

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