North, South Korea to Meet in 2022 World Cup Qualifiers
Published on: Wednesday 17 July 2019
North Korea and South Korea have been drawn together in an Asian qualifying group for soccer's 2022 World Cup.
The Korean neighbors will play each other home and away in the five-nation Group H that includes Lebanon, Turkmenistan and Sri Lanka.
Saudi Arabia and Yemen were also paired in Wednesday's draw that involved 40 national teams and some political sensitivities.
The Saudis, which played at the 2018 World Cup, are top-seeded in Group D that also has Uzbekistan, Palestine and Singapore.
Top-ranked Iran was drawn with neighboring Iraq, plus Bahrain, Hong Kong and Cambodia, in Group C
News source: https://www.voanews.com/east-asia-pacific/north-south-korea-meet-2022-world-cup-qualifiers
