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Asian Games S. Korea beat Japan for 4th straight men's football gold

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By Yonhap
  • Published Oct 3, 2026 9:43 pm KST
South Korean players celebrate after winning gold medal in the men's final football match of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games at Toyota Stadium in Toyota, Japan, Saturday. Yonhap

South Korean players celebrate after winning gold medal in the men's final football match of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games at Toyota Stadium in Toyota, Japan, Saturday. Yonhap

TOYOTA, Japan — South Korea edged out the host country Japan 1-0 to win their fourth straight Asian Games gold medal in men's football on Saturday.

Eom Ji-sung's 61st minute goal stood as the title winner for South Korea at Toyota Stadium in Toyota, some 30 kilometers east of the main host city, Nagoya.

South Korea have now defeated Japan in three consecutive Asiad men's football finals.