| Korean national football team celebrates its 6-0 victory against Honduras in the Group B match of the Olympics at International Stadium Yokohama in Japan, Thursday. Yonhap |
Korea cruised into the quarterfinals of the Tokyo Olympic men's football tournament on Wednesday with a 6-0 victory over Honduras.
Striker Hwang Ui-jo scored a hat trick in the first half against 10-man Honduras at International Stadium Yokohama in Yokohama, south of Tokyo. Korea won Group B with six points from two wins and a loss.
Korea entered this match in first place in the group and only needed a draw to advance to the knockouts. They instead beat up on a hapless Honduras, which went down a man late in the first half.
In the quarterfinals, South Korea will square off against the Group A runners-up at 8 p.m. Saturday, back at the same Yokohama stadium.
The two final Group A matches ― Japan versus France and South Africa versus Mexico ― will take place later Wednesday. (Yonhap)