Hong Myung-bo's team average height is '181.9cm'; A Group second highest, Korea's tallest is '196cm' Song Beom-geun

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The average height of the South Korean national football team participating in the 2026 FIFA North, Central America and Caribbean World Cup has been confirmed as the second highest in Group A.

According to the 48th teams that qualified for the 2026 North, Central America and Caribbean World Cup finals, released by FIFA on the 3rd (Korean time), the average height of the 26th players on the South Korean national team was 181.9cm, ranking second after Czechia (average 185.7cm). Mexico followed South Korea with an average height of 179.5cm, and South Africa came next at 178.8cm.

Among the South Korean players, the tallest was goalkeeper Song Beom-geun (Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors) at 196cm. Across all of Group A, he ranked third after Czechia's tall striker Tomas Horak (Slavia Prague, 199cm) and South Africa's midfielder Sphelele Sithole (Tondela, 197cm).

Among Hong Myung-bo's field players, center-backs Kim Min-jae (Bayern Munich) and Jo Wi-je (Jeonbuk) were tied for the tallest at 190cm, followed by Cho Gue-sung and Lee Han-beom (both at Midtjylland) at 188cm, and Kim Tae-hyun (Kashima Antlers) at 186cm.

Based on age, the average age of the final World Cup roster was highest for South Korea at 28.2 years, followed by Mexico (average 27.9 years), Czechia (27.6 years), and South Africa (26.8 years).

Among all players in Group A, the oldest was 41-year-old Mexican goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa (AEK Limassol), born in 1985. He was followed by South Africa's midfielder Temba Zwane (Mamelodi Sundowns), born in 1989. The oldest player on the South Korean national team was Kim Seung-gyu (FC Tokyo), born in 1990.

Conversely, the youngest players in Group A were Gilberto Mora of Mexico (Club Tijuana) and Hugo Soucek of Czechia (Sparta Prague), both born in 2008. This is a gap of 23 years compared to the oldest player in Group A, Ochoa.

The youngest players on the South Korean team are Bae Jun-ho (Stoke City) and Jens Castrof (Borussia Mönchengladbach), both born in 2003. Bae Jun-ho's birthday is about a month later than Castrof's.

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