Turkey Strikes Early, Defeats Korea 3-2 in Third Place Match

June 29, 2002

DAEGU, Korea (Saturday, June 29, 2002) - Turkey scored the earliest goal in World Cup history as Hakan Sukur took the ball from Korean defender Hong Myung-Bo and beat goalkeeper Lee Woon-Jae just 11 seconds into the match for Sukur's first goal of the World Cup.

 

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