Since this year's tournament is in Germany (those bastards who ousted the Koreans in the semifinals in 2002), which is 6 hours ahead of New York, all of the games will be televised during not-so-primetime hours of the day. So clear your work schedule and make your calls to reserve a spot at one of these places. They will get packed, even if you think no one will be there to watch a 9:00am game. And if you want to watch it outside of Koreatown, you may want to try ESPNZone 212) 921 - 3776 in Times Square or Bohemian Hall and Beer Garden 718) 274 - 4925 in Astoria among many other options. Click here for UrbanDaddy's World Cup guide. —ubn World Cup 2006 First Round - Group G Teams Channel Kick-off Time Korea vs Togo ESPN 2 Tue June 13th 9:00am EST France vs Korea ABC Sun June 18th 2:30pm EST Switzerland vs Korea ESPN 2 Fri June 23rd 3:00pm EST Manhattan Koreatown Viewing Events   Maru 11 W 32nd Street 3rd Floor 212) 273 - 3413 Match 1 vs Togo 8:00am Match 2 vs France 2:30pm Match 3 vs Switz. 3:00pm Maru will be hosting an exclusive broadcasting of the first match. Admission includes the new "Be the Reds" t-shirt & complimentary breakfast from 8:00 - 9:00am. For all matches, there will be three 42" LCD screens and 7 private rooms each with their own 42" screen (reservation req'd). Also, there will be special make-up kits to paint personal designs to root on Korea. Admission tickets are $20.   Third Floor Cafe 315 5th Avenue 3rd Floor 212) 481 - 3669 Nighttime of all Korean matches. Third Floor Cafe will not be broadcasting the any of the World Cup matches but will be offering World Cup specials on drinks and appetizers at nighttime of all of Korea's matches on the 13th, 18th and 23rd.   Kum Gang San 49 West 32nd Street 212) 967 - 0909 Match 1 vs Togo 8:00am Match 2 vs France 2:30pm Match 3 vs Switz. 3:00pm Kum Gang San will be broadcasting the World Cup matches on their large projection television in a similar format to the 2002 viewings. Call for more details or reservations.   Players 25 W 32nd Street 2nd Floor 212) 868 - 2029 Match 2 vs France 2:30pm Match 3 vs Switz. 3:00pm Players will be broadcasting matches 2 and 3 vs France and Switzerland on one 70" and eight 40" plasmas, along with three private rooms. In addition, yKAN will be hosting an event for the France match. On Sunday, cover is $5 with an RSVP by June 16th, and $15 at door. There will be 1/2 price appetizers, $15 pitchers, $5 glasses of wine, and soju drink discounts, as well as free shots for every goal made by the Korean team.   Baden Baden New York 28 W 32nd Street 2nd Floor 212) 714 - 2266 Match 2 vs France 2:30pm Match 3 vs Switz. 3:00pm Baden Baden New York will broadcast matches 2 and 3 vs France and Switzerland on two 26" flatscreens. Complimentary "Be the Reds" shots for everyone. In addition, World Cup specials will be offered all day long. I've also been told that the matches (which ones not confirmed) will also apparently be broadcast outside on 32nd Street (maybe on that Times Square-ish screen near the parking lot? Who knows these things?). Anyone with confirmed reports, please let me know. Outside of Manhattan, the matches will be also shown at Palisadium Daewon 201) 886 - 9207 in New Jersey and Seoul Plaza (Crystal Ballroom) in Flushing similar to the 2002 matches. Jerseys and Gear   This year's Korean national team jerseys are officially made by Nike. The only place in New York City that still had a lot of jerseys left was Macy's 212) 695 - 4400. As of last week, they had 10 or so jerseys and Korean Federation t-shirts, but the jerseys do not have the official lettering / numbers (names on the jerseys are now spelled "Jisung" rather than "J S Park" as in the 2002 World Cup). Modells, Champs, and FootLocker did not even carry them at all. Other stores carrying the non-marked jerseys were Paragon 212) 255 - 8036 and NikeTown 212) 891 - 6453, who both had about 2 - 3 left. Official jerseys with the markings are sold online at Soccer.com, Soccer Plus, Kitbag (London), Subside Sports (London), and SoccerInside.com (Korea). Links Official 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany Site fifaworldcup.yahoo.com German Version World Cup Site (In English) wm2006.deutschland.de Korea.net World Cup Mini Site www.korea.net Korea Football Association (KFA) en.kfa.or.kr   Asian Football Confederation www.footballasia.com 2002 FIFA World Cup Museum www.worldcupmuseum.co.kr Korean Red Devils Site (In Korean) www.kofaworldcup.com Most Recent Exhibition Match Results Date Opponent Result Score Scorer June 4th Ghana Loss 1 : 3 Lee Eul-Yong June 1st Norway Tie 0 : 0 None May 26th Bosnia-Herzegovina Win 2 : 0 Seol Ki-Hyeon Cho Jae-Jin May 23rd Senegal Tie 1 : 1 Kim Do-Heon March 1st Angola Win 1 : 0 Park Chu-Young For a standalone version of this portion of the newsletter, click here All Rights Reserved. © 2005 Koreanxchange