Koreaphobia

Konghanzheng

2005 East Asian Football Championship Men's Match
Other names	China PR vs Korea Rep.
Locale	Asia (AFC) East Asia (EAFF)
Teams	China PR Korea Republic
Latest meeting	China 1-0 Korea Republic 23 March 2017
Statistics
Most wins	Korea Republic (20)

Konghanzheng (simplified Chinese: 恐韩症; traditional Chinese: 恐韓症; pinyin: kǒng hán zhèng; literally: "Fear of Korea Disease"; Korean: 공한증) or Korea-fearing disease, a term coined by Chinese football fans, was a Chinese persistent phenomenon where the senior China PR national football team has played 28 matches against the Korea Republic national football team since 1978 but never been able to beat them until the streak ended on 10 February 2010 when Korea was beaten 3–0 in the 2010 East Asian Football Championship Final Competition.

The term literally means "the symptom of fearing Korea". This term was originally used by the Chinese mass media and was later adopted by the Korean media as well. Outside of football, it has also been used to denote the frequent defeats suffered by Chinese go players at the hands of Koreans such as Lee Chang-ho.

As of 2010, the Korea Republic football team has recorded 16 wins, 11 draws and 1 loss in its 28 international "A" matches with China. The very first game between the two sides was held in the 1978 Asian Games in Bangkok on December 17, 1978. The Koreans won that game 1–0 with a goal by Cha Bum Kun. The most recent match was at the 3rd East Asian tournament in Chongqing on February 17, 2008. At that time, Park Chu-Young and Kwak Tae-Hwi scored and Korea won by 3–2. In the Olympic Games, the South Korean team has amassed 7 wins and 1 draw against the Chinese side. This term also held true to the Youth teams of the respective countries, until China beat the Korean side 1–0 in the 2000 Asian Youth Championships (though Koreans still keep a dominant record otherwise).