South Korea national football team had won just their second AFC Asian Cup title in 1960 edition, when it was the host nation. After winning the edition, the entire team went to receive the gold medals, only to be later founded as fake, thought to be pocketed the money earmarked for the precious metal by a corrupt official. The players then demanded the Korea Football Association to get the real medals, but no one took responsibility for the issue for 50 years. Some Korean fans believed the national team was cursed by this action of the KFA – the national team has never won an Asian Cup title again, having lost four agonising finals to Iran, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Australia. The KFA then tried to undo the curse by giving medals to the surviving players of 1960 generation, as well as its relatives (still not completed), but the national team as for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, still failed to win the Asian Cup for the third time.