South Korea are the only Asian team to ever participate in the North American continental championships and have done so twice: consecutively in 2000 and 2002. In seven matches, they failed to win a single one in regular time, but won Fourth Place in 2002 after advancing to the knockout stage with only one point to their name and defeating Mexico on penalties in the quarter-finals. Two years prior, they were eliminated after the group stage per coin toss. Canada advanced instead and eventually won the 2000 edition.