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In the final round of the 1994 US World Cup Asian qualifiers, Korea, Japan, North Korea, Iran, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia compete fiercely in Doha, Qatar. The six Asian countries engage in a bloody soccer war to grab the two World Cup tickets allocated to Asia. Japan, which had won against Korea and was in first place in the group, lost the ticket it had secured in the last match against Iraq with 20 seconds left. The entire Japanese nation was devastated and cried. As a result, Korea, which was in third place in the group and on the verge of elimination, made a miraculous comeback. They were moved to grab the ticket to the 1994 US World Cup. This article introduces the incident at the time, called the Miracle of Doha, and the entire match.