SEOUL, South Korea -- Arsenal striker Park Chu-young is going to his third World Cup for South Korea despite concerns about his lack of game time in the Premier League. Hong Myung-bo picked Park among nine Europe-based players in the 23-man South Korea squad he announced Thursday. The South Korea coach unveiled a youthful and predictable squad -- with just one player, Kwak Tae-hwi, older than 30. The selection of Park has been a point of serious national debate in recent, weeks simply because the 28 year-old forward has played so little for Arsenal since his move to London in August 2011. A fine goal in his first national team appearance in a year against Greece in March helped him make the cut. "Among Korean forwards, I couldnt find another attacker to replace Park," Hong said. "I have thought long and hard about this selection and decided on the final list just last night." Other English Premier League players Ki Sung-yeung and Kim Bo-kyong were also selected. Park is likely to be the lone striker in Brazil with German-based Son Heung-min expected to appear on the left side of midfield. There are five survivors from the squad that reached the second round in South Africa 2010, a second ever appearance in the knockout stage in South Koreas eight World Cup appearances to date. Goalkeeper Jung Sung-ryung, Ki, Kim, Park and Bolton Wanderers midfielder Lee Chung-yong are hoping to at least repeat that feat in June. South Koreas best-ever World Cup performance was in 2002, when it cost-hosted the tournament with Japan and reached the semifinals under with Hong as captain. The 45-year-old Hong also coached South Koreas Under-23 team, containing many of the players in his current squad, to the bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics "Brazil is going to be the biggest challenge," said Hong, who took over as coach last July after Choi Kang-hee guided the team through an unimpressive qualification campaign. "But we go as one team to give the best performance that we can. We have a team with a lot of international experience and we have the players who can show what they can do at the highest level." Hong admitted that the position that gave him most problems was at left-back. Park Joo-ho of FC Mainz in Germany returned to South Korea early to try and recover from injury but ran out of time and has been replaced by QPRs Yun Suk-young. As Hong promised, there were few surprises in the squad. Pohang Steelers attacking midfielder Lee Myung-joo, perhaps the standout player of the 2014 K-League season, has been overlooked. Of the 20 outfield players in the squad, just three play in the domestic league. Hong said "Lee has been excellent for Pohang this season," but explained that he wanted more cover for defensive midfielders and took Park Jung-woo and Han Kook-young. The captain will be announced after the squad has gathered. After a training camp in Paju, the South Korea squad plays a friendly against Tunisia at home on May 28 before travelling to Miami for a pre-World Cup training camp that includes a warm-up game with Ghana on June 10. South Korea starts its Group H campaign against Russia on June 17 before taking on Algeria and Belgium. ------ Squad: Goalkeepers: Jung Sung-ryeong (Suwon Bluewings), Kim Seung-gyu (Ulsan Horang-i), Lee Bom-young (Busan IPark) Defenders: Kim Jin-soo (Albirex Niigata, Japan), Yun Suk-young (QPR, England), Kim Young-kwon (Guangzhou Evergrande, China), Hwang Seok-ho (Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Japan), Hong Jeong-ho (Augsburg, Germany), Kwak Tae-hwi (Al Hilal, Saudi Arabia), Lee Yong (Ulsan Horang-i), Kim Chang-soo (Kashiwa Reysol, Japan). Midfielders: Ki Seung-yeung (Sunderland, England), Ha Dae-sung (Beijing Guoan, China), Han Kook-young (Kashiwa Reysol, Japan), Park Jung-woo (Guangzhou R&F, China), Son Heung-min (Bayer Leverkusen, Germany), Kim Bo-kyoung (Cardiff City, Wales), Lee Chung-yong (Bolton Wanderers, England), Ji Dong-won (Augusburg, Germany). Forwards: Koo Ja-cheol (Mainz, Germany), Lee Keun-ho (Sangju Sangmu), Park Chu-young (Arsenal, England), Kim Shin-wook (Ulsan Horang-i). Michael Bradley Jersey . The 17-time Grand Slam champion, who lose three straight finals in Monte Carlo to Rafael Nadal from 2006-08, has not played in the tournament since 2011, when he lost to Jurgen Melzer in the quarterfinals. Brad Evans Jersey .40 metres at the Drake Relays. 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The world champion started second on the grid but quickly lost six places after the poor getaway, eventually fighting back to third, and is now 33 points behind Nico Rosberg in the title race after his team-mates cruise to victory.Nico extends lead over Lewis Hamilton looked concerned when monitoring a damp patch by his starting position before the race but the Brit, who has previously stated that clutch problems could cost him the title, has taken responsibility for his poor getaway.I dont think the damp patch had really anything to do with it, Hamilton said. I made a mistake. Then working my way up from there was tricky, but I did the best I could.I just got some wheel-spin - Im not really sure why. Lewis Hamilton drops back to eighth after a poor start in the Japanese GP. Its not the first time Hamilton has struggled off the line in 2016. From his seven pole positions, he has only kept the lead after Turn One twice, while he has lost a total 23 places on the first lap. Taking Rosbergs first-corner Malaysia GP collision out of the equation, thats nine more than the German this season.The clutch obviously is not perfect we are giving to them, responded Mercedes boss Toto Wolff. Its difficult to handle and weve tried to optimise that.Our first assessment is it didnt function well on the clutch release, but that is obviously an over-simplification. It is a complicated mechanism to deploy and that didnt function today. Mercedes lost positions off the line Race Hamilton Rosberg Australia - 5 - 1 Bahrain - 6 + 1 China + 1 - 1 Russia + 5 0 Spain DNF DNF Monaco 0 0 Canada - 1 - 8 Baku 0 0 Austria 0 + 1 Great Britain 0 0 Hungary + 1 - 1 Germany + 1 - 3 Belgium + 6 0 Italy - 5 + 1 Singapore 0 0 Malaysia 0 - 15 Japan - 6 0 With just four races remaining, Hamilton now faces a mammoth task as he seeks a third consecutive world championship.dddddddddddd Even winning every grand prix may not be enough and, for the first time this year, the destination of the title is out of his hands.Following his media snub on Saturday, Hamilton then cancelled his post-race press briefing to fly home with Niki Lauda and added: Im looking forward to getting home and on to the next race.Sky F1s Martin Brundle doubted whether the 31-year-old was completely focused heading into the race due to the storm that has surrounded him, with the tension set to ramp up again ahead the US Grand Prix.But Wolff, who was celebrating another constructors title following the Suzuka triumph, was confident Hamilton would recover. Nico and Lewis in 2016: A sprint to the finish Nico Rosberg Lewis Hamilton Points 313 280 Best possible finish 413 380 What they need for title 2nd, 2nd, 2nd, 3rd 1st, 1st, 1st, 1st* *four wins would still not guarantee title We had those little wobbles throughout the weekend, whether that affects him or not I dont know, Wolff told Sky Sports F1. He must know he still has every chance to win the championship, theres four races to go. He will recover. 33 points is quite a big gap if everything goes right. But we have seen that one DNF and the other guy winning is 25 points lost and then the championship is open again.Dont miss The F1 Reports review of the Japanese GP on Sky Sports F1 at 8.30pm on Wednesday evening. Also See: Nico extends lead over Lewis The Formula 1 Gossip Column Could F1 expand to 25 races? What do F1 drivers listen to? 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