Anchor: The 2014 FIFA World Cup is now only a week away. A recent poll shows that 80 percent of South Koreans are optimistic that Team Korea will advance into the round of 16. 
Our Park Jong-hong has more.
 
Report: Eight out of ten South Koreans say the South Korean Men's national football team will likely pass the group stage and make it to the the round of 16 in the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, slated to begin next Thursday.

In a survey of one-thousand-37 people conducted by sports marketing firm GSM, 80-point-eight percent of the respondents think Team Korea will advance into the round of 16 or further.

Only 19-point-19 percent said the team would fail to make out of the first round.

As for who will score Team Korea’s first goal, more than 34 percent said Son Heung-min of the German team Bayer Leverkusen.

The next three most popular choices were Park Chu-young, Ki Sung-yueng, and Koo Ja-cheol with 16 percent, 13-point-five and ten percent respectively.

When asked which country will take home the coveted World Cup trophy, more than 56 percent said that host nation and soccer powerhouse Brazil would come out on top.

Twelve-point-six percent picked Spain while Germany was the third favorite with ten-point-five percent.

45 percent said they would watch at least one of Team Korea's matches on TV,  and 32-point-three percent said they would watch all of the matches. Only about six percent said they would skip viewing altogether.

Meanwhile 69 percent said they will not take part in street cheering.

GSM pointed out that because the matches will be broadcast in the wee hours of the day in Korea, marketing activities surrounding street cheering would decline during this year's World Cup, while mobile and internet marketing activities are likely to surge.

In the tournament, South Korea will play in Group H against Russia, Algeria and Belgium. The team is currently training in Miami, and will arrive in Brazil on the 12th, then face Russia for its first matchup on the 18th.

Park Jong-hong, KBS World Radio News.