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In August 2023, North Korea announced interests in returning to sporting competitions, including football, and has signalled interests to return to the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification, where North Korea found themselves in Group B of the second round against Japan, Syria and Myanmar.
The 2026 FIFA World Cup, marketed as FIFA World Cup 26, [2] will be the 23rd FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international men's soccer championship contested by the national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament will take place from June 11 to July 19, 2026.
The Asian section of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification will act as qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup for national teams of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). AFC teams have been allocated eight direct qualifying slots and one inter-confederation play-off slot. [1]
North Korea reportedly canceled hosting Japan in a World Cup qualifier just hours after losing to Japan in Tokyo on Thursday. Japan scored after just 90 seconds and held out North Korea to win 1-0 ...
The only other World Cup finals tournament that North Korea’s men’s team, currently ranked 114th by FIFA, has competed in, besides South Africa in 2010, was the 1966 tournament in England ...
The schedule for the men’s 2026 World Cup has been announced, as Fifa unveiled a giant tournament both in geography and the sheer volume of football.. The tournament will be played across Mexico ...
With a final pre-tournament FIFA ranking of 105th in the world, North Korea was the lowest-ranked team to qualify for the World Cup since the rankings began in 1993. 2010 was North Korea's first appearance at the World Cup since 1966. The draw placed North Korea in Group G. They played their first match against five-time winners Brazil on 15 June.
2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round; Tournament details; Dates: 16 November 2023 – 11 June 2024: Teams: 36 (from 1 confederation) Tournament statistics; Matches played: 107: Goals scored: 331 (3.09 per match) Attendance: 2,092,613 (19,557 per match) Top scorer(s) Almoez Ali Son Heung-min (7 goals each)