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The Democratic People's Republic of Korea women's national football team (Munhwaŏ Korean: 조선민주주의인민공화국 녀자 국가종합팀, recognized as Korea DPR by FIFA) represents North Korea in international women's football. [3] [4] North Korea is one of the Asian Football Confederation women's powerhouses alongside Japan, China ...
Women's football in North Korea is growing in popularity. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The North Korea women's national under-20 football team is among the most successful at youth level winning 3 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup 's.
Of the 47 AFC member associations, a total of 31 AFC member national teams entered the qualifying stage. The format is as follows: [3] First round: The five highest-ranked teams in the FIFA Women's World Rankings as of 9 December 2022, which were North Korea, Japan, Australia, China PR and South Korea, received byes to the second round.
North Korea has been a major football youth power in the continent, having won the AFC U-16 Championship twice, AFC U-19 Championship three times, and the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup three times. It is also a frequent participant in the Asian Games , winning one gold medal, and has participated in every editions of the AFC U-23 Championship .
North Korea plays their home matches at the Rungrado 1st of May Stadium on Rungra Island, Pyongyang. It is the second largest stadium in the world with a capacity of 114,000. However, North Korea mostly used the Kim Il Sung Stadium in Pyongyang as their main stadium. Since 2019, North Korea had since used to host their home matches as a neutral ...
Earning a spot at the 2010 World Cup marked only the second time North Korea had qualified for the world’s marquee soccer competition since 1966, when the Cheollima made it to the quarterfinals ...
Japan and North Korea’s women played a scoreless draw on Saturday in their bid for a spot in this year's Paris Olympics. ... Stadium where the winner will advance to the 12-team tournament in ...
Japan defeated North Korea 2-1 on Wednesday to reach the women’s soccer tournament at the upcoming Paris Olympics. Japan had three clear standout players who helped book its tickets for Paris.