Soccer World Cup 1966 / North Korea

This article is about the national soccer team of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea ( North Korea ) at the 1966 World Cup in England .

qualification

See also : Football World Cup 1966 / Qualification

Originally, North Korea was supposed to play in a group against Australia , South Africa and South Korea . The first in the group would have reached the semi-finals together with three African teams. Only the winner would have qualified for the world championship. However, since all African teams withdrew their registration after the announcement of this mode due to their demand to get at least one safe World Cup starting place, the regulation became obsolete.

A short time later, South Africa was suspended by the world football association FIFA because of its apartheid policy , leaving only three teams in the Asia-Oceanic qualification. Finally, South Korea also withdrew its registration because they could not agree on a neutral venue against North Korea. This meant that the North Koreans in qualifying group 14 only had to play against Australia in the two legs. Due to political problems, both games were played in the Olympic Stadium in the capital of neutral Cambodia , Phnom Penh . North Korea won the summary with 9-2 goals and qualified for the first time in its history for the finals of a soccer world championship .

First leg

North Korea		Australia
	November 21, 1965 Olympic Stadium ( Phnom Penh , Cambodia ) Spectators : 60,000 Referee : Patrick Nice ( Malaysia )
	Lee Chang-myung - Pak Li-sup , Shin Yung-kyoo , Kang Bong-chil , Lim Zoong-sun , Im Seung-hwi , Han Bong-zin , Pak Doo-ik , Pak Seung-zin , Kang Ryong-woon , Kim Seung-il	John Roberts - Nigel Shepherd , Stan Ackerley , Patrick Hughes , William Rice , Les Scheinflug , Geoff Sleight , John Anderson , Archie Blue , Johnny Watkiss , David Todd Trainer : Tiko Jelisavcic ( Yugoslavia )
	1: 0 Pak Doo-ik (15th) 2: 0 Pak Seung-zin (54th) 3: 0 Im Seung-hwi (58th) 4: 0 Han Bong-zin (65th) 5: 1 Pak Seung- zin (80.) 6: 1 Han Bong-zin (88.)	4: 1 Les Scheinflug (71st)

Return leg

Australia		North Korea
	November 24, 1965 Olympic Stadium ( Phnom Penh , Cambodia ) Spectators : 55,000 Referees : Anthony Gregory "Greg" de Silva ( Singapore )
	William Rorke - Nigel Shepherd , Billy Cook , Patrick Hughes , William Rice , Johnny Watkiss , Roy Blitz , John Anderson , Steve Herczeg , Les Scheinflug , Jimmy Pearson Trainer : Tiko Jelisavcic ( Yugoslavia )	Lee Chang-myung - Pak Li-sup , Shin Yung-kyoo , Kang Bong-chil , Lim Zoong-sun , Im Seung-hwi , Han Bong-zin , Kim Yung-kil , Pak Seung-zin , Kang Ryong-woon , Kim Seung-il
	1: 0 Les Scheinflug (15.)	1: 1 Kim Seung-il (18th) 1: 2 Pak Seung-zin (53rd) 1: 3 Kim Seung-il (75th)

Squad

Number - name		Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates	yellow cards	Field references
goalkeeper
01	Lee Chang-myung	Kikwancha Pyongyang	01/02/1947	4th	0	0	0
09	Lee Keun-hak	Moranbong sports group	07/07/1940	0	0	0	0
Defense
04th	Kang Bong-chil	Sports group April 25th	11/07/1943	1	0	0	0
16	Li Dong-woon	Sports group Radongja	07/04/1945	2	1	0	0
05	Lim Zoong-sun	Moranbong sports group	July 16, 1943	4th	0	0	0
02	Pak Li-sup	Amrokgang sports group	01/06/1944	2	0	0	0
03	Shin Yung-kyoo	Moranbong sports group	03/30/1942	4th	0	0	0
midfield
14th	Ha Yung-won	Sports group August 8th	04/20/1942	2	0	0	0
11	Han Bong-zin	Sports group April 25th	09/02/1945	4th	0	0	0
06th	In Seung-hwi	Sports group April 25th	02/03/1946	4th	0	0	0
10	Kang Ryong-woon	Sports group Radongja	04/25/1942	1	0	0	0
13	Oh Yoon-kyung	Sports group August 8th	08/06/1941	3	0	0	0
07th	Pak Doo-ik	Moranbong sports group	December 17, 1943	4th	1	0	0
attack
21st	To Se-bok	Amrokgang sports group	October 29, 1946	0	0	0	0
18th	Ke Seung-woon	Sports group Radongja	December 26, 1943	0	0	0	0
17th	Kim Bong-hwan	Kikwancha Pyongyang	07/04/1939	1	0	0	0
12	Kim Seung-il	Moranbong sports group	09/02/1945	2	0	0	0
19th	Kim Yung-kil	Sports group Radongja	01/29/1944	0	0	0	0
22nd	Li Chi-an	Sports group April 25th	07/07/1945	0	0	0	0
08th	Pak Seung-zin	Moranbong sports group	01/11/1941	4th	2	0	0
20th	Ryoo Chang-kil	Kikwancha Pyongyang	05/11/1940	0	0	0	0
15th	Yang Seung-kook	Kikwancha Pyongyang	08/19/1944	2	1	0	0
Trainer
	Myung Rye-hyun		04/14/1926

Finals

North Korea was considered the biggest underdog at the beginning of the tournament, after the 3-0 defeat against the Soviet Union and the 1-1 draw against Chile, the North Koreans had to win against Italy. This is exactly what happened, in the 41st minute Pak Doo Ik scored the winning goal for the North Koreans, who qualified as second in the group.

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Soviet Union	6: 1	6-0
2	North Korea	2: 4	3: 3
3	Italy	2: 2	2: 4
4th	Chile	2: 5	1: 5

Preliminary round
Soviet Union	-	North Korea		3: 0 (2: 0)
North Korea	-	Chile		1: 1 (0: 1)
North Korea	-	Italy		1: 0 (1: 0)
Quarter finals
Portugal	-	North Korea		5: 3 (2: 3)

In the quarter-finals, the North Koreans met Portugal, the Asians had already taken the lead 3-0 after 22 minutes, but the Portuguese won 5-3 in the end (with Eusébio scoring four goals). Until South Korea finished fourth at the 2002 World Cup, this was the greatest success of an Asian nation.

Trivia

On October 21, 2002, the documentary The Game of Their Lives ( German  The game of their life ) was released. The film is about the relationship between North Korean soccer players and their British hosts during the 1966 World Cup and also includes interviews with seven surviving North Korean players.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World Cup 1966 Qualifying ( English ) In: rsssf.com . Retrieved December 4, 2010.
2. ↑ Socceroo Internationals for 1965 ( English ) In: ozfootball.net . Retrieved December 4, 2010.
3. ↑ North Korea ( English ) In: footballsquads.co.uk . Retrieved December 4, 2010.
4. ^ The Game of Their Lives. Internet Movie Database , accessed June 10, 2015 .