Soccer World Cup 2011 / North Korea

This article covers the North Korean women's national soccer team at the 2011 women's soccer World Cup in Germany. North Korea is currently 8th in the FIFA world rankings and has played in a World Cup for the fourth year in a row. North Korea failed at the 2003 World Cup in the quarter-finals to defending champions Germany , twice before the preliminary round was not survived.

qualification

North Korea qualified for the finals by beating China in the 2010 Asian Women's Cup semi - finals. In the final they lost to Australia, who had also already qualified, after 1: 1 a n. V. 4: 5 on penalties. Most goals (3) for North Korea were scored by Jo Yun-mi .

The way to the World Cup

The championship took place in China in May 2010 . North Korea was automatically qualified as the defending champion. The preliminary round was played in the league system.

Preliminary round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Japan	14: 1	9
2	North Korea	6: 2	6th
3	Thailand	2: 7	3
4th	Myanmar	0:12	0

May 20, 2010 in Chengdu (Chengdu Sports Center)
North Korea	-	Thailand	3: 0 (2: 0)
May 22, 2010 in Chengdu (Chengdu Sports Center)
Myanmar	-	North Korea	0: 2 (0: 1)
May 24, 2010 in Chengdu (Chengdu Sports Center)
North Korea	-	Japan	1: 2 (0: 2)

Semifinals

May 27, 2010

China

-

North Korea

0: 1 n.V. (0: 0, 0: 0)

Squad at the World Cup

Numbers and positions according to the FIFA squad list. Some players were also in the squad for the U-20 World Cup . All players play in North Korea, most of them in the April 25th sports group . The players have an average height of 1.67 m, with Kim Su-gyong and Kim Chung-sim being the smallest at 1.58 m and the third goalkeeper Ri Jin-sim the tallest at 1.77 m.

No.	player	Date of birth	society	International matches	International goals	World Cup games	World Cup 2011
							Sp.	Gates
goal
1	Hong Myong-hui	09/04/1991	Sports group April 25th	12	0		3	0	0	0	0
18th	Kim Chol-ok	10/15/1994	Sports group April 25th	01	0		0	0	0	0	0
21st	Ri Jin-sim	05/29/1991	Wolmido	01	0		0	0	0	0	0
Defense
2	Jon Hong-yon	06/11/1992	Sports group April 25th	01	0		0	0	0	0	0
3	Ho Un-byol	01/19/1992	Sports group April 25th	09	0	0 (2007)	3	0	0	0	0
5	Song Jong-sun	03/11/1981	Amrokgang	86	0	6 (2003, 2007)	2	0	0	0	0
6th	Paek Sol-hui	03/20/1994	Sports group April 25th	05	0		2	0	0	0	0
7th	Yun Hyon-hi	09/09/1992	Sports group April 25th	12	0		3	0	0	0	0
15th	Yu Jong-hui	03/21/1986	Sports group April 25th	08th	0		1	0	0	0	0
16	Jong Pok-sim	07/31/1985	Sports group April 25th	08th	0	4 (2007)	2	0	0	0	0
17th	Ri Un-hyang	05/15/1988	Amrokgang	04th	0		3	0	0	0	0
midfield
4th	Kim Myong-gum	04/11/1990	Rimyongsu	02	0		0	0	0	0	0
8th	Kim Su-gyong	01/04/1995	Rimyongsu	06th	0		3	0	0	0	0
10	Jo Yun-mi	01/05/1987	Sports group April 25th	33	6th		3	0	0	0	0
11	Ri Ye-gyong	10/26/1989	Amrokgang	17th	0		3	0	0	0	0
12	Jon Myong-hwa	08/09/1993	Sports group April 25th	12	2		3	0	0	0	0
13	Kim Un-ju	04/09/1993	Sports group April 25th	07th	0		3	0	0	0	0
14th	Kim Chung-sim	11/27/1990	Sports group April 25th	16	0		2	0	0	0	0
attack
9	Ra Un-sim	07/02/1988	Amrokgang	23	7th		3	0	0	0	0
19th	Choe Mi-gyong	01/17/1991	Rimyongsu	04th	0		2	0	0	0	0
20th	Kwon Song-hwa	02/05/1988	Sports group April 25th	03	0		1	0	0	0	0
Coaching staff
Trainer	Kim Kwang-min		DPR Korea Football Association			4 (2007)	2	0	0	0	0
Remarks: ↑ a b Number according to the FIFA squad list [1] (as of July 8, 2011) ↑ Status before the World Cup ↑ As a trainer

preparation

In preparation for the World Cup, five test matches were initially held, of which North Korea was only able to win the first game. The team arrived in Germany on June 15 and moved into their quarters at the Egidius Braun sports school in Leipzig . A final test match, closed to the public, took place on June 21 in Halle .

date	place	opponent	Result	particularities
April 17, 2011	Qingdao ( China )	People's Republic of China	1: 0 (1: 0)
May 18, 2011	Venlo ( Netherlands )	Netherlands	1: 1 (0: 0)
May 21, 2011	Ingolstadt ( Germany )	Germany	0: 2 (0: 0)
May 24, 2011	Veldwezelt ( Belgium )	Belgium	0: 1 (0: 0)	1st game against Belgium
June 14, 2011	Rome ( Italy )	Canada	0: 2 (0: 2)	1st game against Canada
June 21, 2011	Halle ( Germany )	England	3-0	1. Game against England, closed game.

Group games

In Group C, North Korea met Olympic gold medalist USA for the fourth time in their first game . The US girls were the dominant team and created a variety of scoring opportunities, but either lacked precision in the end or the North Korean goalkeeper was there. North Korea had several good opportunities from the middle of the first half, especially on the right attack time, but also failed to score. In the second half the dominance of the USA became even stronger and in the 54th and 76th minutes the efforts were rewarded with two goals. North Korea only had opportunities again in the last five minutes, but were then lucky in stoppage time that a goal was not recognized because the goalkeeper's ball was spitzed out of the goalkeeper's hands. It was North Korea's third defeat in a World Cup preliminary round against the USA, only in 2007 they could achieve a 2-2.

In the second game, North Korea met Sweden. The North Korean team management initially confused the fact that instead of the initially reported Kim Myong-gum Song Jong-sun ran up. The Swedes immediately took the initiative and Lotta Schelin had the first good chance to score in the 2nd minute, but shot wide. North Korea was then able to narrow the spaces and so the Swedes hardly got any further opportunities. The North Koreans were not able to create good chances to score. In the second half, too, it took a long time for goal scenes to emerge again, although the Swedes were more decisive in the game. In the 64th minute, Lisa Dahlkvist used a fine combination for the 1-0 winning goal. Because despite efforts, the North Koreans only got one chance, which Sara Thunebro had to clarify on the line. The Swedes had the better chances in the end, but failed several times due to their weakness in the final. It was the fourth loss in the fourth game against Sweden, the last three of which were all in the preliminary rounds of the World Cup.

At the end of the group stage, North Korea met Colombia , runner-up in the 2010 South American Asian Cup . Like Sweden and the USA, North Korea had not yet played against Colombia. Since Colombia also lost to the USA, Colombia and North Korea were eliminated early. The game was therefore of no importance for the course of the tournament and was the only preliminary round game of this World Cup to end goalless, making both teams the only ones who did not score at this World Cup. Before the game, Song Jong-sun and Jong Pok-sim were provisionally banned after positive A-samples and all North Korean players were asked to take part in a doping test after the game.

The vice-Asian champion, previously acted as a secret favorite, was eliminated for the third time in the preliminary round and remained without a goal for the fourth time in a row in a World Cup game. As one of three teams, the North Korean players received neither a yellow card nor a red card in the preliminary round .

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Sweden	4: 1	9
2	United States	6: 2	6th
3	North Korea	0: 3	1
4th	Colombia	0: 4	1

Tuesday, June 28, 2011, 6:15 p.m. in Dresden
United States	-	North Korea	2: 0 (0: 0)
Saturday, July 2, 2011, 2 p.m. in Augsburg
North Korea	-	Sweden	0: 1 (0: 0)
Wednesday, July 6, 2011, 8:45 p.m. in Bochum
North Korea	-	Colombia	0-0

Aftermath

The North Korean players Jong Pok-sim, Hong Myong-hui, Ho Un-byol and Ri Un-hyang convicted of doping during the World Cup were banned by FIFA on 25 August 2011 for 18 months and Song Jong-sun for 14 months. The North Korean Football Association doctor Nam Jong-ae has been banned for six years. The North Korean Football Association was also fined US $ 400,000. The national team was excluded from the 2015 World Cup in Canada .

Web links

North Korea's squad at the Asian Cup

Individual evidence

1. ↑ FIFA.com: World Cup Squad Korea DPR
2. ↑ fifa.com: Games and results Korea DVR (period must be set manually)
3. ↑ FIFA.com: Korea DPR landed in Germany
4. ↑ nachrichten.de: North Korea's World Cup team enters German soil (accessed on April 10, 2013)  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ berliner-zeitung.de: Memories of Honecker (accessed on April 10, 2013)
6. ↑ framba.de:Other doping cases at the women's soccer world championship ( memento of the original from January 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
7. ↑ FIFA excludes North Korea from the Women's World Cup , kicker.de from August 25, 2011 (accessed April 11, 2013)