North Korean women's national soccer team

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North Korea
조선 민주주의 인민 공화국
(Chosŏn Minjujuŭi Inmin Konghwaguk)
Association DPR Korea Football Association
confederacy AFC
Head coach Sin Ui-gun
captain Ri Kum-suk
Record scorer -
Record player Ri Kum-suk (123)
Home stadium Kim Il sung Stadium
Yanggakdo Stadium
FIFA code PRK
FIFA rank 10. (1940 points)
(as of August 14, 2020)
First jersey
Second jersey
Balance sheet
163 games
101 wins
27 draws
35 losses
statistics
First international game People's Republic of China 4-1 North Korea ( Hong Kong ; December 21, 1989 )
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Korea NorthNorth Korea
Biggest win North Korea 24-0 Singapore ( Taipei ; Taiwan , December 6, 2001 )
Korea NorthNorth Korea SingaporeSingapore
Biggest defeat France 5-0 North Korea ( Glasgow ; United Kingdom , July 28, 2012 )
FranceFrance Korea NorthNorth Korea
Successes in tournaments
World Championship
Participation in the finals 4 ( first : 1999 )
Best results Quarterfinals 2007
Asian Championship
Participation in the finals 10 ( first : 1989 )
Best results Asian champions 2001 , 2003 , 2008
Olympic games
Preliminary round 2008
Preliminary round 2012
(As of December 13, 2013 )

The North Korean women's national soccer team represents North Korea in international women's soccer . The national team is subordinate to the North Korean Football Association. The North Korean selection is one of the strongest teams in Asia. So far she has been three times Asian champion. She was able to qualify four times for the world championship, but was eliminated three times in the preliminary round. In 2008 she took part in the Olympic Games for the first time, but retired as the worst group third in the preliminary round. The team is currently being trained by Sin Ui-gun .

history

The history of organized women's soccer in North Korea began in 1985, according to the state news agency . A women's soccer team was formed in what was then the South Phyongan Provincial Sports Group ( 평안 남도 선수단 ), and others followed. On May 19, 1986, a training game was played in the Pyongyang Kim-Il-sung Stadium .

At the Asian Women's Championship in 1989 , the North Korean team played an international match for the first time. At the start, however, they lost 4-1 to the then dominant Chinese , and North Korea also lost 3-1 to Taiwan . The first victory was celebrated 4-0 over Thailand , but it was no longer enough to advance. Just one year later, however, there was already some progress. At the Asian Games in China in 1990, North Korea finished third behind China and Japan and won the first title for North Korean women's football with the bronze medal.

The 1991 Asian Cup was also the Asian qualifying tournament for the first World Cup in the same year. North Korea finished the group stage in second place behind Japan and met China in the semifinals, where the North Koreans lost 1-0. In the decisive game for third and final World Cup place, North Korea and Taiwan were goalless after 120 minutes, so the penalty shoot -out would be decided by the last Asian World Cup participant; North Korea lost 4-5 and narrowly missed qualifying. At the Asian Cup in 1993 they won the group and made it to the finals, but there they lost again to the Chinese team. After the 0: 3, the team had to be satisfied with second place. The team did not travel to the Asian Games in 1994, which were played in Hiroshima , Japan and served as qualification for the 1995 World Cup. North Korea was also absent from the 1995 Asian Cup.

Qualification for the 1999 World Cup was achieved through the 1997 Asian Cup . In the preliminary round match against China in Guangzhou they lost 3-1 and finished the group stage in second place. The decisive semi-final against Japan was won 1-0, however, so North Korea qualified for the World Cup for the first time. In the final they lost again to the Chinese team, this time with 0: 2. They also lost the final of the Asian Games in 1998 1-0 to the same opponent.

At the 1999 World Cup, North Korea, who qualified for the first time, faced the host USA's teams as well as Nigeria and Denmark . The first World Cup game against the Africans was lost 2-1, four days later they defeated Denmark 3-1 and still had chances to advance, which were not fulfilled after the 0-3 against the USA. With three points, North Korea retired as third party in the first participation.

The final round of the 2001 Asian Cup brought North Korea to its first women's football title. After they achieved their highest victory (24: 0) in a women's international match in the preliminary round against Singapore , the semi-finals saw their first victory over China in 12 years. The previous defending champion was defeated 3-1. The team won the final against Japan with goals from Ri Kum-suk in the 68th minute and Ri Un-gyong in the 75th minute with 2-0, making them Asian champions for the first time. A year later, the team also won the Asian Games by two points over China. The Asian title was defended in the 2003 final in a 2-1 win over China.

The group stage draw for the 2003 World Cup showed that North Korea would again face the teams of the USA and Nigeria. In addition, was Sweden opponents at the finals. The East Asians got off to a good start in the 3-0 win over Nigeria, but lost to Sweden just 0-1. The last group game against the USA was lost 3-0, as it had been four years earlier, so that North Korea had to return home after the preliminary round. In 2004 the qualification for the Olympic Summer Games in Athens was missed, in the decisive semifinals North Korea lost to the hosts of the qualification Japan 3-0.

The 2006 Asian Cup ended disappointingly for North Korea, with the team losing 1-0 to China in the semi-finals. After the subsequent attacks by North Korean players on the Italian referee Anna De Toni , the FIFA goalkeeper Han Hye-yong was suspended for one year, while the AFC suspended the defenders Sonu Kyong-sun and Song Jong-sun with a four-month suspension and a penalty of 3,000 each US $ . After all, the team still won the third place qualifying for direct World Cup qualification after a 3-2 win over Japan. At the Asian Games in 2006 , North Korea won gold again, the final against Japan was defeated 4-2 on penalties.

At the 2007 World Cup in China , the North Koreans faced the USA and Nigeria for the third time in a row and Sweden for the second time. At the beginning of the tournament, North Korea reached a surprising 2-2 against the USA. The Asians won the second group game 2-0 against Nigeria, so they qualified for the quarter-finals despite the subsequent defeat against Sweden. In the round of the last eight you had to admit defeat to defending champion and eventual world champion Germany with 0: 3 after a tough fight and a long balanced game .

At the qualifying tournament for the Olympic Games , North Korea was able to assert itself as group winner. The team finished qualifying with six wins, including home and away wins against Australia , and 51-0 goals. In its first Olympic participation, North Korea faced the German selection (0: 1) as well as Brazil (1: 2) and Nigeria (1: 0). For the East Asian women, the first participation ended in the preliminary round.

North Korea secured their third Asian Cup title in 2008 at the finals in Vietnam . There, the selection won all five games, including the 2-1 over China in the final. At the subsequent Asian Cup two years later, North Korea reached the final again, but there they had to admit defeat to the team from Australia on penalties. The finals secured North Korea the fourth World Cup participation in a row.

The 2011 World Cup in Germany was disappointing for North Korea , where they faced the USA for the fourth time and lost 2-0. After the game against Sweden was also lost 1-0, the end of the preliminary round was already clear before the last group game against World Cup newcomers Colombia . North Korea also failed to score against the South Americans, but at least a point was won through the 0-0, so that the group was finished in third. 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. After that, the North Koreans fled Germany. On July 16, it was reported that doping agents had been detected in three other players. In the FIFA world rankings , North Korea fell four places, leaving the top 10 for the first time. In the meantime u. a. achieved 8th place through the successful qualification for the Olympic Games in London and victory at the Four Nations Tournament 2012 .

On August 25, 2011, FIFA announced that North Korea had been banned from participating in the 2015 World Cup in Canada , four players were banned for 18 months and one for 14 months. North Korea's football association also had to repay the EUR 400,000 premium for successfully qualifying for the World Cup. They were also excluded from the 2014 Asian Cup .

North Korea was allowed to participate in the qualification for the Olympic Games in 2012 and was able to qualify. There the team met France for the first time in the group stage , as well as the USA and Colombia , against which North Korea already played at the 2011 World Cup. The first game on July 25, 2012 at the London Olympics was delayed by an hour and 15 minutes. The North Korean officials boycotted the game because the South Korean flag was hoisted instead of the North Korean flag and it was also displayed on the screen when the players were introduced. The North Koreans won the game 2-0, but lost the other two games, conceding the highest defeat in their international history against France with 5-0. As the worst third in the group, North Korea was eliminated after the preliminary round. As a result , North Korea fell from the top 10 to 11th place in the FIFA World Ranking .

Youth teams

The U-20 team celebrated the greatest success on an international level, at the 2006 World Cup in Russia they defeated the teams from Germany, France, Brazil and in the final China and won the world championship title. The U-17 selection was able to assert itself in the final against the USA at the 2008 World Cup in New Zealand and also win this World Cup. The U-20 team was runner-up in the same year . In 2016 North Korea won both the U-17 and the U-20 World Cup .

Motion picture

The documentary Hana, dul, sed portrays four former players of the North Korean women's national soccer team, who were suspended shortly after the 2003 World Cup because they missed the Olympic qualification.

Tournament balance sheet

Participation in the soccer world championship

year Result Trainer Most games Most goals
1991 not qualified
1995 not participated
1999 Preliminary round Tong Chan 10 players with 3 games Jo Song-ok (2)
2003 Preliminary round Ri Song-gun 10 players with 3 games Jin Pyol-hui (2)
2007 Quarter finals Kim Kwang-min 12 players with 4 games 5 players with 1 goal
2011 Preliminary round Kim Kwang-min 10 players with 3 games no
2015 not eligible to play - - -
2019 not qualified - - -
All Ri Kum-suk (9) Jin Pyol-hui (3)

Participation in the Olympic Games

  • 1996 : not qualified
  • 2000 : not qualified
  • 2004 : not qualified
  • 2008 : preliminary round
  • 2012 : preliminary round
  • 2016 : not qualified
  • 2020 : withdrawn

Participation in the Asian football championship

Asian Games

North Korea, together with China, are record winners at the Asian Games.

East Asian Championship

  • 2005: second
  • 2008: second
  • 2010: withdrawn
  • 2013: winner
  • 2015: winner
  • 2017: winner
  • 2019: withdrawn

Algarve and Cyprus Cup

North Korea took part in the Algarve Cup for the only time in 2014 and initially played in the group of the weaker teams. After three wins, North Korea met the USA in the game for 7th place, but they lost 3-0. In 2017, the team took part in the Cyprus Cup for the first time, where the team finished second in the group stage behind eventual tournament winner Switzerland and then won the game for third place against Ireland 2-0. In 2018, North Korea was invited to replace the previously invited team from Trinidad & Tobago and again achieved third place with a 2-1 win against the dethroned defending champions Switzerland. In 2019, the North Koreans won the final of the Cyprus Cup against Italy , outnumbered on penalties .

Games against German-speaking national teams

All results from a North Korean perspective.

Germany

date place Result occasion
September 22, 2007 Wuhan 0: 3 World Cup quarter-finals
August 12, 2008 Tianjin 0: 1 Olympic preliminary round
February 17, 2010 Duisburg 0: 3 Friendly match
May 21, 2011 Ingolstadt 0: 2 Friendly match

Austria

date place Result occasion
March 7, 2014 Lagos 2-0 Algarve Cup 2014

Switzerland

date place Result occasion
March 3, 2017 Larnaka 0: 1 Cyprus Cup 2017
March 7, 2018 Paralimni 2: 1 Cyprus Cup 2018 game for 3rd place

There have been no games against other German-speaking national teams.

See also

Web links

Commons : North Korea Women's National Soccer Team  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Women's world rankings. In: fifa.com. FIFA , August 14, 2020, accessed on August 14, 2020 (teams without a place and points are provisional because no more than five games have been played or the teams have been inactive for more than 18 months).
  2. ↑ Of which 5 games decided on penalties (2 wins, 3 losses)
  3. ↑ KCNA : 발전 하는 조선 녀자 축구 (November 30, 2006)
  4. ↑ AFC: DPR Korea women players banned ( Memento from July 10, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) (November 21, 2006)
  5. ↑ framba.de : Further doping cases at the women's football world championship ( Memento from January 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ↑ fr-online.de: Nothing like gone (accessed on July 9, 2011)
  7. ↑ FIFA.com: Non-standard analysis results found on three other Korean DPR players
  8. ↑ FIFA.com: Japan establish themselves in the top flight
  9. ↑ kicker.de: FIFA excludes North Korea from the Women's World Cup (accessed on August 26, 2011)
  10. ↑ tuiotrenews.vn: VN eyes Women's World Cup on 'golden chance'
  11. Jump up ↑ Olympic 2012 football game between North Korea and Colombia postponed
  12. ↑ fifa.com: USA expand their leadership thanks to Olympic gold
  13. ↑ framba.de: Hana, dul, sed (film review from June 8, 2011) ( Memento from January 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  14. ↑ FIFA.com: Decisions of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee
  15. ↑ Korea DPR vs. Italy 3 - 3