Saying DPRK women’s football teams were formidable at international games, the AFC recently commented as follows:
The DPRK men’s soccer team was the first Asian team that made a name for itself in World Cup. Pak Tu Ik and other Korean heroes astonished the world in 1966, and Korean women dominated the football world in the 2000s and 2010s.
This was illustrated by the fact that Korean female teams won World Cup and Asian championships four times respectively in two age groups.
It was sensational that the Korean team overpowered the Chinese opponent 5-0 in the 2006 U20 Women’s World Cup final and it was phenomenal that the Koreans beat the Americans in the 2008 U17 Women’s World Cup.
Especially, the DPRK women were at their best between 2015 and 2017.
They won the AFC U16 Women’s Championship in 2015 and lifted trophies both at the FIFA U17 and U20 women’s World Cup tournaments in 2016. No country has achieved such stunning success in a year yet.
And the newly formed Korean team won the 2017 AFC U16 Women’s Championship.
Noting that players of those days form the backbone of the DPRK team at present, AFC added that the 2022 AFC Women’s Asian Cup and the Women’s World Cup in 2023 will be a good chance for them to demonstrate their power.
Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un pays congratulatory visit to Kim Il Sung Military University
Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People’s
April 26, 2024
Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People’s
