North Korean Football Wins World Cup Twice in 2 Months

On the morning of November 4 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, the North Korean team won the 2024 U17 Women's World Cup. The Asian team defeated Spain - the world's leading power in women's football - in a penalty shootout with a score of 4-3 (after a 1-1 draw in regulation time and extra time).

This is the third time that North Korea has won the U17 Women's World Cup. The previous two were in 2008 (in New Zealand) and 2016 (in Jordan). North Korea is the most successful team in the history of the tournament (3 times champion, 1 time runner-up, 1 time fourth place).

North Korea won the U17 Women's World Cup.

North Korea entered the U17 Women's World Cup as Asian champions. They won the continental tournament with an impressive record: winning all 5 matches, scoring 24 goals and conceding none.

At the 2024 U17 Women's World Cup, North Korea won all of their group matches (11 goals, 1 loss). They defeated Mexico, Kenya and England to top the group. The Asian representative continued to defeat Poland and the United States in the quarterfinals and semi-finals, both by a score of 1-0.

Thus, in 2024, the North Korean women's football team won the Asian Championship twice in a row and the World Championship twice at youth levels. In September 2024, the North Korean football team won the U20 Women's World Cup. They played 7 matches with a perfect record, including 2 clean sheets. Previously, in March 2024, with the same squad, the North Korean team won the U19 Women's Asian Championship.

The achievements of the North Korean teams have surprised international media and fans. North Korean football representatives were absent from the international arena for 5 years and only returned at the end of 2023.

North Korea's men's football team has also done well. The team has qualified for the third round of the 2026 World Cup, with 2 points from the first 4 matches. North Korea's U17 team topped their group, winning all 10 matches in the 2025 AFC U17 Championship qualifiers. Their U20 team also went undefeated, topping their group and conceding no goals in the AFC U20 Championship qualifiers.

Xiao Ming

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