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North Korea at the AFC Asian Cup

North Korea has participated in five AFC Asian Cup and finished in fourth place, their best performance to date, during their maiden appearance in 1980.

However, unlike their Southern neighbor, North Korea often struggles to have the best performances, due to poor quality of the national team and their squad, as well as outside sanctions on the nation for its repressive nature. North Korea, after their 1980 appearance, would have to wait for 12 years for their next qualification, and they made further tournament appearances in the 2011, 2015 and 2019 editions. North Korea has not won an Asian Cup match since 1980, a drought of nearly 40 years.

Squads edit

1980 Asian Cup edit

Main article: 1980 AFC Asian Cup

Group A edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Iran 4 2 2 0 12 4 +8 6
  North Korea 4 3 0 1 9 7 +2 6
  Syria 4 2 1 1 3 2 +1 5
  China 4 1 1 2 9 5 +4 3
  Bangladesh 4 0 0 4 2 17 −15 0
North Korea  3–2  Bangladesh
Choi Jae-pil   44', 45'
Kim Jong-man   90'		 Salahuddin   60' (pen.)
Chunnu   88'
North Korea  2–1  China
Kim Bok-man   20'   Li Fubao   7'
Iran  3–2  North Korea
Alidousti   27'
Danaeifard   57'
Fariba   60'		 Hwang Sang-hoi   68'
Pak Jong-hun   90'
Attendance: 4,000
North Korea  2–1  Syria
Suleiman  

Semi-finals edit

South Korea  2–1  North Korea
Chung Hae-won   80', 89' Pak Jong-hun   19' (pen.)
Attendance: 20,000

Third place play-off edit

Iran  3–0  North Korea
Fariba   49'
Faraki   66', 76'
Attendance: 10,000

1992 Asian Cup edit

Main article: 1992 AFC Asian Cup

Group A edit

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
  Japan 5 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1
  United Arab Emirates 5 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1
  Iran 4 3 1 1 1 2 1 +1
  North Korea 1 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3
North Korea  0–2  Iran
Report Pious   30'
Ghayeghran   80'
Attendance: 8,000
Japan  1–1  North Korea
Nakayama   80' Report Kim Kwang-min   29' (pen.)
Attendance: 32,000
United Arab Emirates  2–1  North Korea
K. Saad   81'
Bakhit   85'		 Report Kim Kwang-min   69'
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Neji Jouini (Tunisia)

2011 Asian Cup edit

Main article: 2011 AFC Asian Cup

Group D edit

Main article: 2011 AFC Asian Cup Group D
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Iran 3 3 0 0 6 1 +5 9
  Iraq 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 6
  North Korea 3 0 1 2 0 2 −2 1
  United Arab Emirates 3 0 1 2 0 4 −4 1
11 January 2011
North Korea   0–0   United Arab Emirates
15 January 2011
Iran   1–0   North Korea
19 January 2011
Iraq   1–0[1]   North Korea

2015 Asian Cup edit

Main article: 2015 AFC Asian Cup

Group B edit

Main article: 2015 AFC Asian Cup Group B
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   China 3 3 0 0 5 2 +3 9 Advance to knockout stage
2   Uzbekistan 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6
3   Saudi Arabia 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3
4   North Korea 3 0 0 3 2 7 −5 0
Source: Asian Cup Australia 2015
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
10 January 2015
Uzbekistan   1–0   North Korea Stadium Australia, Sydney
14 January 2015
North Korea   1–4   Saudi Arabia AAMI Park, Melbourne
18 January 2015
China   2–1   North Korea Canberra Stadium, Canberra

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2019 Asian Cup edit

Main article: 2019 AFC Asian Cup

Group E edit

Main article: 2019 AFC Asian Cup Group E
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Qatar 3 3 0 0 10 0 +10 9 Advance to knockout stage
2   Saudi Arabia 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 6
3   Lebanon 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
4   North Korea 3 0 0 3 1 14 −13 0
Source: AFC
Saudi Arabia  4–0  North Korea
 Report
Attendance: 5,075
North Korea  0–6  Qatar
Report
Attendance: 452
Lebanon  4–1  North Korea
 Report
Attendance: 4,332

Record edit

AFC Asian Cup finals record AFC Asian Cup qualification record
Year Result Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D* L GF GA
  1956 Did not enter Did not enter
  1960
  1964
  1968
  1972
  1976 Withdrew after qualifying 5 3 1 1 7 4
  1980 Fourth place 4th 6 3 0 3 10 12 2 1 1 0 4 2
  1984 Did not enter Did not enter
  1988 Did not qualify 4 2 1 1 3 2
  1992 Group stage 8th 3 0 1 2 2 5 3 2 1 0 8 0
  1996 Did not enter Did not enter
  2000 Did not qualify 3 2 1 0 11 7
  2004 8 1 2 5 3 15
     2007 Banned Banned
  2011 Group stage 12th 3 0 1 2 0 2 Qualified as 2010 AFC Challenge Cup winners
  2015 Group stage 14th 3 0 0 3 2 7 Qualified as 2012 AFC Challenge Cup winners
  2019 Group stage 24th 3 0 0 3 1 14 14 8 3 3 27 18
  2023 Withdrew[3] Withdrew
Total Fourth place 5/18 18 3 2 13 15 40 39 19 10 10 63 48

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Asian Cup 2011: North Korea Striker Jong Tae-Se: We Have To Score Against Iraq | Goal.com".
  2. ^ "North Korea bow out amid hope that bridges can be built | Joe Gorman". TheGuardian.com. 15 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Latest update on Asian Qualifiers". Asian Football Confederation. 16 May 2021.
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