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The Democratic People's Republic of Korea women's national football team represents North Korea
North Korea
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea , , is a country in East Asia, occupying the northern half of the Korean Peninsula. Its capital and largest city is Pyongyang. The Korean Demilitarized Zone serves as the buffer zone between North Korea and South Korea...

 in international women's football
Women's football
Women's football can mean one of the following:* Women's Australian rules football* Women's American football* Women's association football* Women's rugby union* Women's rugby league* Ladies' Gaelic football...

. North Korea were the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship
FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship
The FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup is an international association football tournament, organized by FIFA , for national teams of women under age 20. The tournament is held in even-numbered years. It was first conducted in 2002 as the FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship with an upper age limit of 19...

 winners, and won the AFC Women's Asian Cup in 2001, 2003 and 2008.

World Cup record

World Cup Finals
Year Result GP W D* L GF GA GD
  1991 Did Not Qualify
  1995 Did Not Enter
  1999 Group Stage 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2
  2003 Group Stage 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1
  2007 Quarter Finals 4 1 1 2 5 7 −2
  2011 Group Stage 3 0 1 2 0 3 −3
  2015
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
The 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup will be the seventh FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international women's football world championship tournament...

Excluded
Total 4/7 13 3 2 8 12 20 −8
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks
Penalty shootout (football)
A penalty shoot-out, referred to as kicks from the penalty mark in the Laws of the Game, is the FIFA official term for a method used in association football to decide which team progresses to the next stage of a tournament following a tied game...

.

Disqualification for 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup

During the team's participation at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, on 7 July 2011, FIFA
FIFA
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association , commonly known by the acronym FIFA , is the international governing body of :association football, futsal and beach football. Its headquarters are located in Zurich, Switzerland, and its president is Sepp Blatter, who is in his fourth...

 announced that two of its players, Song Jong-Sun
Song Jong-Sun
Song Jong-Sun is a D.P.R Korean Female football player who plays for Amrokgang S.G. of her native country women's football league....

 and Jong Pok-Sim, were provisionally suspended prior to their team’s match against Colombia after failing doping tests during the tournament. On 16 July, FIFA announced that three additional players from North Korea tested positive following target testing of the whole team. On 25 August 2011, the North Korean team was fined 400,000 which is equal to the prize it received by finishing 13th in the 2011 tournament, and was excluded from participation at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
The 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup will be the seventh FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international women's football world championship tournament...

.

AFC Women's Asian Cup record

  • 1975
    1975 AFC Women's Championship
    The Asian Football Confederation's 1975 AFC Women's Championship was the first AFC Women's Championship. It was held from August 25 to September 3, 1975 in Hong Kong. Participating members were New Zealand, Thailand, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia...

     — Did not participate
  • 1977
    1977 AFC Women's Championship
    The Asian Football Confederation's 1977 AFC Women's Championship was the second AFC Women's Championship. It was held from August 2 to August 11, 1977 in Taipei, Republic of China...

     — Did not participate
  • 1979
    1979 AFC Women's Championship
    The Asian Football Confederation's 1979 AFC Women's Championship was the third AFC Women's Championship. It was held between January 15 and January 21 1979 in Calicut, India...

     — Did not participate
  • 1981
    1981 AFC Women's Championship
    The Asian Football Confederation's 1981 AFC Women's Championship was the fourth AFC Women's Championship. It was held from June 7 to June 17, 1981 in Hong Kong. The tournament was won by for the third consecutive time by Chinese Taipei in the final against Thailand.-Group A:-Group B:-Knockout...

     — Did not participate
  • 1983
    1983 AFC Women's Championship
    The Asian Football Confederation's 1983 AFC Women's Championship was the fifth AFC Women's Championship. It was held from April 1983 in Thailand. Participating members were Thailand, India, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines. The tournament was won by Thailand in the final against India.-...

     — Did not participate
  • 1986
    1986 AFC Women's Championship
    The Asian Football Confederation's 1986 AFC Women's Championship was held in December 1986 in Hong Kong. The tournament was won by for the first time by China in the final against Japan.-Group A:-Group B:-Knockout stage:-Semifinal:----...

     — Did not participate
  • 1989
    1989 AFC Women's Championship
    The Asian Football Confederation's 1989 AFC Women's Championship was held from December 19 to December 29, 1989 in Hong Kong. The tournament was won by for the second consecutive time by China in the final against Chinese Taipei.-Group A:-Group B:...

     — Round 1
  • 1991
    1991 AFC Women's Championship
    -Third place playoff:-Final:-External links:* at RSSSF.com...

     — 4th place
  • 1993
    1993 AFC Women's Championship
    The Asian Football Confederation's 1993 AFC Women's Championship was held from December 3 to December 12, 1993 in Kuching, Malaysia. The tournament was won for the fourth consecutive time by China in the final against North Korea.-Group A:-Group B:...

     — 2nd place
  • 1995
    1995 AFC Women's Championship
    The Asian Football Confederation's 1995 AFC Women's Championship was held from September 23 to October 2, 1995 in Malaysia. The tournament was won by for the fifth consecutive time by China in the final against Japan.-Group A:-Group B:-Group C:...

     — Did not participate
  • 1997
    1997 AFC Women's Championship
    -Final:-External links:* at RSSSF.com...

     — 2nd place
  • 1999
    1999 AFC Women's Championship
    The Asian Football Confederation's 1999 AFC Women's Championship was held from November 7 to November 21, 1999 in Philippines. The tournament was won for the seventh consecutive time by China in the final against Chinese Taipei.-Group A:-Group B:...

     — 3rd place
  • 2001
    2001 AFC Women's Championship
    -Third place playoff:-Final:-Awards:...

     — Winners
  • 2003
    2003 AFC Women's Championship
    -Third place playoff:-Final:-External links:**...

     — Winners
  • 2006 — 3rd place
  • 2008
    2008 AFC Women's Asian Cup
    -Group B:---------------------Knockout Map:-Semi final:-----Third place playoff:-Final:-See also:*AFC Women's Asian Cup*Asian Football Confederation*Women's football...

     — Winners
  • 2010
    2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup
    -Semi finals:-----Third place playoff:-Final:- Awards :-Goalscorers:3 goals Yoo Young-A Kozue Ando Homare Sawa Jo Yun-Mi2 goals Zhang Rui Mami Yamaguchi Samantha Kerr...

     — 2nd Place

Olympic record

  • 1996
    Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics
    The association football competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics was held in Birmingham, Alabama; Washington, D.C; Orlando, Florida; Miami, Florida; and Athens, Georgia....

     — Did not qualify
  • 2000
    Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics
    The football tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics was the 20th official Olympic football tournament. A women's tournament was held for the second time.-Medal winners:-Venues:*Olympic Stadium, Sydney*Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney*Bruce Stadium, Canberra...

     — Did not qualify
  • 2004
    Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics
    The football tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics started on 11 August, , and ended on 28 August.The men's tournament is played by U-23 national teams, with up to three over age players allowed per squad...

     — Did not qualify
  • 2008
    Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics
    Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held in Beijing and several other cities in the People's Republic of China from 6 August to 23 August. Associations affiliated with FIFA were invited to send their full women's national teams and men's U-23 teams to participate...

     — Group Stage (Stage 3rd Place)
  • 2012
    Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics
    Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics is scheduled to be held in London and several other cities in the United Kingdom, from 25 July to 11 August. The finals will be played at Wembley Stadium. Associations affiliated with FIFA are invited to send their full women's national teams and men's U-23...

     — Qualified

Asian Games record

  • 1990
    Football at the 1990 Asian Games
    Football at the 1990 Asian Games was held in Beijing, China from September 23 to October 6, 1990.-Medal winners:-Medal table:-Group A:-Group B:-Group C:-Group D:-Knockout stages:-Women:...

     — 3rd place
  • 1994
    Football at the 1994 Asian Games
    Football at the 1994 Asian Games was held in Hiroshima, Japan from October 1 to October 17, 1994.The women's tournament doubled the Asian qualification of 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup, where China PR and Japan qualified.-Medal winners:-Medal table:...

     — Did not enter
  • 1998
    Football at the 1998 Asian Games
    Football at the 1998 Asian Games was held in Bangkok, Thailand from November 30 to December 19, 1998.-Medal winners:-Medal table:-Group A:-Group B:-Group C:-Group D:-Group E: withdrew.-Group F:-Group G:...

     — 2nd Place
  • 2002
    Football at the 2002 Asian Games
    Football at the 2002 Asian Games was held in Busan, South Korea from September 27 to October 13, 2002.Age limit for the men teams is under-23, same as the age limit in football competitions in Olympic Games, while three overage players are allowed among each squad.-Medal table:-Medalists:-Group...

     — Winners
  • 2006
    Football at the 2006 Asian Games
    Football at the 2006 Asian Games was held in Doha, Qatar from November 18 to December 15, 2006. The opening match was played 14 days prior to the opening ceremony. In this tournament, some 30 teams played in the men's competition, and 8 teams participated in women's competition.Turkmenistan, and...

     — Winners
  • 2010
    Football at the 2010 Asian Games
    Football at the 2010 Asian Games was being held in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China from November 7 to 25, 2010. The opening match was played 5 days prior to the opening ceremony...

     — 2nd Place

Women's East Asian Cup record

  • 2005 : 2nd place
  • 2008
    Women's East Asian Cup 2008
    The Second EAFF Women's Football Championship was a football competition held from February 18 to February 24, 2008 in Chongqing, China. Japan won the second edition by beating its opponents to finish first, DPR Korea finished second....

     : 2nd place
  • 2010
    2010 EAFF Women's Football Championship
    The third edition of the EAFF Women's Football Championship was held in 2010, with a preliminary qualification tournament held in 2009.-Semi-Final competition:...

     : Withdrew

Current Squad

The squad for 2011 World Cup.

See also

  • Korea DPR national football team
    Korea DPR national football team
    The Democratic People's Republic of Korea national football team represents the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in international association football and is controlled by the DPR Korea Football Association, the governing body for football in North Korea.North Korea surprised with a...

  • North Korea-South Korea football encounters
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