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.
Main article: 1980 AFC Asian Cup
Group A
More information Team, Pld ...
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
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More information 3–2, Bangladesh ...
North Korea | 3–2 | Bangladesh |
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Choi Jae-pil 44', 45' Kim Jong-man 90' |
Salahuddin 60' (pen.) Chunnu 88' |
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More information Iran, 3–2 ...
Iran | 3–2 | North Korea |
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Alidousti 27' Danaeifard 57' Fariba 60' |
Hwang Sang-hoi 68' Pak Jong-hun 90' |
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Semi-finals
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South Korea | 2–1 | North Korea |
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Chung Hae-won 80', 89' | Pak Jong-hun 19' (pen.) |
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Third place play-off
Main article: 1992 AFC Asian Cup
Group A
More information Team, Pts ...
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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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 |
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More information Japan, 1–1 ...
Japan | 1–1 | North Korea |
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Nakayama 80' | Report | Kim Kwang-min 29' (pen.) |
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More information United Arab Emirates, 2–1 ...
United Arab Emirates | 2–1 | North Korea |
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K. Saad 81' Bakhit 85' |
Report | Kim Kwang-min 69' |
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Main article: 2011 AFC Asian Cup
Group D
Main article: 2011 AFC Asian Cup Group D
More information Team, Pld ...
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
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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 |
Main article: 2015 AFC Asian Cup
Group B
Main article: 2015 AFC Asian Cup Group B
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
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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 |
Main article: 2019 AFC Asian Cup
Group E
Main article: 2019 AFC Asian Cup Group E
More information Pos, Pld ...
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
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Source: AFC
More information Saudi Arabia, 4–0 ...
Saudi Arabia | 4–0 | North Korea |
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Report |
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More information 0–6, Qatar ...
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More information Lebanon, 4–1 ...
Lebanon | 4–1 | North Korea |
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Report |
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More information AFC Asian Cup finals record, AFC Asian Cup qualification record ...
AFC Asian Cup finals record | AFC Asian Cup qualification record | |||||||||||||||
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Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | ||
1956 | Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||
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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 |
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- "Latest update on Asian Qualifiers". Asian Football Confederation. 16 May 2021.