North Korea’s under-20 women’s national soccer team reached the round of 16 with three wins in the group stage of the World Cup.
North Korea won 2-0 in the final third Group F match of the 2024 FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup against the Netherlands at Pascual Guerrero Stadium in Cala, Colombia on the 9th (Korea time).
North Korea, which advanced to the round of 16 early by defeating Argentina (6-2) and Costa Rica (9-0) in succession, won three consecutive games to rank first in Group F.
A total of 16 teams will participate in the tournament, with 24 teams divided into six groups of four teams, followed by four teams with the highest performance among the first, second and third-place teams in each group.
North Korea, which won the U20 Women’s World Cup twice in 2006 and 2016, will compete in the tournament for the third time in six years since 2018. The 2022 tournament was held after the 2020 tournament was canceled in the aftermath of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19), but North Korea was absent at the time. 토토사이트
North Korea will compete for the second place in Group E and the quarterfinals on the 13th, with one of Japan and Austria.
Although the Netherlands lost to North Korea, it had one win, one draw and one loss (score point 4, goal difference 0) to lead Argentina (score point 4, goal difference –3) in goal difference and advance to the round of 16 teams as the second-ranked team in the group. Argentina also acquired a ticket to the round of 16.