North Korea at the AFC Asian Cup

North Korea has participated in four AFC Asian Cup and had finished at least fourth place, their best performance to date, during their maiden appearance in 1980. They shall make their fifth debut in 2019.

However, unlike their Southern neighbor, North Korea often struggles to have the best performance, 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 1980 appearance, would have to wait for 12 years for their next appearance, but they were not successful and the same appeared in 2011 and 2015 editions. North Korea had not won any matches for 39 years, a long drought to date.

Squads

Template:North Korea squad 1980 AFC Asian Cup Template:North Korea squad 1992 AFC Asian Cup

1980 Asian Cup

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Iran 4220124+86
 North Korea 430197+26
 Syria 421132+15
 China PR 411295+43
 Bangladesh 4004217−150
North Korea 3–2 Bangladesh
Choi Jae-pil  44', 45'
Kim Jong-man  90'		 Chunnu  60' (pen.)
Salahuddin  88'
North Korea 2–1 China PR
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
Referee: Enrique Mendoza (Mexico)
North Korea 2–1 Syria
Suleiman

Semi-finals

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

Third place play-off

Iran 3–0 North Korea
Fariba  49'
Faraki  66', 76'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Enrique Mendoza (Mexico)

1992 Asian Cup

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Japan 5312021+1
 United Arab Emirates 5312021+1
 Iran 4311121+1
 North Korea 1301225−3
North Korea 0–2 Iran
Report Pious  30'
Ghayeghran  80'
Attendance: 8,000
Japan 1–1 North Korea
Nakayama  80' Report Kim Gwang-Min  29' (pen.)
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Rasheed Al-Jassas (Kuwait)
United Arab Emirates 2–1 North Korea
K. Saad  81'
Bakhit  85'		 Report Kim Gwang-Min  69'
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Neji Jouini (Tunisia)

2011 Asian Cup

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Iran 330061+59
 Iraq 320132+16
 North Korea 301202−21
 United Arab Emirates 301204−41
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

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  China PR 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

[2]

10 January 2015
Uzbekistan 1–0 North KoreaStadium Australia, Sydney
14 January 2015
North Korea 1–4 Saudi ArabiaAAMI Park, Melbourne
18 January 2015
China PR 2–1 North KoreaCanberra Stadium, Canberra

2019 Asian Cup

Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Saudi Arabia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage
2  Qatar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Lebanon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible knockout stage based on ranking
4  North Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 8 January 2019. Source: AFC
Lebanon Match 36 North Korea
Report

Record

AFC Asian Cup Finals record AFC Asian Cup qualification
Hosts / year Result Position GP W D* L GS GA GP W D* L GS GA
Hong Kong 1956Did Not Enter ------
South Korea 1960 ------
Israel 1964 ------
Iran 1968 ------
Thailand 1972 ------
Iran 1976Withdrew after qualifying ------
Kuwait 1980Fourth Place4th63031012 ------
Singapore 1984Did Not Enter ------
Qatar 1988Did Not Qualify ------
Japan 1992Group Stage8th301225 ------
United Arab Emirates 1996Did Not Enter ------
Lebanon 2000Did Not Qualify ------
China 2004 ------
IndonesiaMalaysiaThailandVietnam 2007Banned ------
Qatar 2011Group Stage12th301202 ------
Australia 2015Group Stage13th300327 ------
United Arab Emirates 2019Qualified ------
Total5/174th1532101426 ------

References

  1. ↑ http://www.goal.com/en/news/3550/asian-cup/2011/01/18/2312148/asian-cup-2011-north-korea-striker-jong-tae-se-we-have-to
  2. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2015/jan/15/north-korea-asian-cup-blog
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