The North Korea women's national under-20 football team represents the

Democratic People's Republic of Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu (Amnok) and ...

in international

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competitions in the

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and the

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, as well as any other under-20 women's international football tournaments. It is governed by the

DPR Korea Football Association The Democratic People's Republic of Korea Football Association (PRKFA, ) is the governing body of football in North Korea. The association was founded in 1945 and it joined FIFA in June 1958 and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) in Septem ...

. They have won the

twice, in

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and

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. Upon the former triumph, they became the first Asian team to win a FIFA women's tournament and the first Asian football team to win any FIFA tournaments since

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's victory in the

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Competition History

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

AFC U-19 Women's Championship

:''*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.''

Current squad

:''U-20 Women's national team for 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup from November 13 to December 3.''

References

External links

North Korea
at the FIFA website

at the AFC website {{AFC women's under-20 teams Asian women's national under-20 association football teams