DPR Korea Championship (Democratic People's Republic of Korea Championship,
Chosŏn'gŭl
The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul, . Hangul may also be written as following South Korea's Revised Romanization of Korean, standard Romanization. ( ) in South Korea and Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea, is the modern official writing system f ...
: 공화국선수권대회;
Hanja
Hanja (Hangul: ; Hanja: , ), alternatively known as Hancha, are Chinese characters () used in the writing of Korean. Hanja was used as early as the Gojoseon period, the first ever Korean kingdom.
(, ) refers to Sino-Korean vocabulary, wh ...
: 共和國選手權大會) is a
multi-sport event
A multi-sport event is an organized sporting event, often held over multiple days, featuring competition in many different sports among organized teams of athletes from (mostly) nation-states. The first major, modern, multi-sport event of interna ...
in
North 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 Korea, Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu River, Y ...
. This sports games is commonly known as the Republic Championship.
History
The championship was launched in October, 1972. This championship was held from September through October.
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Initially held every autumn, after 2007 it was held only every other year.
Events
Athletics
Basketball
Football
Swimming
{{Main article, Swimming at the DPR Korea Championships
References
Multi-sport events in North Korea