Ri Hyang-ok (; born 18 December 1977) is a North Korean

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

referee A referee is an official, in a variety of sports and competition, responsible for enforcing the rules of the sport, including sportsmanship decisions such as ejection. The official tasked with this job may be known by a variety of other titl ...

and former footballer. She played as a

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and was a member of the

North Korea women's national football team The Democratic People's Republic of Korea women's national football team ( Munhwaŏ Korean: 조선민주주의인민공화국 녀자 국가종합팀, recognized as Korea DPR by FIFA) represents North Korea in international women's football. Nort ...

. She was part of the team at the

1999 FIFA Women's World Cup The 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup was the third edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the world championship for women's national soccer teams. It was hosted as well as won by the United States and took place from June 19 to July 10, 1999, at ...

and

2003 FIFA Women's World Cup The 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup was the fourth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial championship of women's national soccer teams organized by FIFA. It was held in the United States from September 20 to October 12, 2003, at s ...

. Since 2005 she has been a

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referee, and was chosen to officiate at the

2019 FIFA Women's World Cup The 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup was the eighth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international Women's association football championship contested by 24 women's national teams representing member associations of FIFA. It ...

in France.

International goals

References

1977 births Living people North Korean women's footballers North Korea women's international footballers Place of birth missing (living people) 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup players 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup players Women's association football midfielders Footballers at the 1998 Asian Games Footballers at the 2002 Asian Games North Korean football referees Women association football referees FIFA Women's World Cup referees Asian Games gold medalists for North Korea Asian Games silver medalists for North Korea Asian Games medalists in football Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games {{NorthKorea-women-footy-bio-stub