Women's football in North Korea is growing in popularity. The

North Korea women's national under-20 football team The North Korea women's national under-20 football team represents the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in international association football competitions in the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, the AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup, and other under-20 ...

is among the most successful at youth level winning 3

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup The FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup is an international association football tournament, organized by FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association), for national teams of women under the age of 20. The tournament is held biennially. ...

's.

Club football

DPR Korea Women's Premier League The DPR Korea Women's Premier League (Chosŏn'gŭl: 조선민주주의인민공화국 녀자 1부류축구련맹전; Hanja: 朝鮮民主主義人民共和國女子一部流蹴球聯盟戰) is the top flight of women's association football in No ...

is the highest tier of women's football in North Korea.

International team

Since the 21st century, North Korea has seen an upsurge of success with the national team qualifying for the

World Cup A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the name is ...

twice.

References

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