North Korea at the FIFA Women's World Cup

The North Korea women's national football team has represented North Korea (Korea DPR) at the FIFA Women's World Cup at four stagings of the tournament; they appeared in every edition from 1999 to 2011.

FIFA Women's World Cup record edit

 
The team at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup
FIFA Women's World Cup Finals record
Year Result GP W D* L GF GA GD
  1991 Did not qualify
  1995 Did not enter
  1999 Group stage 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2
  2003 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1
  2007 Quarter-finals 4 1 1 2 5 7 −2
  2011 Group stage 3 0 1 2 0 3 −3
  2015 Banned
  2019 Did not qualify
    2023 Withdrew
Total 4/9 13 3 2 8 12 20 −8
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
FIFA Women's World Cup history
Year Round Date Opponent Result Stadium
  1999 Group stage 20 June   Nigeria L 1–2 Rose Bowl, Pasadena
24 June   Denmark W 3–1 Civic Stadium, Portland
27 June   United States L 0–3 Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough
  2003 Group stage 20 September   Nigeria W 3–0 Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia
25 September   Sweden L 0–1
28 September   United States L 0–3 Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus
  2007 Group stage 11 September   United States D 2–2 Chengdu Sports Center, Chengdu
14 September   Nigeria W 2–0
18 September   Sweden L 1–2 Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium, Tianjin
Quarter-finals 22 September   Germany L 0–3 Wuhan Stadium, Wuhan
  2011 Group stage 28 June   United States L 0–2 Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion, Dresden
2 July   Sweden L 0–1 Impuls Arena, Augsburg
6 July   Colombia D 0–0 Ruhrstadion, Bochum

Record by opponent edit

FIFA Women's World Cup matches (by team)
Opponent Pld W D L GF GA
  Colombia 1 0 1 0 0 0
  Denmark 1 1 0 0 3 1
  Germany 1 0 0 1 0 3
  Nigeria 3 2 0 1 6 2
  Sweden 3 0 0 3 1 4
  United States 4 0 1 3 2 10

1999 FIFA Women's World Cup edit

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   United States (H) 3 3 0 0 13 1 +12 9 Advance to knockout stage
2   Nigeria 3 2 0 1 5 8 −3 6
3   North Korea 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3
4   Denmark 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
North Korea  1–2  Nigeria
Jo   74' Report
Attendance: 17,100
North Korea  3–1  Denmark
Report Johansen   74'
Attendance: 20,129
United States  3–0  North Korea
Report

2003 FIFA Women's World Cup edit

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   United States (H) 3 3 0 0 11 1 +10 9 Advance to knockout stage
2   Sweden 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6
3   North Korea 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3
4   Nigeria 3 0 0 3 0 11 −11 0
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Nigeria  0–3  North Korea
Report Jin Pyol-hui   13', 88'
Ri Un-gyong   73'
Sweden  1–0  North Korea
Svensson   7' Report
North Korea  0–3  United States
Report Wambach   17' (pen.)
Reddick   48', 66'
Attendance: 22,828
Referee: Sueli Tortura (Brazil)

2007 FIFA Women's World Cup edit

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   United States 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7 Advance to knockout stage
2   North Korea 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 4
3   Sweden 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4
4   Nigeria 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
United States  2–2  North Korea
Wambach   50'
O'Reilly   69'
Report Kil Son-Hui   58'
Kim Yong-Ae   60'
Attendance: 35,100
Referee: Nicole Petignat (Switzerland)
North Korea  2–0  Nigeria
Kim Kyong-Hwa   17'
Ri Kum-Suk   21'
Report
Attendance: 35,600
Referee: Tammy Ogston (Australia)
North Korea  1–2  Sweden
Ri Un Suk   22' Report Schelin   4', 54'
Attendance: 33,196
Referee: Christine Beck (Germany)

Quarterfinals edit

Germany  3–0  North Korea
Garefrekes   44'
Lingor   67'
Krahn   72'
Report
Attendance: 37,200

2011 FIFA Women's World Cup edit

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Sweden 3 3 0 0 4 1 +3 9 Advance to knockout stage
2   United States 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 6
3   North Korea 3 0 1 2 0 3 −3 1
4   Colombia 3 0 1 2 0 4 −4 1
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
United States  2–0  North Korea
Cheney   54'
Buehler   76'
Report
North Korea  0–1  Sweden
Report Dahlkvist   64'
Attendance: 23,768
North Korea  0–0  Colombia
Report

Goalscorers edit

Player Goals 1999 2003 2007 2011
Jin Pyol-hui 3 1 2
Jo Song-ok 2 2
Kim Kum-sil 1 1
Ri Un-gyong 1 1
Ri Kum-suk 1 1
Kim Kyong-hwa 1 1
Kil Son-hui 1 1
Ri Un-suk 1 1
Kim Yong-ae 1 1
Total 12 4 3 5 0

References edit

  1. ^ "Schiedsrichterinnen für die Spiele 1 bis 8 benannt". FIFA. 24 June 2011. Archived from the original on 1 July 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
  2. ^ "Schiedsrichterinnen für die Spiele 9 bis 16 benannt". FIFA. 28 June 2011. Archived from the original on 3 July 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
  3. ^ "Bibiana Steinhaus pfeift Äquatorial-Guinea gegen Brasilien". dfb.de. 4 July 2011. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2011.