Men's National Team
The Korea DPR national football team are ranked 110th in the world. They consist of North Koreans and Chongryon-affiliated Koreans born in Japan. They have reached the FIFA World Cup finals twice; in 1966 and 2010. In 1966, the team managed to make up for a 3–0 loss to the Soviet Union in the first match of the group stages to qualify for the next round in second. In the quarter-finals, Korea DPR lost 5–3 to Portugal thanks to four goals from Eusébio, after being 3–0 up on 25 minutes. In 2010, the North Korea team failed to get past the group stages, finishing bottom of the group and losing all three matches.
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