North Korea at the AFC Asian Cup

North Korea has participated in five AFC Asian Cup and finished in fourth place, their best performance to date, during their maiden appearance in 1980.

However, unlike their Southern neighbor, North Korea often struggles to have the best performances, due to poor quality of the national team and their squad, as well as outside sanctions on the nation for its repressive nature. North Korea, after their 1980 appearance, would have to wait for 12 years for their next qualification, and they made further tournament appearances in the 2011, 2015 and 2019 editions. North Korea has not won an Asian Cup match since 1980, a drought of nearly 40 years.

Squads

1980 Asian Cup

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Iran 4220124+86
 North Korea 430197+26
 Syria 421132+15
 China PR 411295+43
 Bangladesh 4004217−150
North Korea 3–2 Bangladesh
Choi Jae-pil  44', 45'
Kim Jong-man  90'
Chunnu  60' (pen.)
Salahuddin  88'

North Korea 2–1 China PR
Kim Bok-man  20' Li Fubao  7'

Iran 3–2 North Korea
Alidousti  27'
Danaeifard  57'
Fariba  60'
Hwang Sang-hoi  68'
Pak Jong-hun  90'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Enrique Mendoza (Mexico)

North Korea 2–1 Syria
Suleiman

Semi-finals

South Korea 2–1 North Korea
Chung Hae-won  80', 89' Pak Jong-hun  19' (pen.)

Third place play-off

Iran 3–0 North Korea
Fariba  49'
Faraki  66', 76'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Enrique Mendoza (Mexico)

1992 Asian Cup

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Japan 5312021+1
 United Arab Emirates 5312021+1
 Iran 4311121+1
 North Korea 1301225−3
North Korea 0–2 Iran
Report Pious  30'
Ghayeghran  80'

Japan 1–1 North Korea
Nakayama  80' Report Kim Kwang-min  29' (pen.)
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Rasheed Al-Jassas (Kuwait)

United Arab Emirates 2–1 North Korea
K. Saad  81'
Bakhit  85'
Report Kim Kwang-min  69'
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Neji Jouini (Tunisia)

2011 Asian Cup

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Iran 330061+59
 Iraq 320132+16
 North Korea 301202−21
 United Arab Emirates 301204−41
11 January 2011
North Korea 0–0 United Arab Emirates
15 January 2011
Iran 1–0 North Korea
19 January 2011
Iraq 1–0[1] North Korea

2015 Asian Cup

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  China PR 3 3 0 0 5 2 +3 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Uzbekistan 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6
3  Saudi Arabia 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3
4  North Korea 3 0 0 3 2 7 5 0
Source: Asian Cup Australia 2015
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
10 January 2015
Uzbekistan 1–0 North KoreaStadium Australia, Sydney
14 January 2015
North Korea 1–4 Saudi ArabiaAAMI Park, Melbourne
18 January 2015
China PR 2–1 North KoreaCanberra Stadium, Canberra

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2019 Asian Cup

Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Qatar 3 3 0 0 10 0 +10 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Saudi Arabia 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 6
3  Lebanon 3 1 0 2 4 5 1 3
4  North Korea 3 0 0 3 1 14 13 0
Source: AFC
Saudi Arabia 4–0 North Korea
Report
Attendance: 5,075

North Korea 0–6 Qatar
Report

Lebanon 4–1 North Korea
Report
Attendance: 4,332

Record

AFC Asian Cup Finals record AFC Asian Cup qualification
Hosts / year Result Position GP W D* L GS GA GP W D* L GS GA
1956Did Not Enter ------
1960 ------
1964 ------
1968 ------
1972 ------
1976Withdrew after qualifying 531174
1980Fourth Place4th63031012 211042
1984Did Not Enter ------
1988Did Not Qualify 421132
1992Group Stage8th301225 321080
1996Did Not Enter ------
2000Did Not Qualify 3210117
2004 8125315
2007Banned ------
2011Group Stage12th301202 Automatic qualification to win 2010 AFC Challenge Cup
2015Group Stage13th300327 Automatic qualification to win 2012 AFC Challenge Cup
2019Group Stage24th3003114 148332718
2023To be determined 000000
TotalFourth place5/171832131540 391910106348

References

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