North Korea at the FIFA World Cup

Korea DPR have appeared in the finals of the FIFA World Cup on two occasions in 1966 and 2010.

FIFA World Cup Record

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1930 to 1962	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1966	Quarter-finals	8	4	1	1	2	5	9
1970	Withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1974	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1978	Withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1982 to 1994	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998 to 2002	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2006	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2010	Round 1	32	3	0	0	3	1	12
2014	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	2/20		7	1	1	5	6	21

World Cup matches (By team)
Total : 1 Wins – 1 Ties – 5 Loses – 7 games played
Against	Wins	Draws	Losses	Total		Against	Wins	Draws	Losses	Total
Soviet Union	0	0	1	1		Ivory Coast	0	0	1	1
Chile	0	1	0	1		-	-	-	-	-
Italy	1	0	0	1		-	-	-	-	-
Portugal	0	0	2	2		-	-	-	-	-
Brazil	0	0	1	1		-	-	-	-	-

North Korea at the 1966 World Cup

Group 4

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
Soviet Union	3	3	0	0	6	1	6.00	6
North Korea	3	1	1	1	2	4	0.50	3
Italy	3	1	0	2	2	2	1.00	2
Chile	3	0	1	2	2	5	0.40	1

Soviet Union  v  North Korea

12 July 1966 19:30 BST

Soviet Union	3 – 0	North Korea
Malofeyev  31', 88' Banishevskiy  33'	Report

Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Juan Gardeazábal Garay (Spain)

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Chile  v  North Korea

15 July 1966 19:30 BST

Chile	1 – 1	North Korea
Marcos  26' (pen.)	Report	Pak Seung-Zin  88'

Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Ali Kandil (United Arab Republic)

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North Korea  v  Italy

19 July 1966 19:30 BST

North Korea	1 – 0	Italy
Pak Doo-Ik  42'	Report

Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Pierre Schwinte (France)

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Quarter-finals

Portugal  v  North Korea

23 July 1966 15:00 BST

Portugal	5 – 3	North Korea
Eusébio  27', 43' (pen.), 56', 59' (pen.) José Augusto  80'	Report	Pak Seung-Zin  1' Lee Dong-Woon  22' Yang Sung-Kook  25'

Goodison Park, Liverpool Attendance: 51,780 Referee: Menachem Ashkenazi (Israel)

North Korea at 2010 World Cup

Group G

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Brazil 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7  Portugal 3 1 2 0 7 0 +7 5  Ivory Coast 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4  North Korea 3 0 0 3 1 12 −11 0

Brazil  v  North Korea

15 June 2010 20:30

Brazil	2 – 1	North Korea
Maicon  55' Elano  72'	Report	Ji Yun-Nam  89'

Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg Attendance: 54,331 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)[1]

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Portugal  v  North Korea

21 June 2010 13:30

Portugal	7 – 0	North Korea
Meireles  29' Simão  53' Almeida  56' Tiago  60', 89' Liédson  81' Ronaldo  87'	Report

Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town Attendance: 63,644 Referee: Pablo Pozo (Chile)

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North Korea  v  Ivory Coast

25 June 2010 16:00

North Korea	0 – 3	Ivory Coast
	Report	Y. Touré  14' Romaric  20' Kalou  82'

Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit Attendance: 34,763 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

References

1. "Referee designations for matches 1–16" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 5 June 2010. Retrieved 5 June 2010.