North Korea national under-17 football team

North Korea Under-17

Association	DPR Korea Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
FIFA code	PRK
First colours Second colours
Asian Championship
Appearances	9
Best result	Winners: 2010, 2014

The North Korea national under-17 football team, represents North Korea in association football at an under-17 age level and is controlled by the DPR Korea Football Association, the governing body for football in North Korea.

Competition history

2010 AFC Under-16 Football Championship

In 2010 North Korea won the AFC U-16 Championship for the first time in their history. The team's first match was a 1–1 draw to Syria on 24 October 2010 with Ri Kwang-Il scoring the goal for North Korea.^[1] North Korea then finished the group stage with a 2–0 victory over Iran and a 2–1 victory over Oman to top the group. North Korea then won the quarter-final match against Jordan on 1 November 2010 4–0.^[2] North Korea then secured their spot in the final on 4 November 2010 by defeating Japan 2–1.^[3] North Korea then defeated hosts Uzbekistan in the final on 7 November 2010 to secure their first-ever championship.^[4]

References

Football in North Korea
DPR Korea Football Association
National teams	Men's Men's U-23 Men's U-20 Men's U-17 Women's Women's U-20 Women's U-17
League system	DPR Korea League DPR K-League 2 Amateur DPR K-League 3 DPR K-Development League 4 Korea DPR Women's League
Cups	Republican Championship
Venues, (cap) List of clubs Champions History Youth Soccer

National sports teams of North Korea
Association football M U-23 U-20 U-17 / W U-20 U-17 Baseball M W Basketball M U-19 U-17 / W U-19 U-17 Handball M W Ice hockey M U-20 / W Volleyball M W