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North Korean women win rare match in South to reach final - RFI
Suwon (South Korea) (AFP) – North Korea's first sports team to visit the South in eight years reached the Asian Women's Champions League final on Wednesday as Naegohyang Women's FC beat Suwon FC Women 2-1. Issued on: 20/05/2026 - 14:10Modified: 20/05/2026 - 14:46 2 min Reading time Naegohyang came from behind to defeat their rivals from the South amid torrential rain in Suwon, in a hard-fought semi-final played in a fair spirit without any major flashpoints.Suwon captain Ji So-yun missed a penalty with just over 10 minutes to play.The North Koreans hugged each other and wept at the full-time whistle as the Suwon players slumped to the turf."We believed in our team's ability," said Naegohyang's Choe Kum Ok, who scored her team's equaliser in the second half."If all of us stay united, neither the semi-final or final will be a problem for us."The North Koreans will stay in the South for Saturday's final, where they will take on Japan's Tokyo Verdy Beleza at the same stadium."Every player's role is important, but things didn't go well for us in the first half," said Choe."Once we got into the second half, we found our rhythm and I think the game flowed much better for us."Interest in the rare North-South semi-final was intense, and 7,087 general admission tickets sold out within hours of going on sale last week.A woman in her 70s who gave her surname as Lee told AFP before kick-off that she lived nearby and attended the match "hoping to catch a glimpse of the North Korean players"."I'll cheer for both teams, although I'm rooting slightly more for the North since they travelled such a long way to get here," she said.Bad weather meant half the seats in the roofless Suwon Sports Complex Stadium were empty.A large group of spectators from civic groups backed by Seoul's unification ministry were in the stadium to support both teams, although they were mostly silent.Fast and fairSuwon fans banged drums and chanted for their team."Regardless of whether the opposing team is from North Korea or any other country, we really hope we win, make it to the final, and show just how strong our women's football team is," said 29-year-old Suwon fan Kweon Yun-young.There were no official away supporters because North Koreans are generally not allowed into the South, and the two countries have technically remained at war since 1950.The two teams had met in the group stage earlier in the competition, with Naegohyang winning 3-0.Former Chelsea midfielder Ji said Suwon were expecti...
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Naegohyang Women, from North Korea capital Pyongyang, have recorded a historic victory in South Korea to reach the AFC Champions League final.A 2-1 victory at Suwon, based 40 kilometers south of South Korean capital Seoul, saw Naegohyang progress to Saturday’s final against Tokyo Verdy Beleza.Second-half goals from Choe Kum-ok and Kim Kyong-yong won the game for the visiting side, following Haruhi Suzuki’s 49th-minute opener for Suwon.“If we stick together as one, then we shouldn’t have any problem in the final,” Naegohyang’s first goal scorer Choe said, as cited by South Korea’s Yonhap news agency. “We didn’t execute our game plans in the first half but we bounced back in the second half and things went our way.”Naegohyang players celebrated the victory that takes them through to Saturday’s final (Jung Yeon-je / AFP via Getty Images)Ahead of the game Naegohyang coach Ri Yu-il said his side were “focused only on winning” as they become the first sports team from the nation to play in South Korea since 2018.No North Korean sports delegation had competed on southern soil since December 2018, when a unified Korean table tennis team competed at a tournament in Incheon.South Korea had not hosted a North Korean women’s soccer team since the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon.“We came here strictly to play the match,” Ri said ahead of the game, in quotes carried by Yonhap. “We are focused solely on tomorrow’s match and the matches ahead.”The AFC Women’s Champions League is the top-tier women’s football club competition in Asia and is in its second season having replaced the AFC Women’s Club Championship in 2024.Naegohyang’s squad were welcomed at Seoul airport ahead of the game (Jung Yeon-je / AFP via Getty Images)What had the players said?Naegohyang defeated Suwon 3-0 in a November group stage meeting staged in Yangon, Myanmar. The North Korean side’s captain Kim Kyong Yong said the team would “give everything” in a bid to “repay the trust and expectations of our families”. Suwon head coach Park Kil-young said his players seemed “too intimidated” by their opponents in that match, and said, as per Yonhap: “I tore into my players in the locker room at half time.”Suwon captain Ji So-yun, 35, who has scored 75 goals for South Korea’s national team across a 20-year career, said her team would not “back down” during the game: “If they kick us, then we will kick right back in response.”Suwon coach Park Kil-young alongside Ji So-yun ahead of Wednesday’s match (JUNG YEON-J...
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•FollowMore optionsNaegohyang Women's FC defeated Suwon FC Women 2-1 in the Asian Champions League semifinals Wednesday, taking the win in the first-ever face-off between women's soccer teams from the two Koreas on South Korean soil.North Korean club Naegohyang's captain Kim Kyong-yong scored the winning goal 22 minutes into the second half of the match held at Suwon Stadium in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province. Kim's goal broke the tie after both teams scored a goal apiece in the second half.South Korea's Suwon took an early lead when Suzuki Haruhi scored the first goal of the match three minutes into the second half. But Naegohyang's Choe Kum-ok scored the equalizer just minutes later to tie the game.Click link in bio to read full story by Yoon Min-sik#Korea #news #NK #sports #soccer #SuwonFC #NaegohyangFCGood for them 👏👏ReplyCrazy game! So much passion from both teams!1 likeReply👏👏👏1 likeReply👏👏no matter where they’re from, if they won it fair and square then kudos3 likesReplyLike510Comment4Save
