DPRK women footballers defeated the Japanese team in the final of the 2024FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup held inColombia and lifted the trophy.
After winning successive victories in the group league matches, they beat the Austrianteam in the last 16 and the Brazilian and American teams, the odds-onfavourites, in the quarter-finals and semifinals. Andthey competed with the Japanese team in the final match on September 22 (local time).
In the 15th minute, number 15 Choe Il Son successfully scored a goal withher strong left-footed shot after skilfully deceiving the Japanese players onthe right side of the attack area.
After all, the Korean team overpowered the Japanesewith high team spirit and great mental strength, beating them 1-0 in the finalmatch.
The DPRK women footballers recorded all wins in seven matches from thegroup league matches to the final, scoring 25 goals in total.
Choe Il Son, who made a tangible contribution to the team’s victory bymaking decisive goals in the semi-final with the US team and the final with theJapanese, scored six goals in total to become the top scorer of the 2024 FIFAU-20 Women's World Cup.
A trophy and gold medals were awarded to the DPRK players and the mostvaluable player and top scorer awards went to Choe Il Son at the awardsceremony.
The DPRK women's football team fully demonstrated its features as the strongestteam by winning victory again in the contest after the 2006 and 2016 events.
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