DPRK men’s football team enters knockout stage
September 27, 2023The DPRK men’s football team belonging to group 6 of the male football group league match at the 19th Asian Games reached the knockout stage.
The DPRK team beat the Chinese Taipei team 2-0 in the first match and also won the second match with the Kyrgyz team 1-0 by fully displaying its might.
In the match with the Indonesian team on September 24, too, the DPRK team beat its opponent 1-0.
Like this, the DPRK team took the first place in the group to be qualified for the next stage by winning consecutive victories without losing even a single goal in the league round-robins.
Meanwhile, Korean judoist Chae Kwang Jin got a bronze medal by taking the third place in the 60kg category of the men’s judo event.
KCNA