North Korea World Cup 2026 – North korea faced japan in a world cup 2026 qualifier match at tokyo's national stadium on march 21. The asian section of the 2026 fifa world cup qualification will act as qualifiers for the 2026 fifa world cup for national teams of the asian football confederation (afc). [1]the qualification process involves five rounds; Discover the 48 teams taking part in the fifa world cup 2026 canada, mexico, usa™, including host cities, game dates and qualifiers.
Prior to north korea's debut in 1966,. The road to the 2026 fifa world cup for the north korean team will go through three middle eastern countries and two former soviet republics, the asian football confederation decided in a drawing. The two sides which top their respective groups will join the previous six sides in securing their world cup 2026 berths. Philip fong/afp/getty images it's pretty hard to get information about dprk, so there are.
North Korea World Cup 2026
North Korea World Cup 2026
Tokyo (ap) — north korea reportedly canceled hosting japan in a world cup qualifier just hours after losing to japan in tokyo on thursday. North korea had four top goalscorers in 1966, and only one goalscorer in the 2010 world cup. North korea will not host a 2026 world cup qualifier in pyongyang next tuesday.
In august 2023, north korea announced interests in returning to sporting competitions, including football, and has signalled interests to return to the 2026 fifa world cup qualification, where north korea found themselves in group b of the second round against japan, syria and myanmar. The first two also serving as qualification for the 2027 afc asian cup.

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Japan joins the FIFA World Cup 2026 Asian Qualifiers Round 2, alongside Syria, Korea DPR, and Myanmar. The journey begins this Thursday. Let's Go SAMURAIBLUE!!! 👕
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