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Hwaebul Cup
The Hwaebul Cup (홰불, ''Torch'') is an annual association football competition in men's Football in North Korea, domestic football in North Korea. It is organised by the DPR Korea Football Association, the governing body of football in North Korea. The competition is held for Youth Day, 28 August, one of North Korea's major holidays. Competition format Beginning in July or August, the competition proceeds in two stages. The first stage consists of the teams divided into two groups playing in a single round-robin basis, with the winner and second-place team of each group advancing to the knockout tournament, knockout stage consisting of two semi-final matches and a final, which is played on 28 August of each year. Venues All matches are played at one stadium in Pyongyang, which varies year to year. In 2013 the matches were held at the Kim Il-sung Stadium, in 2014 at Yanggakdo Stadium, in 2015 at Rungrado 1st of May Stadium, in 2016 at Sosan Stadium, Sŏsan Stadium, and in 2017 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DPR Korea Football Association
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea Football Association (PRKFA, ) is the governing body of football in North Korea. The association was founded in 1945 and it joined FIFA in June 1958 and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) in September 1974. Organization PRKFA is "notoriously hard to contact". The association used to have a single fax number, and nowadays hosts a single email address. FIFA executive Jérôme Champagne remembers: "You sent a fax. Sometimes you got a reply", while football journalist James Piotr Montague's emails for "the best part of a decade" were always left unanswered. Even FIFA does not know for certain what the league system overseen by the PRKFA is like and what teams play in it. League structure The DPR Korea Football League is structured as follows (from highest to lowest): # DPR Korea Premier Football League # DPR Korea League 2 # Amateur DPR Korea League 3 Senior management , FIFA's website and the AFC's website listed Mun Jae-chol () ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 Hwaebul Cup
The 2014 Hwaebul Cup was the second edition of the Hwaebul Cup (홰불, ''Torch'') celebrating North Korea's Youth Day. The competition was held from 10 to 28 August 2013, with all matches played at the Yanggakdo Stadium in P'yŏngyang. The competition was arranged in two phases, a group stage followed by a single-elimination play-off semi-finals, and a single-game final.http://www.naenara.com.kp/en/order/pytimes/?page=Sports&no=18754 Hwaeppul tipped to win namesake tournament] Group stage Thirteen teams took part in the group stage, with seven in Group A and six in Group B. Group A Group A was made up of Hwaebul Sports Club, Hwaebul, Kyŏnggong'ŏp, Kwanmobong, Wŏlmido, April 25, Amrokkang, and Ryong'aksan. The group stage opened with a match between Hwaebul and Kyŏnggong'ŏp on 10 August. Hwaebul, considered heavy favourites at the start of the tournament, won with a convincing 3–0 score, going on to win their next three matches against Kwanmobong (5–0), Wŏlmi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football Competitions In North Korea
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' generally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly called ''football'' include association football (known as ''soccer'' in Australia, Canada, South Africa, the United States, and sometimes in Ireland and New Zealand); Australian rules football; Gaelic football; gridiron football (specifically American football, arena football, or Canadian football); International rules football; rugby league football; and rugby union football. These various forms of football share, to varying degrees, common origins and are known as "football codes". There are a number of references to traditional, ancient, or prehistoric ball games played in many different parts of the world. Contemporary codes of football can be traced back to the codification of these games at English public schools during the 19th ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hwaebul Cup
The Hwaebul Cup (홰불, ''Torch'') is an annual association football competition in men's Football in North Korea, domestic football in North Korea. It is organised by the DPR Korea Football Association, the governing body of football in North Korea. The competition is held for Youth Day, 28 August, one of North Korea's major holidays. Competition format Beginning in July or August, the competition proceeds in two stages. The first stage consists of the teams divided into two groups playing in a single round-robin basis, with the winner and second-place team of each group advancing to the knockout tournament, knockout stage consisting of two semi-final matches and a final, which is played on 28 August of each year. Venues All matches are played at one stadium in Pyongyang, which varies year to year. In 2013 the matches were held at the Kim Il-sung Stadium, in 2014 at Yanggakdo Stadium, in 2015 at Rungrado 1st of May Stadium, in 2016 at Sosan Stadium, Sŏsan Stadium, and in 2017 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asian Football Confederation
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is the governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal in most countries and territories in Asia. The AFC was formed in 1954. It has 47 members. The Asian Ladies Football Confederation (ALFC) was the section of AFC that managed women's association football in Asia. The group was independently founded in April 1968 in a meeting involving Taiwan, British Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore. In 1986, ALFC merged with AFC. Executive Committee Members 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualification Playoffs In June 2025, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) confirmed that Qatar and Saudi Arabia will host the Asian qualifying playoffs for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The playoffs will feature six teams, comprising the third- and fourth-placed teams from the recent third round of Asian qualifiers. These teams will be divided into two groups of three, with the winners of each group advancing to the intercontinental playoff round. The deci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025–26 AFC Challenge League
The 2025–26 AFC Challenge League will be the 12th edition of the Asia's third-tier continental club football competition, organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the second under the AFC Challenge League title. Arkadag are the reigning champions, but will not be able to defend their title as the winner of the Challenge League automatically qualifies for the Champions League Two Group stage The winner will be given a direct slot for the 2026–27 AFC Champions League Two group stage, if they haven't already qualified through their domestic performance. Association team allocation The associations are allocated slots according to their club competitions ranking which was published after the 2023–24 competitions were completed. ;Notes Teams ;Notes Schedule The schedule of the competition is as follows. Preliminary stage The bracket of the preliminary stage was determined based on each team's association ranking an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Hwaebul Cup
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2019 Hwaebul Cup
The 2019 Hwaebul Cup was the seventh edition of the Hwaebul Cup (홰불, ''Torch'') football competition celebrating North Korea's Youth Day. Ryŏmyŏng were the defending champions. The winner, Ryŏmyŏng, qualified for the 2020 AFC Cup. Group stage The 12 teams were divided into two groups. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals. In Group A, Ryŏmyŏng finished first with five wins and one draw, and Amrokkang finished second with three wins, one draw and two defeats. In Group B, P'yŏngyang City finished first with four wins and one draw, and Hwaebul finished second with three wins, one draw and one defeat. Knockout stage Semi-finals Third place match Final See also * 2018–19 DPR Korea Premier Football League References {{2019 in Asian football (AFC) DPR Korea Football League seasons Hwaebul Cup Cup Singapore Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korean Central News Agency
The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) () is the state news agency of North Korea. The agency portrays the views of the North Korean government for both domestic and foreign consumption. It was established on December 5, 1946, and now features online coverage. Organization KCNA works under the Korean Central Broadcasting Committee, through which it is ultimately controlled by the Workers' Party of Korea's Propaganda and Agitation Department. In December 1996, KCNA began publishing its news articles on the Internet with its web server located in Japan. Since October 2010, stories have been published on a new site, controlled from Pyongyang, and output has been significantly increased to include world stories with no specific link to North Korea as well as news from countries that have strong DPRK ties. In addition to Korean, KCNA releases news translated into English, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, and Spanish. Access to its website, along with other North Korean news site ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryomyong Sports Club
Ryomyong Sports Club () is a professional football club based in P'yŏngyang, North Korea, they play in a red home kit. "Ryomyong" means light of the dawn in the Korean language. History Ryomyong reached the 2017 Hwaebul Cup final, ultimately losing to Sobaeksu. They then won their first DPR Korea Premier Football League title in 2020–21 and their second in 2023–24. Continental Achievements Domestic * DPR Korea Premier Football League: 3 **Champions (2): 2020–21, 2023–24 **Runners-up(1): 2017–18 *Hwaebul Cup: 1 **Runners-up (1): 2017 *Man'gyŏngdae Prize: 1 **Third place (1): 2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ... References Football clubs in North Korea Football clubs in Pyongyang Military association football clubs in North Korea< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Hwaebul Cup
The Hwaebul Cup (홰불, ''Torch'') is an annual association football competition in men's domestic football in North Korea. It is organised by the DPR Korea Football Association, the governing body of football in North Korea. The competition is held for Youth Day, 28 August, one of North Korea's major holidays. Competition format Beginning in July or August, the competition proceeds in two stages. The first stage consists of the teams divided into two groups playing in a single round-robin basis, with the winner and second-place team of each group advancing to the knockout stage consisting of two semi-final matches and a final, which is played on 28 August of each year. Venues All matches are played at one stadium in Pyongyang, which varies year to year. In 2013 the matches were held at the Kim Il-sung Stadium, in 2014 at Yanggakdo Stadium, in 2015 at Rungrado 1st of May Stadium, in 2016 at Sŏsan Stadium, and in 2017 once again at Rungrado Stadium. List of champions *2013: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sobaeksu Sports Club
Sobaeksu Sports Club (, ''Sobaeksu Ch'eyuktang'') is a North Korean multi-sports club based in Pyongyang, best known for its men's and women's football teams playing at Yanggakdo Stadium. Sobaeksu is the first tributary of the Amnok river. History Rivalries Sharing the Yanggakdo Stadium with them, Sobaeksu has a rivalry with Kigwancha. Players Notable players Sobaeksu player Kim Su-hyŏng was listed third on North Korea's list of top ten athletes of 2016, and forward Cho Kwang led all players in scoring in the 2017 edition of the Paektusan Prize football competition, with a total of seven goals. Sobaeksu has several players with experience in foreign leagues, notably goalkeeper Ri Kwang-il, who played for FK Radnički 1923 and FK Erdoglija Kragujevac in Serbia, and striker Ri Myong-jun, who played with Dinaburg FC and FC Daugava in Latvia, FC Vestsjælland in Denmark, and Singhtarua FC in Thailand. Ri Jun-il is one of several Sobaeksu players who play or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
