Monthly Archives: novembre 2014

Schedule for N. Korean Youth Football Team Canceled

The official schedule on Monday has been canceled for North Korea’s youth football team that arrived in South Korea on Sunday for an international tournament.

The organizer of the tournament, the Korean Council for Reconciliation and Cooperation, said the North Korean teenagers had been set to visit the JS Football Center and hold a news conference, but the events were canceled as it hasn’t been able to finalize negotiations with the North.

The football team will hold training sessions and practice matches before participating in the U-15 competition scheduled to begin on Friday and run through Sunday in Gyeonggi Province.

A total of six teams from four countries including China and Uzbekistan will be competing in the U-15 event. It is the first time in seven years that North Korea’s youth football team has visited South Korea.

Premier League Football Matches Come to End

Pyongyang, November 3 (KCNA) — Premier league football matches for the DPRK Championships finished in Pyongyang.
In the 40 day-long competition, the Hwaebul Team came first in the men’s event with seven wins, three draws and one defeat and the Pyongyang Team in the women’s event with nine wins and two defeats.
The April 25 Team and the Amnokgang Team took the second places respectively in the men’s and women’s events.
A total of 377 goals were witnessed in the league matches with 12 men’s and 12 women’s teams attended.

N. Korea’s football players arrive in S. Korea for U-15 games

SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Yonhap) — North Korean teenage football players arrived in South Korea Sunday for an inaugural U-15 football competition to be held in a border town amid tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

The North Korean delegation — 22 athletes and 10 officials — did not make any comments to South Korean reporters as they got on a bus at the Incheon International Airport.

Yonhap

Amichevole: Bahrein – RPDC 2-2

Seconda amichevole per la nazionale sperimentale in terra araba, al Bahrain National Stadium. Finisce 2-2, con Bahrain due volte in vantaggio (Sami Al Hussaini al 10′ e Ali Hussein Baba al 67′) e reti coreane su rigore di Pak Song-Chol al 58′ e in seguito ad un errore difensivo dei padroni di casa con Cho Won al 76′.
Fra quattro giorni, il 6 novembre, nuovamente in campo contro il Qatar.