April 25 Sports Team Wins National First-rate Soccer Tournament

Pyongyang, May 4 (KCNA) — The first-rate soccer tournament took place in Pyongyang as part of the National Sports Festival for Mangyongdae Prize celebrating the centenary of the birth of PresidentKim Il Sung.

Competing in the tournament on a round-robin basis were 12 men’s teams and 10 women’s teams.

The April 25 Sports Team placed first in men’s and women’s football events, each with seven wins and four draws in 11 matches and seven wins and two draws in nine matches.

The Pyongyang City Sports Team came second in the men’s soccer event and the Amnokgang Sports Team in the women’s soccer event while the third place in men’s and women’s soccer events was taken by the Amnokgang Sports Team and the Sobaeksu Sports Team.

The top scorer prize went to Kang Jin Hyok of the Myohyangsan men’s team for eight goals and Ra Un Sim of the Amnokgang women’s team for nine goals.