North Korea at the FIFA Women's World Cup
# North Korea at the FIFA Women's World Cup

The North Korea women's national football team has represented North Korea (Korea DPR) at the FIFA Women's World Cup at four stagings of the tournament; they appeared in every edition from 1999 to 2011.

## FIFA Women's World Cup record

FIFA Women's World Cup Finals record :

| Year | Result | GP | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1991 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1995 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1999 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 |
| 2003 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 |
| 2007 | Quarter-finals | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 |
| 2011 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 |
| 2015 | Banned | Banned | Banned | Banned | Banned | Banned | Banned | Banned |
| 2019 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2023 | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew |
| Total | 4/9 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 20 | −8 |

    *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

FIFA Women's World Cup history :

| Year | Round | Date | Opponent | Result | Stadium |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1999 | Group stage | 20 June | Nigeria | L 1–2 | Rose Bowl, Pasadena |
| 1999 | Group stage | 24 June | Denmark | W 3–1 | Civic Stadium, Portland |
| 1999 | Group stage | 27 June | United States | L 0–3 | Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough |
| 2003 | Group stage | 20 September | Nigeria | W 3–0 | Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia |
| 2003 | Group stage | 25 September | Sweden | L 0–1 | Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia |
| 2003 | Group stage | 28 September | United States | L 0–3 | Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus |
| 2007 | Group stage | 11 September | United States | D 2–2 | Chengdu Sports Center, Chengdu |
| 2007 | Group stage | 14 September | Nigeria | W 2–0 | Chengdu Sports Center, Chengdu |
| 2007 | Group stage | 18 September | Sweden | L 1–2 | Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium, Tianjin |
| 2007 | Quarter-finals | 22 September | Germany | L 0–3 | Wuhan Stadium, Wuhan |
| 2011 | Group stage | 28 June | United States | L 0–2 | Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion, Dresden |
| 2011 | Group stage | 2 July | Sweden | L 0–1 | Impuls Arena, Augsburg |
| 2011 | Group stage | 6 July | Colombia | D 0–0 | Ruhrstadion, Bochum |

### Record by opponent

FIFA Women's World Cup matches (by team) :

| Opponent | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Colombia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| Sweden | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| United States | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 |

## 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup

### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | United States (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | +12 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Nigeria | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | North Korea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Denmark | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 | |

## 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup

### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | United States (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Sweden | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | North Korea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Nigeria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | −11 | 0 | |

## 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup

### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | United States | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | North Korea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Sweden | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | |
| 4 | Nigeria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 | |

## 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup

### Group C

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sweden | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | North Korea | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 1 | |
| 4 | Colombia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 1 | |

## Goalscorers

| Player | Goals | 1999 | 2003 | 2007 | 2011 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jin Pyol-hui | 3 | 1 | 2 | | |
| Jo Song-ok | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Kim Kum-sil | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Ri Un-gyong | 1 | | 1 | | |
| Ri Kum-suk | 1 | | | 1 | |
| Kim Kyong-hwa | 1 | | | 1 | |
| Kil Son-hui | 1 | | | 1 | |
| Ri Un-suk | 1 | | | 1 | |
| Kim Yong-ae | 1 | | | 1 | |
| Total | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
