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7 wins in 7 games! north korea defeated japan 1-0 and won the u20 women's world cup. the players cried

2024-09-23

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at midnight on september 23rd, beijing time, the u20 women's world cup final kicked off, with the japanese women's football team facing the north korean women's football team. after 90 minutes of competition, the north korean women's football team defeated the japanese women's football team 1-0, completing a three-game winning streak this year and winning the world youth championship for the third time in team history, creating history for an asian team.

in this tournament, both the japanese women's football team and the north korean women's football team advanced to the finals with a perfect record. japan scored 18 goals and north korea scored 24 goals, with slightly stronger offensive power.

in the semi-finals, japan eliminated the netherlands 2-0 and north korea eliminated the united states 1-0. this is the second time in the history of the u20 world cup that two asian teams have met in the final. the first time was in 2006, when the north korean women's football team defeated the chinese women's football team 5-0 to win the championship.

according to statistics, the two teams have never met in the u20 world cup before. the only two encounters were in this year's u20 asian cup, when the north korean women's football team defeated japan in the group stage and the final respectively and eventually won the championship.

in the first half, the two teams had almost a 50-50 possession rate with both teams attacking and defending. in terms of the number of threats created, the north korean women's football team had a clear advantage, with 8 shots, 4 on target, and a goal scored by choi il-sun, which also demonstrated the strong individual abilities of the north korean women's football players. the japanese women's football team had 3 shots, none of which were on target, and they did not get any corner kick opportunities.

in the second half, the japanese women's football team basically controlled the game situation, holding the ball and organizing attacks to try to equalize the score. the north korean women's football team's defense was very solid, the players were positioned in an orderly manner, and they eventually maintained a 1-0 lead until the end of the game.

after winning the championship, the north korean women's football players were very excited. many of them hugged each other and cried with joy. at this moment, they deserved the championship.

from the group stage, the north korean women's football team started a winning streak, defeating argentina 6-2, costa rica 9-0, and the netherlands 2-0, qualifying with 9 points. they continued their winning streak in the knockout rounds, defeating austria 5-2 in the round of 16, brazil 1-0 in the quarter-finals, the united states 1-0 in the semi-finals, and japan 1-0 in the final, winning seven consecutive victories and winning the championship, which was well deserved.

according to statistics, this is the third time that the north korean women's football team has won the u20 women's world cup.2006, 2016, 2024

the victory of the north korean women's football team was incredible to domestic fans, because this mysterious team rarely participates in international competitions, but can play beautiful football and win the world cup every few years. the chinese women's football team cannot do this. we have regressed to the point where we cannot even qualify for the competition consecutively.