North Korean team set off for World Cup in South Africa

North Korea's national football team has set off for South Africa ahead of the World Cup tournament there in June.

The country's vice premier Kwak Bom Gi joined the crowds at Pyongyang airport in the capital city to see off the players and coaching staff.

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North Korean World Cup Song

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Colorful send-off as NKorean team departs for WCup

SEOUL, South Korea (AP)—North Korea’s national soccer players received a festive send-off as they head abroad to train for their first World Cup in 44 years.

Broadcaster APTN in Pyongyang reported Saturday that residents waved North Korean flags outside the airport as the players arrived. Footage showed women waving flowers as the team boarded the plane.

Coach Kim Jong Hun is promising “a great success.” He declined to say whether the team would be heading to Zimbabwe.

The team had been planning to train in Zimbabwe but activists there have vowed to protest the North Korean visit. Many are still angry that North Korean troops trained the Zimbabwean soldiers accused of killing tens of thousands to quell an uprising in the 1980s.

FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup - Draw

The official draw for the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in Trinidad and Tobago took place at the Hyatt Regency hotel in downtown Port of Spain on Wednesday 5 May, throwing up a number of intriguing match-ups for the group stages. The tournament will open with a clash between Trinidad and Tobago and Chile on 5 September at the Hasely Crawford stadium in Port of Spain.

The teams were drawn into the following groups:

Group A: Trinidad and Tobago, Chile, Nigeria, Korea DPR

Group B: UEFA 3, Mexico, CAF 3 (Tunisia or South Africa), Korea Republic

Group C: New Zealand, Venezuela, UEFA 1, Japan

Group D: UEFA 2, Brazil, Canada, Ghana

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North Korea Women`s NT beat Nigeria

PYONGYANG, May 5 (AP) - (Kyodo)—North Korea beat Nigeria 3-0 on Wednesday in Pyongyang in a warm-up match ahead of the 2010 Asian Women's Football Championship slated for late May in China.
In their first game against Nigeria on Sunday, North Korea also won 1- 0.

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North Korea`s friendly matches

15.May North Korea - Paraguay in Saviese, Switzerland

25.May North Korea - Greece in Altach , Austria

29.May North Korea - Congo DR in Geneva , Switzerland

4.June North Korea - Nigeria in South Africa (TBC)

North Korea friendly against DR Congo ?

DR Congo football forum report that North Korea will play DR Congo in Geneva on 29. May. If this is correct the training camp in Zimbabwe have been dropped.

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North Korea have already a scheduled match against Paraguay in Geneva on 15.May , and a match against Greece on 25. May.

The match against Greece will be played in PIRAEUS , Greece according to fifa.com , but futbolplanet.de report the match will be played in ALTACH, Austria