North Korea beat Japan 1-0 in the final of the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup held at Estadio Nemesio Camacho in Bogota, Colombia, on Sunday (Korea time). North Korea has won all seven matches from the group stage to the final. It scored 25 goals in seven matches and only conceded four.
North Korea, which defeated the “world’s strongest” U.S. 1-0 in the semifinal, took the lead in the match early on Wednesday as well. North Korea’s score came from the toes of its “goal scorer” Choi Il-seon at the 15th minute of the first half. Choi drove the ball up to the center and attempted a surprise left-footed shot. The ball was deflected off Shiragaki Uno’s body and was sucked into the goal.
Choi has become the top scorer in the tournament by beating Japanese forward striker Hijikata Maya and Brazil’s Natalia Benditu (five goals), and North Korea is set to win the trophy for the third time in eight years and the third time in history. Earlier, the North won the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup twice (2006-2016) and the runner-up (2008) once. The North will also join Germany and the U.S. as three-time champion, the most ever.메이저사이트
On the other hand, Japan, which was aiming to win the title for the first time in six years since 2018, had to settle for the runner-up in two consecutive tournaments following 2022. Two years ago, the team lost to Spain 1-3, which failed to win the final. Through the match, Japan tried to avenge its defeat in the Asian Football Confederation Asian Cup final in Uzbekistan in March, but it was also thwarted. At that time, North Korea also beat Japan 2-1 in the final. It is the second time that an Asian team has played a final in the U-20 Women’s World Cup since 2006 when North Korea and China faced each other.