North Korean women’s club to play rare football match in the South
Naegohyang Women's FC from North Korea will play Suwon FC Women in South Korea on May 20, 2026, in the semifinal of the Women's Asian Champions League. This marks the first visit by a North Korean sports team to the South since 2018 and the first women's football match between the two since 2014. The match takes place amid rare inter-Korean sporting exchanges, with the North Korean team arriving via Beijing.
- ▪Naegohyang Women's FC will play Suwon FC Women on May 20, 2026, in Suwon, South Korea.
- ▪The North Korean delegation includes 27 players and 12 staff members.
- ▪The team will travel to South Korea via an Air China flight from Beijing.
- ▪This is the first North Korean sports team visit to the South since 2018.
- ▪Naegohyang Women's FC is composed largely of national team-level players.
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Sport|FootballNorth Korean women’s club to play rare football match in the SouthNaegohyang FC will play the South’s Suwon FC on May 20 in the semifinal of the Women’s Asian Champions League.ListenListen (2 mins)SaveClick here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharefacebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoThe last time Pyongyang sent a women's football team to the South was in 2014, when the North Korean national team took part in the Asian Games in Incheon [File: Brendon Thorne/Getty Images]By AFPPublished On 4 May 20264 May 2026A North Korean women’s football club will become the first sports team from the country to play in South Korea since 2018 when they visit this month, Seoul’s Ministry of Unification has confirmed.The neighbours remain technically at war…
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