Naegohyang stated their intent with a goal within 30 seconds when Jong Kum picked up a cross from Kim Song Ok, flew down the right and blasted a shot to the bottom left of the net past goalkeeper Yoshimi Miki.

The midfielder came close again in the sixth minute when she found space in the middle of the box but placed her shot just past the right post.

Ri Su Jong doubled their lead in the next minute when she controlled a cross from Pak Ye Gyong, shrugged off her marker and sent the ball through Miki’s legs.

Jong secured goal number three in the 10th minute, when she leapt above the defence to head in a pass from Ri Yu Jong.

There was no let up from Naegohyang, and Miki was forced into a series of outstanding saves from a continuous onslaught of red shirts.

She parried a shot from Kim Kyong Yong in the 22nd minute, but was in no position to stop Jong from pouncing on the rebound and completing her hat-trick from close range.

Kaohsiung did their best to get back into the match, but were forced to backpedal continuously under pressure from their opponents.

The DPR Korea side continued to push forward after the break, with Ri Su Jong sending the ball over the bar from distance in the 51st minute and Kim Kyong Yong doing the same with her header a minute later.

Chen Jin-Wen came close to pulling one back for Kaohsiung in the 53rd minute, but slipped at the last and ballooned the ball past the left post.

With Naegohyang threatening on a number of occasions, goal number five inevitably materialised in the 76th minute when Pak Son A surged down the left to set up Ri Yong Gyong, who slotted in from close range.