FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
The East Asian side won the FIFA U-17 and U-20 world titles in 2016 and having emerged champions of the older age-group tournament last month, will be aiming to scale the peak their senior counterparts achieved.
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Previous Appearances: 6
Best Finish: Champions (2008, 2016)
2022 Record: Did not participate
How They Got There: Champions of AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup™ Indonesia 2024
Head Coach: Song Sung Gwon (PRK)
Fun Fact: Besides twice emerging champions, DPR Korea were runners-up in the 2010 edition
Group C Fixtures: v Mexico (October 17), v Kenya (October 20), v England (October 23)
Song Sung Gwon's squad will head to the Dominican Republic as one of the favourites and rightly so.
They were in a class of their own enroute to lifting the AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup™ Indonesia 2024 trophy, registering an impressive six wins with 24 goals scored and none conceded.
Making a return to the international stage after a six-year absence, DPR Korea defeated China PR in the semi-finals and Japan in the final to claim the Asian trophy.
Adding confidence to their title bid will be the presence of several players from the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup winning squad, with Golden Ball winner Choe Il Son leading their charge.
Navigating through the group stage shouldn't be a problem despite the presence of Mexico, Kenya and England.
Mexico were runners-up in 2018, England will be featuring in the Finals for only the third time while Kenya will be making their tournament debut.
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