Naegohyang Women’s FC wins the AFC Women’s Women’s Champions League title in Suwon, South Korea, defeating Japan’s Tokyo Verdy Beleza 1-0 in the final at Suwon Stadium on Saturday. Captain Kim Kyong-yong scores the only goal in the 44th minute, with the match played in front of a crowd that included South Korean supporters. The win gives Naegohyang its first continental title and $1 million in prize money. Tokyo had reached the final after beating Melbourne City 3-1 in the other semifinal, while Naegohyang advanced by rallying to beat Suwon FC Women 2-1 on Wednesday in heavy rain. Naegohyang’s semifinal comeback includes goals by Choe Kum-ok and Kim Kyong-yong, after Suwon took an early lead; Suwon FC also missed a penalty late in the match. Earlier in the group stage, Tokyo beat Naegohyang 4-0, but that result is not repeated in the knockout rounds. Following the final, North Korea’s state media reports the title but does not mention the match took place in South Korea, according to coverage by Korea Times.
Naegohyang beats Tokyo Verdy Beleza 1-0 to win AFC Women’s Champions League in Suwon
Naegohyang Women’s FC wins the AFC Women’s Women’s Champions League title in Suwon, South Korea, defeating Japan’s Tokyo Verdy Beleza 1-0 in the final at Suwon Stadium on Saturday. Captain Kim Kyong-y...
- Naegohyang Women’s FC wins the AFC Women’s Champions League final against Tokyo Verdy Beleza 1-0.
- Captain Kim Kyong-yong scores in the 44th minute, and is named the tournament MVP in reporting from Korea Times.
- The final is played at Suwon Stadium in Suwon, about 30 kilometers south of Seoul.
- Naegohyang reaches the final by beating South Korea’s Suwon FC Women 2-1 in Wednesday’s semifinal.
- North Korea’s KCNA reports the championship without mentioning that the final was held in South Korea, according to Korea Times.
May 26 – The power of North Korea’s women’s football ecosystem was demonstrated again in the final of the AFC Women’s Champions League last weekend with Naegohyang Women’s FC beating Japan’s Tokyo Verdy Beleza 1-0 at the Suwon Sports Complex in South Korea. A Kim Kyong Yong strike in the 44th minute was enough for Naegohyang – the first women’s club team from North Korea to compete at the continental level – to secure the title and a spot at FIFA Women’s Champions Cup 2027. Read more … The post North Korea’s Naegohyang beat Tokyo Verdy Beleza to win AFC Women’s Champions League appeared first on Inside World Football.
3 months agoNorth Korean state media reported Sunday that a North Korean women's football club won Asia's top tournament, while avoiding any mention that the final was held in South Korea. The North's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported that Naegohyang Women's FC won the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Women's Champions League the previous day, defeating Tokyo Verdy Beleze 1-0 in the final. The KCNA reported that the North Korean players were awarded the championship trophy and gold medals, while Kim Kyong-yong, the captain, was named the tournament's most valuable player. However, the report did not mention where the final match took place. The match was held at Suwon Stadium in Suwon, about 30 kilometers south of Seoul, on Saturday. State media had reported Thursday that the semifinal venue was "in South Korea" when it covered the North Korean women's football team's victory over a South Korean team the previous day. None of North Korea's coverage of the tournament included details of the atmosphere at the stadium, such as cheers from an inter-Korean joint cheering squad organized by Sout
3 months agoNaegohyang Women's FC beat Tokyo Verdy Beleza 1-0 in the final in the South Korean city of Suwon, thanks to captain Kim Kyong Yong's goal just before halftime.
3 months agoAfter guiding his North Korean club Naegohyang Women's FC to the summit of Asian women's football Saturday, head coach Ri Yu-il thanked the communist regime's ruling party for its support. Naegohyang defeated Tokyo Verdy Beleza 1-0 in the final of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Women's Champions League at Suwon Stadium in Suwon, 30 kilometers south of Seoul. Naegohyang knocked off the South Korean side Suwon FC Women 2-1 in the semifinals on Wednesday — the first match between women's football clubs of the two Koreans to take place on South Korean soil — and then their captain Kim Kyong-yong scored the match's only goal in the 44th minute for the AFC title and US$1 million in prize money. Kim was also named the MVP of the tournament. At the postmatch press conference, Ri said his club wouldn't have been able to win the AFC title alone. "Naegohyang have been around for only 14 years. And we were able to reach No. 1 in Asia today because of the warm love and support of the party we so respect," Ri said in reference to the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang. "I think I was abl
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3 months agoNaegohyang FC beat Tokyo Verdy Beleza 1-0 in final in South KoreaKim Kyong Yong’s scores only goal to claim win in rare trip across borderThe first North Korean team to visit the South in eight years crowned their trip by winning the Asian Women’s Champions League, beating Japan’s Tokyo Verdy Beleza 1-0 in Saturday’s final.Naegohyang Women’s FC lifted the trophy thanks to captain Kim Kyong Yong’s goal just before half-time in the South Korean city of Suwon. Continue reading...
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