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🇰🇵 How North Korea became a superpower in women’s youth football

The U20 Women's World Cup, won by North Korea in 2006 and 2016, starts this weekend!

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North Korea isn’t exactly renowned for being a football hotbed.

The country’s men’s national team has only featured at two World Cups (1966 and 2010) while the women’s national team hasn’t qualified for a Women’s World Cup since 2011. 

In women’s youth football, though, it’s a different story. Indeed, only Germany and the USA have won the U20 Women’s Worl…

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