North Korea wins 1-0 over Syria Keeps spark alive for 3rd round of World Cup qualifiers in North and Central America
North Korea wins 1-0 over Syria Keeps spark alive for 3rd round of World Cup qualifiers in North and Central America
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North Korea won against Syria in a 'third-country home game' and kept alive the spark of advancement to the 2026 North
and Central America World Cup Asian third round qualifiers.
North Korea won 1-0 over Syria in the fifth match of Group B in the second round of the Asian qualifiers for the 2026
North & Central America World Cup held in Vientiane, Laos on the 6th, thanks to a late goal by Jong Il-gwan.
North Korea, with 6 points from 2 wins and 3 losses, maintained 3rd place in the group, but narrowed the gap with 2nd
place Syria (7 points, 2 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses) to 1 point.
With Japan, ranked first in the group (15 points, 5 wins), having already secured its spot in the third preliminary round,
the fate of Syria and North Korea will be decided in the final, sixth match.
On the 11th, North Korea will play its final match against Myanmar, which is in 4th place in Group A (1 point), and Syria
will play against 카지노사이트모음 Japan.
If we look at the opponents alone, North Korea is in an advantageous position.
In the second preliminary round, the 1st and 2nd place teams from each group advance to the third preliminary round.
The match was originally scheduled to be held in Pyongyang, North Korea, but the location was changed to Laos, a 'third
country.'
Earlier, NK News, an American media outlet specializing in North Korea, reported that "Syrian media reported that 'earlier
this month, the Syrian Football Association asked the AFC to find a neutral venue for the match. '"
World Cup qualifiers are usually broadcast live on the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) website, but that was not the
case for the match between North Korea and Syria that day.
More than 30 minutes after the match ended, the website only announced that North Korea had won 1-0 against Syria
with a last-minute goal by Jeong Il-gwan, but no other information was confirmed.
Meanwhile, Japan hosted Myanmar and crushed them 5-0.