North Korea at the AFC Asian Cup
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North Korea has participated in five AFC Asian Cup tournaments, and finished in fourth place, their best performance to date, during their maiden appearance in 1980.
However, unlike their Southern neighbor, North Korea often struggles to have the best performances, due to poor quality of the national team and their squad, as well as outside sanctions on the nation for its repressive nature. North Korea, after their 1980 appearance, would have to wait for 12 years for their next qualification, and they made further tournament appearances in the 2011, 2015 and 2019 editions. North Korea has not won an Asian Cup match since 1980, a drought of nearly 40 years.
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1980 Asian Cup
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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 Iran |
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 6 |
 North Korea |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 6 |
 Syria |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 |
 China |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 3 |
 Bangladesh |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 17 | −15 | 0 |
North Korea  | 3–2 | Bangladesh |
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Choi Jae-pil  44', 45'Kim Jong-man 90' |
Salahuddin 60' (pen.) Chunnu 88' |
| North Korea | 2–1 | China |
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| Kim Bok-man 20' |
Li Fubao 7' |
| Iran | 3–2 | North Korea |
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| Alidousti 27' Danaeifard 57'Fariba 60' |
Hwang Sang-hoi 68' Pak Jong-hun 90' |
Semi-finals
South Korea  | 2–1 | North Korea |
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| Chung Hae-won 80', 89' |
Pak Jong-hun 19' (pen.) |
Third place play-off
| Iran | 3–0 | North Korea |
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| Fariba 49' Faraki 66', 76' |
1992 Asian Cup
Group A
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Japan |
5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 |
 United Arab Emirates |
5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 |
| Iran |
4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 |
| North Korea |
1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 |
| North Korea | 0–2 | Iran |
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| Report | Pious 30' Ghayeghran 80' |
| Japan | 1–1 | North Korea |
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| Nakayama 80' |
Report | Kim Kwang-min 29' (pen.) |
| United Arab Emirates | 2–1 | North Korea |
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| K. Saad 81' Bakhit 85' |
Report | Kim Kwang-min 69' |
2011 Asian Cup
Group D
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iran |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 9 |
 Iraq |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 6 |
| North Korea |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 1 |
| United Arab Emirates |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 1 |
| 11 January 2011 | ||
| North Korea | 0–0 | United Arab Emirates |
| 15 January 2011 | ||
| Iran | 1–0 | North Korea |
| 19 January 2011 | ||
| Iraq | 1–0[1] | North Korea |
2015 Asian Cup
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 |  Uzbekistan |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Saudi Arabia |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | North Korea |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0 |
| 10 January 2015 | |||
| Uzbekistan | 1–0 | North Korea | Stadium Australia, Sydney |
| 14 January 2015 | |||
| North Korea | 1–4 | Saudi Arabia | AAMI Park, Melbourne |
| 18 January 2015 | |||
| China | 2–1 | North Korea | Canberra Stadium, Canberra |
2019 Asian Cup
Group E
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  Qatar |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | +10 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Saudi Arabia |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Lebanon |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | North Korea |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14 | −13 | 0 |
Source: AFC
| Saudi Arabia | 4–0 | North Korea |
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Report |
| Lebanon | 4–1 | North Korea |
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