Korea DPR bag a trophy

Korea DPR have a won a 4-team tournament. The tournament, which took place 28 December until 3 January, took place in Doha, Qatar.

The team, which in this years World Cup is in the "Group of Death", group G were joined in the tournament by local side Qatar, Mali and Iran.

Korea DPR won their opening match against Mali 1-0 with one of their few players, who's playing their club football in Europe, FC Rostov's striker Hong Yong-Jo grabbing the only goal on 55. minute. The Asian side was the better team through out the match and fully deserved their win with manager Kim Jong-Hun yet again impressing how he has set up his defence, which at times seems unbreakable.

1-0 was also the result in the Koreans second match. This time it was Choe Chol-Man, who's goal sunk the opposition on 59. minute. It was again a solid defensive performance by the Koreans and they took their chance in the attack.

Again the score was 1-0 in Korea DPR's final match, but it was a lost game. Mehrzad Madanchi scored his 7th goal for the Iranian international team. That result didn't have any effect on the tournament outcome though and Korea DPR finished with 6 points ahead of Qatar and Mali's 4, with Iran finishing bottom on 3 points.

Next up for the North Koreans, is Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Challenge Cup in Sri Lanka next month, where the winners will qualify for Asian Cup 2011.

It is interesting to note that their last match, the 1-0 loss to Iran, was their 11th match that has had 2 or less goals since the beginning of 2009. Manager Kim Jong-Hun really likes his side to play defensively solid football. Brazil, Portugal and Ivory Coast, who today play one of their two warm-up matches for African Cup of Nations versus Tanzania, have to be vary of the hardworking Asians.