North Korea national under-17 football team

The **North Korea national under-17 football team** represents North Korea in youth international football completions such as FIFA U-17 World Cup and the AFC U-16 Championship. They have been to the tournament five times with its best finish being quarter-finalists in 2005.

### FIFA U-17 World Cup record

|colspan=9|FIFA U-17 World Cup|||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1985|_did not enter_|||||||
|1987|_did not qualify_|||||||
|1989||||||||
|1991||||||||
|1993||||||||
|1995||||||||
|1997||||||||
|1999||||||||
|2001|_did not enter_|||||||
|2003|_did not qualify_|||||||
|2005|Quarterfinals|4|1|1|2|7|7|
|2007|Round of 16|4|1|1|2|3|10|
|2009|_Disqualified_|||||||
|2011|Group stage|3|0|2|1|3|5|
|2013|_did not qualify_|||||||
|2015|Round of 16|4|1|1|2|3|7|
|2017|Group stage|3|0|0|3|0|5|
|2019|_did not qualify_|||||||
|2021|_Cancelled_|||||||
|2023|_did not participate_|||||||
|2025|_to be determined_|||||||
|**Total**|5/20|18|3|5|10|16|34|

|colspan=4|FIFA U-17 World Cup History||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=4|2005|Round 1|**2–3**|Loss|
|Round 1|**3–0**|Win|||
|Round 1|**1–1**|Draw|||
|Quarterfinals|**1–3**|Loss|||
|rowspan=4|2007|Round 1|**1–1**|Draw|
|Round 1|**1–6**|Loss|||
|Round 1|**1–0**|Win|||
|Round of 16|**0–3**|Loss|||
|rowspan=3|2011|Round 1|**1–3**|Loss|
|Round 1|**1–1**|Draw|||
|Round 1|**1–1**|Draw|||
|rowspan=4|2015|Round 1|**0–2**|Loss|
|Round 1|**1–1**|Draw|||
|Round 1|**2–1**|Win|||
|Round of 16|**0–3**|Loss|||
|rowspan=3|2017|Round 1|**0–1**|Loss|
|Round 1|**0–2**|Loss|||
|Round 1|**0–2**|Loss|||

### AFC U-16 Championship record

|colspan=9|AFC U-16 Championship|||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1985|_did not enter_|||||||
|1986|Fourth Place|5|0|3|2|4|7|
|1988|Round 1|4|0|1|3|4|10|
|1990|_did not qualify_|||||||
|1992|Fourth Place|5|2|1|2|7|4|
|1994|_did not qualify_|||||||
|1996||||||||
|1998|Round 1|4|2|0|2|5|6|
|2000|_did not enter_|||||||
|2002|_did not qualify_|||||||
|2004|Runners-up|6|2|2|2|6|4|
|2006|Runners-up|5|3|0|2|14|9|
|2008|_Disqualified_|||||||
|2010|**Champions**|6|5|1|0|13|3|
|2012|Round 1|3|1|0|2|2|7|
|2014|**Champions**|6|3|2|1|12|6|
|2016|Semifinals|5|2|2|1|9|6|
|2018|Quarterfinals|4|2|2*|0|7|4|
|2023|_did not enter_|||||||
|**Total**|11/19|53|22|14*|17|83|66|

- _*Denotes draws includes knockout matches decided on penalty kicks. Red border indicates that the tournament was hosted on home soil. Gold, silver, bronze backgrounds indicates 1st, 2nd and 3rd finishes respectively. Bold text indicates best finish in tournament._

|colspan=4|AFC U-16 Championship History||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=5|1986|Round 1|**3–3**|Draw|
|Round 1|**1–1**|Draw|||
|Round 1|**0–0**|Draw|||
|Semifinals|**0–1**|Loss|||
|Third Place|**0–2**|Loss|||
|rowspan=4|1988|Round 1|**0–1**|Loss|
|Round 1|**2–2**|Draw|||
|Round 1|**2–3**|Loss|||
|Round 1|**0–4**|Loss|||
|rowspan=5|1992|Round 1|**3–0**|Win|
|Round 1|**0–0**|Draw|||
|Round 1|**2–0**|Win|||
|Semifinals|**1–2**|Loss|||
|Third Place|**1–2**|Loss|||
|rowspan=4|1998|Round 1|**0–3**|Loss|
|Round 1|**2–3**|Loss|||
|Round 1|**1–0**|Win|||
|Round 1|**2–0**|Win|||
|rowspan=6|2004|Round 1|**0–0**|Draw|
|Round 1|**1–2**|Loss|||
|Round 1|**4–1**|Win|||
|Quarterfinals|**1–0**|Win|||
|Semifinals|**0–0**|Draw|||
|Final|**0–1**|Loss|||
|rowspan=5|2006|Round 1|**1–2**|Loss|
|Round 1|**6–2**|Win|||
|Quarterfinals|**2–1**|Win|||
|Semifinals|**3–0**|Win|||
|Final|**2–4**|Loss|||
|rowspan=6|2010|Round 1|**1–1**|Draw|
|Round 1|**2–0**|Win|||
|Round 1|**2–1**|Win|||
|Quarterfinals|**4–0**|Win|||
|Semifinals|**2–1**|Win|||
|Final|**2–0**|Win|||
|rowspan=3|2012|Round 1|**0–3**|Loss|
|Round 1|**2–1**|Win|||
|Round 1|**0–3**|Loss|||
|rowspan=6|2014|Round 1|**3–0**|Win|
|Round 1|**2–3**|Loss|||
|Round 1|**4–1**|Win|||
|Quarterfinals|**0–0**|Draw|||
|Semifinals|**1–1**|Draw|||
|Final|**2–1**|Win|||
|rowspan=5|2016|Round 1|**2–0**|Win|
|Round 1|**4–1**|Win|||
|Round 1|**1–3**|Loss|||
|Quarterfinals|**1–1**|Draw|||
|Semifinals|**1–1**|Draw|||

## Infobox (national football team)

- **name**: North Korea Under-17
- **fifa trigramme**: PRK
- **association**: DPR Korea Football Association
- **confederation**: Asian Football Confederation, AFC (Asia)
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- **first game**: **North Korea** 3–3 Bahrain national under-17 football team, Bahrain
- **world cup apps**: 5 (First in 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship, 2005)
- **world cup best**: Quarterfinals (2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship, 2005)
- **regional name**: AFC U-16 Championship, Asian Championship
- **regional cup apps**: 11
- **regional cup first**: 1986 AFC U-16 Championship, 1986
- **regional cup best**: Winners (2010 AFC U-16 Championship, 2010, 2014 AFC U-16 Championship, 2014)