Pyongyang Cup

Palmares

Year  Winners               Runners-Up
1990  Metallist Kharkov     North Korea Olympic
1991  North Korea Olympic   Metallist Kharkov
1992  North Korea B         North Korea A

1st Pyongyang Tournament 1990

Played 18th - 27th August

Group A
Advanced: North Korea, China Olympic
Eliminated: Cuba

Known results:
18- 8 North Korea          0-0 Cuba  (opening match)
20- 8 China Olympic        4-1 Cuba
        [Zhang Jun x2 + 79', ? 65' pen / ?]
??- 8 North Korea           -  China Olympic

Group B
Advanced: North Korea Olympic [aka Potonggang], Metallist Kharkov (Soviet club)
Eliminated: April 25 (North Korean club), Syria B (or Syria U23)

Known results:
20- 8 North Korea Olympic  2-1  Metallist Kharkov
        [? / Medvid]
??- 8 April 25             3-2  Syria B               (before 21-8)
21- 8 April 25             0-1  Metallist Kharkov
        [Prizetko]
23- 8 Syria B              0-2  Metallist Kharkov
        [Ralyuchenko, Prizetko]


Semifinals
25- 8 North Korea          0-2 Metallist Kharkov
        [Medvid x2]
25- 8 North Korea Olympic  1-0 China Olympic
        [Park Gil-Song 77']

Third place match
27- 8 China Olympic        2-1 North Korea

Final
27- 8 Metallist Kharkov    0-0 North Korea Olympic   (4-2 pen, AET)
[also reported as 3-2 pen]

2nd Pyongyang Tournament 1991

Played 18th - 26th May

The tournament was played as a single 6-team group.

 1.North Korea Olympic       5  4  1  0      9  [aka Potonggang]
 2.Metallist Kharkov (USSR)  5  3  2  0      8
 3.April 25th (North Korea)  5  2  2  1      6
   Liaoning (China)
   Kazakhstan (USSR)
   Pyongyang Municipality

3rd Pyongyang Tournament 1992

Played 26th June - 5th July

Group A
??- 6 North Korea A  1-0 Farul Constanta  (before 30-6)
??- 6 North Korea A  2-1 FK Okean         (before 30-6)
??- 6 Kazakhstan     0-1 Farul Constanta
??- 6 Kazakhstan     1-3 North Korea A
??- 6 Kazakhstan     0-0 FK Okean
??- 6 FK Okean       2-2 Farul Constanta

 1.NORTH KOREA A                3  3  0  0  6- 2  6
 2.FC FARUL CONSTANTA (Romania) 3  1  1  1  3- 3  3
 3.FK Okean (Nakhodka, Russia)  3  0  2  1  3- 4  2
 4.Kazakhstan (national team)   3  0  1  2  1- 4  1

Note: a Russian source reported that the North Korean team in this group was the club 
 'CSKA' (Pyongyang), whereas Chinese sources reported the North Korean teams as A and B.

Group B
27- 6 North Korea B  3-0 AaB
27- 6 Liaoning       1-1 Libya
        [? 75' / Fathe Ben Eisa 15']
29- 6 North Korea B  3-0 Libya
29- 6 AaB            2-0 Liaoning
        [34' 69']
 1- 7 North Korea B  2-1 Liaoning
        [Yun Jong-Su 80', Choe Won-Nam 90' / Sui Wei 55']
 1- 7 Libya           -  AaB

 1.NORTH KOREA B          3  3  0  0   8- 1  6
 2.AaB (Aalborg, Denmark)
   Libya (national team)
   Liaoning (China)       3  0  1  2         1

Semifinals
 3- 7 North Korea A   bt  AaB
 3- 7 North Korea B   bt  Farul Constanta

Third Place
 5- 7 Farul Constanta bt  AaB

Final
 5- 7 North Korea B   bt  North Korea A


Consolation matches (or friendlies)
 ?- 7 Liaoning   1-3 Farul Constanta
 3- 7 Kazakhstan 1-0 Libya
        [Bayseitov 78']
[Note: Bayseitov was Kazakhstan's 40 year-old coach, who, apparently disillusioned with the lack of
       goalscoring in the match, brought himself on as a striker with 30 minutes remaining, and duly
       scored the winning goal. It was his only full international appearance for the national team.]

About this document

Sources: Soviet Football Yearbook (Yuriy Lander), Xinhua General News, Zuqiuziliao, Farul forum

Thanks to Erlan Manaschev, Mark Cruickshank and Mr Budejaja (http://libya-football-matches.blogspot.com)

Prepared and maintained by Neil Morrison for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Neil Morrison
Last updated: 2 May 2013