On 22 March 2024, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) confirmed that the 2026 World Cup qualifying game opposing the national representative teams of the Korean Democratic People’s Republic (North Korea) to Japan would not take place after the Eastern Asian country Football Association mysteriously canceled it.
Group B of the AFC 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying third round features the national representative teams of Syria, Myanmar, Japan and North Korea. The latter two faced off in Tokyo, Japan, on 21 March 2024, during which the Japanese team overcame its...
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