Soccer World Cup 2nd round qualifier AFC: Inspection team to North Korea investigates whether match can be held. Japan and North Korea in the second Asian qualifying round of the Soccer World Cup to be held later this month.
The away match, in which the Japanese national team will face the North Korean national team on the 26th of this month, will be held at the Kim Il Sung Stadium in the capital Pyongyang. The AFC (Asia Football Confederation) dispatched an inspection team for two days to find out whether the match could be held in North Korea.