Although not well known in world football, North Korea has always been a strong name in women's age group football. FIFA's age-group World Cup has a special focus on the world's most politically isolated country. The North Korean girls did not disappoint. After only 42 days, the women of the country won the second FIFA World Cup title in their country.

World champion North Korea

North Korea defeated Spain in a tense match early this morning in the final of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in the Dominican Republic. At the end of 90 minutes of 1-1 goal, the fate of the match was determined by a tiebreaker. North Korea won the Under-17 World Cup for the third time with a 4-3 win there.

Before this, just 42 days ago, the North Korean women's team won the Under-20 World Cup by defeating Japan. It was their third U-20 Women's World Cup title. North Korea is now the most successful team in the tournament along with Germany and USA. This time, the discussed country is getting a chance to celebrate their third title in the U-17 World Cup after defeating Spain.

North Korean goalkeeper Park Joo Gong performed brilliantly throughout the match in the final at the Felix Sanchez Stadium. At least Bartinek denied Spain's girls a goal. He also returned a shot in the tiebreaker. Spain's other shot goes wide of the goal.

However, Spain took the lead in the final after a scoreless first half. Celia Rodríguez's cool finish gave the European representatives a goal in the 61st minute. From there it took North Korea 5 minutes to return to the match. In 66 minutes, they equalized with Il Chong John's goal.

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With no more goals in the entire 90 minutes, the game ended in a tiebreak. Spain's forehead burned there. And North Korea brought home their third age-based World Cup title.