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Premier Soccer League Matches Held in DPRK
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Pyongyang, November 5 (KCNA) -- Men's and women's premier soccer league matches took place in Pyongyang in October as part of the DPRK Championships. Competing in the men's league were ten teams including April 25, Hwaebul and Mangyongbong and in the women's league 12 teams including April 25, Amnokgang and Myohyangsan. The titles in the league matches were taken by men and women of the April 25 team, with results of five wins, three draws and one defeat in nine matches for the men's event and nine wins and two draws in eleven matches for the women's event. Mangyongbong and Amnokgang came second in men's and women's events respectively, while Hwaebul and Myohyangsan third. The matches were held on a round-robin basis, and a total of 299 goals were made in 45 men's and 66 women's matches, an average of 2.6 scores per match. So Hyon Uk and Kwon Song Hwa of April 25 were selected to be best man and woman players, O Jin Hyok of Hwaebul and Ra Un Sim of Amnokgang top scorers and Ri Kang of April 25 and Choe Kum Ju of Ponghwasan best goal-keepers. And the prize of morality went to the men's team of Mangyongbong and the women's team of Kalmaegi. The recent league matches marked an important occasion in further improving each team's technique and tactics. |
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