February’s AFC Challenge Cup provided Korea DPR with a perfect chance to test their fringe players, and after winning the continental championship, assistant coach Jo Tong-Sop announced that “four or five” of the title-winning team had a chance of making the plane to South Africa.<\/P>
While tournament MVP and top scorer Ryang Yong-Gi would seem the most likely to earn his place in coach Kim Jong-Hun’s 23-man line-up, midfielder Ri Chol-Myong is also among the candidates after excelling throughout the campaign.<\/P>
Though he is still just 22, the Pyongyang City playmaker is no stranger to the international scene, having represented Korea DPR at the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Peru and the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada two years later.<\/P>
He was also selected in the experimental side that played the opening qualifying fixtures for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™, starting in both legs against Mongolia as Korea DPR progressed 9-2 on aggregate.<\/P>","6F2A70628678CF42F2F15CA1EF3BF952":"","68B71F6A7FE5F18E":"64kg","55115EEDFFE75225FD0E1787F70FC7CB":"","7850BFBCDDAACDE9":"Ri Chol Myong","0DC344593C67F298":"53382","52D34B1F24A26AA271F2BD571AA0152C":"1","2E0C5ADB6636D43E":"172cm","32E266777F4D5C3EAAE5984CDAE82227":"","EB70E23140D61D3403104435C4316058":"999","156AB99B762676230C18DFFD85A3FAED":"","826BE2C466376227EC096659909FEBC6":"","53F6A06F211D096A":"","71450CE0B6A0CA84C96E1AF31F3CA129":"1988-2-18","D21B7B52C3154356":"1","e_index":4};