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>","BFE43781BF2A8A9E3EADFCC3CC1AF971":"1","97B41D9FF6388BC00A2A0187557FA1F5":"","031D6804B38B16BF":"53382","2B1A74B80063A830":"1","DC9241C78561BCD0":"Ri Chol Myong","C497EA9EA23AEEDCAF9AD5DB76B19323":"","4ADA354908754559E53E3FA7C013DA37":"999","7DECC0B2C7F83A01B36F8F67FA49C295":"","38FCF119BEE99893":"","C99F63DD4716E450533B17E1817DB7B9":"1988-2-18","C377723034B3384C":"","5E5612EA3A8A833D":"172cm","2299C98649C2E7A9E5F02ED855F2A9FC":"","3D0CAED1D8820318D15DE014CB00C4C7":"Korea DPRK","F4AE865DDB6B58D9":"Ri Chol Myong","776ABA890334BE6B3BFB7EFC5D96F457":"","9085EF0B5B518612":"64kg","e_index":6};