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>","FCD4DE51CBA4497A941CDE925DCB26D2":"Korea DPRK","9CFA5380AB449F58B34CD68741B77812":"1","5588923A723573201F6804A11C3F390A":"999","4CC9C981935F4DF5":"","0108B3B67855A673":"53382","1D8DD001D97C012A":"172cm","805ACE40479B6E763FB50E182B20A495":"1988-2-18","784E2315886D4158FF9CFFE843FE6B59":"","722D75C33935B48A":"64kg","F4645409D3EE42C9":"","38882684D19FD665":"Ri Chol Myong","5C3036D26CFC912788B0712D1AAE3BCF":"","70545F9392E8422F11E2D5550E456F39":"","02EB7DF46653B329":"Ri Chol Myong","e_index":8};