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>","5E8F53D0A504BF86":"Ri Chol Myong","0C852134AA40B2DD":"1","DA5E7C1A0F1CB829A66A16651D2472FD":"Korea DPRK","F27CBDD6332F20A59321B0F4E9CF2AB8":"999","30A86FC0880FF75E":"172cm","18E9F76C307DDD99":"","0FCC2F07B9D0EBFD":"","0A9B0394F31973591937C38F2F471911":"","4678B5349347B7EB":"64kg","09702F2B27619389F07D77F05427B135":"","2B5572269355781B0007104B7181FA88":"1988-2-18","C6E00DEB351621C4":"53382","82CBDCB828DBDF896209A361CA981BCF":"","e_index":1};