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>","75B83B44A2FCDD1B4FF631FCD2E3CC16":"999","1BB8AF7BD3F66066":"172cm","A494ABC507986833":"Ri Chol Myong","2F200EF80307E2A90BE724565D2038D0":"","8084EC95B881D770":"","F52748F924D1E675":"64kg","3F6EEC72E60D52B53E2E6377341938DB":"1","7777CB48C34672EC8F83E174F0B7EFC7":"","816C8DE73A2D153866B49ADDE8EB04C4":"Korea DPRK","e_index":2};