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>","07457F0B881B82B22AE30767A70DD3E1":"","E630D11720E4B295":"1","50F712C5D7EA2EE5C48850A5D641D459":"","556D73B2C9A2AD6A1BFA53519B08D73A":"999","A16C626949206183":"53382","2A56C1DBE121525F":"","0FA2227E78AF1E09":"Ri Chol Myong","07FC4394D7BF000AA5BFC85E2D0D6D63":"Korea DPRK","809C0B5A31626463":"","e_index":0};