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>","3DD52A7123843A0599BD59EBE6AB4E97":"","E40B4988E6F21D3C":"53382","6438FCEB8DF4FD6202A461D3835934E5":"","FD1933E1882D5E7A216F21827D2B22B4":"","31E4B7E841B17C66":"Ri Chol Myong","70356B8F0C59F6B5":"","92D102DDE1327A88":"Ri Chol Myong","033EA04110C4B96A":"1","289C5F85E5EE1B609E88960AAED5C65D":"1988-2-18","26A41B77C025E2F442D11C4E5D31FCE8":"1","B628C0FB460378A51A233D645651DF2F":"","C9B224F2C5B356EF":"","DF03820F537F8E7C95F8F8605BCB052C":"Korea DPRK","F9622CC2808B37CB":"64kg","e_index":7};