Brazil vs North Korea- World Cup

Day 938, 09:45 • Published in North Korea North Korea • by Kim Young

This is the first meeting between the two sides.

In the 1966 World Cup, North Korea made it past the group stages with one win, one draw and one defeat before losing 5-3 to Portugal.

The 1-0 defeat against France in the 2006 quarter-final ended a run of 11 straight wins for Brazil in the World Cup, the longest sequence of consecutive wins at the tournament.

The Brazilians have kept seven clean sheets in their last 11 World Cup games.

Brazil have never been defeated at a World Cup finals by a side outside Europe or South America.

Moreover, the South American giants have won all 15 World Cup meetings with sides not from these two continents, keeping 13 clean sheets.

Luis Fabiano bagged nine goals in nine starts for Brazil during qualification.

Brazil are the only team to have won the World Cup outside their own continent (Sweden 1958 and Japan & South Korea 2002).

Jong-Chol Min was North Korea’s joint-top scorer during qualifying, bagging four goals despite playing only two games.

Brazil have met an Asian side in the first round of the last two World Cups, beating China 4-0 in 2002 and Japan 4-1 in 2006.