North Korea national ice hockey team
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The North Korean National Ice Hockey team are a national selects team that plays yearly in the Ice Hockey World Championships. They withdrew from the 2007 edition, and therefore have been automatically relegated to Division III.
[edit] Asian Winter Games
At the recent 6th Asian Winter Games, held in Changchun, China, the men's team was placed a respectable 5th position, behind the four major powers of Asian ice hockey.
The women's team finished 4th out of a possible five places, encouragingly being placed higher than their historically superior neighbours South Korea.
- First game: March 8, 1974, Grenoble, France: Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 11-2 Image:Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea
- Largest victory: January 19, 1992, Obihiro-no-mori, Japan: Image:Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea 14-1 Image:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
- Largest defeat: March 15, 1983, Budapest, Hungary: Image:Flag of France.svg France 24-1 Image:Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea
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