Spain wins 4-3 on penalties against North Korea... Recapturing the U-20 Women's World Cup after 4 years

Won 4-3 in penalty shootout over North Korea in the final... Return to normal after 4 years

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Bae Jin-nam = Spain beat defending champion North Korea and rose to the top at the 2026 UEFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Spain won 4-3 in a penalty shootout after being tied 0-0 for 120 minutes until overtime in the final against North Korea held at the Łódź Municipal Stadium in Poland on the 28th (Korean time).

Goalkeeper Laia Lopez led Spain to victory by blocking shots by Choi Yuna and Park Il-sim in the penalty shootout.

As a result, Spain lifted its second trophy in four years after winning its first championship by defeating Japan in the final of the 2022 Costa Rica Tournament in which North Korea did not participate.

On the other hand, North Korea, which was at the top of the 2024 Colombia Games, failed to win for the second consecutive time and the fourth time in total.

In this tournament, many members of the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, where North Korea won the championship by defeating Spain in a penalty shootout in the final, participated in both teams, and Spain succeeded in revenge.

Spain, whose men's national team won the championship for the first time in 16 years at this year's North and Central America World Cup, once again showed that it dominates the world in women's soccer.

In the past 10 years, Spain has won the U-17 and U-20 Women's World Cups twice each and the Adult Women's World Cup once.

North Korea, which scored a total of 16 goals in this tournament, had to be satisfied with second place despite being the first team in the history of the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup to not concede a single goal.