북한축구협회, 12월 부산 동아시안컵 때 여자팀 '불참' 통보<br /><br />North Korea has pulled out of an international women's football tournament to be held in South Korea in December.<br />The Seoul-based Korea Football Association said its North Korean counterpart recently sent a document saying it will not enter the East Asian Football Federation E-1 Football Championship.<br />The North did not elaborate on the exact reason for the withdrawal.<br />The two Koreas, Japan and China were to compete in the women's competition but now Taiwan is likely to take North Korea's spot.<br />However, a KFA official says North Korea is likely to participate in the 2020 Olympic qualifying tournament to be held on South Korea's southern resort island of Jeju next February. <br />
