2014 Hwaebul Cup

Football tournament season

Sobaeksu
P'yŏngyang City

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The 2014 Hwaebul Cup was the second edition of the Hwaebul Cup (홰불, Torch) celebrating North Korea's Youth Day. The competition was held from 10 to 28 August 2013, with all matches played at the Yanggakdo Stadium in P'yŏngyang. The competition was arranged in two phases, a group stage followed by a single-elimination play-off semi-finals, and a single-game final.^[1]

Group stage

Thirteen teams took part in the group stage, with seven in Group A and six in Group B.

Group A

Group A was made up of Hwaebul, Kyŏnggong'ŏp, Kwanmobong, Wŏlmido, April 25, Amrokkang, and Ryong'aksan. The group stage opened with a match between Hwaebul and Kyŏnggong'ŏp on 10 August. Hwaebul, considered heavy favourites at the start of the tournament, won with a convincing 3–0 score, going on to win their next three matches against Kwanmobong (5–0), Wŏlmido and April 25 (1–0).^[1] April 25 had started out the competition by winning their first four matches, 4–1 against Amrokkang, 3–1 against Kyŏnggong'ŏp, 3–0 against Ryong'aksan, and 3–0 against Kwanmobong.^[2] Ryong'aksan had started off with a 3–2 win over Kwanmobong, whilst Wŏlmido and Amrokkang drew 1–1 in their opening match.^[3] Hwaebul and April 25 went on to advance to the semi-finals.^[1]

Table based on known results.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hwaebul	5	5	0	0	11	1	+10	15	Advance to semi-finals
2	April 25	6	5	0	1	18	4	+14	15	Advance to semi-finals
3	Amrokkang	4	1	1	2	9	7	+2	4
4	Wŏlmido	4	1	1	2	5	8	−3	4
5	Ryong'aksan	2	1	0	1	3	5	−2	3
6	Kyŏnggong'ŏp	3	0	0	3	3	9	−6	0
7	Kwanmobong	4	0	0	4	2	17	−15	0

Updated to match(es) played on 28 August 2014. Source: See matches

Known results

Hwaebul v Kyŏnggong'ŏp

10 August 2014	Hwaebul	3–0	Kyŏnggong'ŏp	Yanggakdo Stadium, P'yŏngyang
	Unknown	Report	Unknown

Kwanmobong v Hwaebul

? August 2014	Kwanmobong	0–5	Hwaebul	Yanggakdo Stadium, P'yŏngyang
	Unknown	Highlights	Unknown

Hwaebul v Wŏlmido

? August 2014	Hwaebul	def	Wŏlmido	Yanggakdo Stadium, P'yŏngyang
	Unknown	Report	Unknown

April 25 v Hwaebul

? August 2014	April 25	0–1	Hwaebul	Yanggakdo Stadium, P'yŏngyang
	Unknown	Highlights	Unknown

Kwanmobong v Amrokkang

? August 2014	Kwanmobong	0–6	Amrokkang	Yanggakdo Stadium, P'yŏngyang
	Unknown	Highlights	Unknown

April 25 v Wŏlmido

? August 2014	April 25	5–1	Wŏlmido	Yanggakdo Stadium, P'yŏngyang
	Unknown	Highlights	Unknown

Hwaebul v Amrokkang

? August 2014	Hwaebul	2–1	Amrokkang	Yanggakdo Stadium, P'yŏngyang
	Unknown	Highlights	Unknown

April 25 v Amrokkang

? August 2014	April 25	4–1	Amrokkang	Yanggakdo Stadium, P'yŏngyang
	Unknown	Highlights	Unknown

Kyŏnggong'ŏp v Wŏlmido

? August 2014	Kyŏnggong'ŏp	2–3	Wŏlmido	Yanggakdo Stadium, P'yŏngyang
	Unknown	Highlights	Unknown

Kyŏnggong'ŏp v April 25

? August 2014	Kyŏnggong'ŏp	1–3	April 25	Yanggakdo Stadium, P'yŏngyang
	Unknown	Report	Unknown

Kwanmobong v April 25

? August 2014	Kwanmobong	0–3	April 25	Yanggakdo Stadium, P'yŏngyang
	Unknown	Report	Unknown

Kwanmobong v Ryong'aksan

? August 2014	Kwanmobong	2–3	Ryong'aksan	Yanggakdo Stadium, P'yŏngyang
	Unknown	Report	Unknown

April 25 v Ryong'aksan

? August 2014	April 25	3–0	Ryong'aksan	Yanggakdo Stadium, P'yŏngyang
	Unknown	Report	Unknown

Group B

Group B included Sobaeksu, P'yŏngyang City, Myohyangsan, Ponghwasan, Rimyŏngsu, and one other club. Rimyŏngsu had been tipped as favourites, but the opening match of the group, that they played against Sobaeksu, surprised observers with a 3–2 result in favour of Sobaeksu on 15 August. The group was topped by Sobaeksu and P'yŏngyang City,^[1] both of which had had two wins and two draws in their first four matches.^[2]

Table based on known results.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sobaeksu	5	3	2	0	8	2	+6	11	Advance to semi-finals
2	P'yŏngyang City	5	2	2	1	3	2	+1	8	Advance to semi-finals
3	Rimyŏngsu	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
4	Myohyangsan	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1
5	Ponghwasan	2	0	0	2	0	7	−7	0
6	?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Updated to match(es) played on 28 August 2014. Source: See matches

Known results

Rimyŏngsu v Sobaeksu

15 August 2014	Rimyŏngsu	2–3	Sobaeksu	Yanggakdo Stadium, P'yŏngyang
	Unknown	Highlights	Unknown

Sobaeksu v Myohyangsan

? August 2014	Sobaeksu	1–0	Myohyangsan	Yanggakdo Stadium, P'yŏngyang
	Unknown	Highlights	Unknown

P'yŏngyang City v Rimyŏngsu

? August 2014	P'yŏngyang City	0–2	Rimyŏngsu	Yanggakdo Stadium, P'yŏngyang
	Unknown	Highlights	Unknown

Sobaeksu v Ponghwasan

? August 2014	Sobaeksu	4–0	Ponghwasan	Yanggakdo Stadium, P'yŏngyang
	Unknown	Highlights	Unknown

Rimyŏngsu v Myohyangsan

? August 2014	Rimyŏngsu	0–0	Myohyangsan	Yanggakdo Stadium, P'yŏngyang
	Unknown	Highlights	Unknown

P'yŏngyang City v Ponghwasan

? August 2014	P'yŏngyang City	3–0	Ponghwasan	Yanggakdo Stadium, P'yŏngyang
	Unknown	Highlights	Unknown

Semi-finals

Hwaebul and April 25 qualified for the semi-finals from Group A, and Sobaeksu and P'yŏngyang City from Group B; the first-place finisher of each group played the second-place team from the other group. April 25 and Hwaebul won their matches to advance to the final.^[4]

April 25 v Sobaeksu

26 August 2014	April 25	1–0	Sobaeksu	Yanggakdo Stadium, P'yŏngyang
	Unknown	Highlights	None

P'yŏngyang City v Hwaebul

26 August 2014	P'yŏngyang City	0–2	Hwaebul	Yanggakdo Stadium, P'yŏngyang
	None	Highlights	Unknown

Final

Hwaebul and April 25 advanced to the final, which was played at Yanggakdo Stadium on 28 August, with April 25 emerging victorious with a 1–0 score.^[5]

April 25 v Hwaebul

28 August 2014	April 25	1–0	Hwaebul	Yanggakdo Stadium, P'yŏngyang
	Unknown	Highlights	None

April 25

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References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d http://www.naenara.com.kp/en/order/pytimes/?page=Sports&no=18754 Archived 2018-02-28 at the Wayback Machine Hwaeppul tipped to win namesake tournament]
^ ^a ^b "Soccer Tournament for Torch Cup Goes on in DPRK". Archived from the original on 2018-02-28. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
^ "Soccer Tournament for Torch Cup Begins". Archived from the original on 2018-02-28. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
^ 4.25-Sobaeksu 1:0, Pyongyang City-Hwaebul 0:2
^ "Final Game of Soccer Tournament for Torch Cup Held". Archived from the original on 2018-02-28. Retrieved 2018-02-28.

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