North Korea U20 defeated Colombia U20 (women) 3:0 in the semi-finals of the World Cup for women's under-20 cricket on 23 September 2026. The hosts were already unbeaten in the tournament, sitting top of the table with three wins from three matches and nine points. Colombia had finished in third place with one win, one draw and one loss for four points.
Pak Ok-I opened the scoring in the 28th minute, followed by Choe Rim-Jong's goal in the 35th. Colombia made a substitution in the 53rd minute when S. Rodriguez came on for So Ryu-Gyong, though the latter had already scored in the 47th minute. The visitors made further changes, bringing on Choe Chong-Gum in the 63rd and S. Cabezas for M. Silva in the 71st.
North Korea had beaten Colombia 3:0 earlier in the tournament on 13 September. They had also won their previous matches 2:0 against Canada U20 (women) on 20 September and 2:0 against Japan U20 on 17 September. The hosts kept a clean sheet in all three group games.
Colombia's recent form included a 1:0 victory over Nigeria U20 (women) on 20 September and a 1:0 win against Poland U20 on 17 September. They had drawn 0:0 with Portugal U20 (women) on 10 September before losing 3:1 to Costa Rica (women, U20) on 7 September.
The result means North Korea advance to the final with a perfect record. Colombia's campaign ends in third place, having failed to progress past the group stage despite picking up a point against Portugal U20.
