Head to head

North Korea vs Qatar

If they played today

North Korea at home

41% / 26% / 33%

North Korea win / draw / Qatar win

North Korea–Qatar

1–1 12.4%
1–0 10.1%
0–1 8.8%
2–1 8.7%
1–2 7.6%

Neutral venue

33% / 26% / 41%

North Korea win / draw / Qatar win

North Korea–Qatar

1–1 12.4%
0–1 10.0%
1–0 8.9%
1–2 8.7%
2–1 7.7%

Qatar at home

26% / 25% / 49%

North Korea win / draw / Qatar win

North Korea–Qatar

1–1 11.8%
0–1 10.7%
1–2 9.5%
0–2 8.6%
1–0 7.4%

Probabilities come from each team's current Elo rating, so they answer “if they met today” rather than predicting a scheduled fixture. See the methodology for how the model works and where it is weakest.

Elo since debut

Side by side

	North Korea	Qatar
Current Elo	1494	1543
Elo rank	114th	95th
Peak Elo	1779 (1980)	1881 (2019)
Matches played	390	638
All-time record	162W 106D 122L	260W 156D 222L
Goals for	628	897
Goals against	435	777
Biggest win	21–0 vs Guam · 2005-03-11 · EAFF Championship	15–0 vs Bhutan · 2015-09-03 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Portugal · 2010-06-21 · FIFA World Cup	0–9 vs Kuwait · 1973-04-12 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.03	0.01
AFC Asian Cups won	0	2
Expected AFC Asian Cups	0.35	0.55

When they've met

Meetings

North Korea 4W 6D 4L

Goals

18–26

North Korea first

First meeting

2–0

North Korea won · 1989-10-20 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Most recent

1–5

Qatar won · 2025-03-20 · FIFA World Cup qualification

North Korea's biggest win

2–0

1989-10-20 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Qatar's biggest win

6–0

2019-01-13 · AFC Asian Cup

Most common result

2–2

North Korea first · 4 times, last 2024-09-10

Current run

Unbeaten in 6

Qatar · since 2013-06-11

14 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2025-03-20	1–5	Qatar home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2024-09-10	2–2	Neutral	FIFA World Cup qualification
2019-01-13	0–6	Neutral	AFC Asian Cup
2017-06-06	2–2	Qatar home	Friendly
2014-11-06	1–3	Qatar home	Friendly
2013-06-11	0–0	Qatar home	Friendly
2010-12-31	1–0	Qatar home	Friendly
2009-12-30	1–0	Qatar home	Friendly
2008-08-24	1–2	Qatar home	Friendly
2003-02-20	2–2	Neutral	King's Cup
2002-02-10	1–1	Neutral	King's Cup
1993-05-02	2–2	Neutral	FIFA World Cup qualification
1993-04-18	2–1	Qatar home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1989-10-20	2–0	Neutral	FIFA World Cup qualification