Both the trophy and the $1 million (about 1.5 billion won) winner's prize went to the North Korea Naegohyang Women's Football Club. In a final held in Korea amid controversy, Naegohyang beat Japan's Tokyo Verdy Beleza to reach the top of Asia. The atmosphere in the stadium also left a bitter aftertaste to the very end.
Naegohyang beat Tokyo Verdy 1-0 in the 2025-2026 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Women's Champions League (AWCL) final held at Suwon Sports Complex on the afternoon of the 23rd to win the title. The official attendance that day was 2,670.
After the match, Minister Chae Hwi-young of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Korea Football Association President Chung Mong-gyu are attending the awards ceremony. May 23, 2026
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