The North Korean women’s national ice hockey team has submitted its roster to participate in an international competition and qualifier for next year’s Winter Olympics, the PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (POCOG) said on Friday.

The DPRK women’s national hockey team is scheduled to take part in the 2017 Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship of International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), held at the Gangneung and Kwandong Hockey Centers located at Gangneung, South Korea.

The North Korean team handed in a roster consisting of 20 athletes and 10 support personnel to the IIHF in accordance