North Korea's World Cup 'triumph'

They have a history of tall tales and false victory claims.

So it's no surprise a mock video has appeared on YouTube of North Korea "celebrating" qualification for the World Cup final - at the expense of arch enemies the USA, Japan and China.

Complete with images of leader Kim Jong-Un saluting the team and fans celebrating at a "live site" on the street, the fictitious footage includes a highlights of a 2-0 victory over China in an empty stadium.

The video also shows a scoreboard trumpeting a 7-0 victory over Japan and a 4-0 win over the US - all of which didn't take place, of course.

It comes four years after North Korea pulled a similar propaganda stunt during the last World Cup in South Africa, where they did compete and lost all three games to Brazil, Ivory Coast and Portugal.

During that tournament, North Korean media reported their country's national team defeated Brazil 1-0 even though Brazil won the match 2-1.

But this time the mock report was not made by the North Koreans, but a cheeky fan mocking the communist nation's penchant for falsehood.

In reality, North Korea failed to make it to the final round of Asian qualifying ahead of the World Cup, losing twice to Uzbekistan and drawing lowly Tajikistan.

North Korea is currently ranked 146th in the world, 36 spots behind Canada.