The Dongguk University’s (DU) soccer team won their first championship cup in the 56th National University Soccer Confederation Fall Game in nine years. On August 28, 2020, DU defeated Soongsil University 2-1 in the final match that took place at Taebaek Stadium in Taebaek, Gangwon Province.

In the quarterfinals, DU beat Honam University 2-0, and initially tied 2-2 with Cyber Hankuk University (Foreign Studies) in the semifinals, but then took the lead in a 5-3 penalty shootout to move up to the finals. In the finals, Soongsil was in the lead by 0-1 at the end of the first half, but 17 minutes into the second half, Hwang Myung-hyun (freshman) scored a goal for DU to even the score. Later, 30 minutes into the second half, Lee Kyu-bin (sophomore) scored the winning goal to clinch a dramatic victory for DU.

DU was the champion of the National University Soccer Confederation Fall Game for two consecutive years in 2010 and 2011, the winner of Jungbu Region 2 in the University League in 2013, and had also won the 11th Freshman–Sophomore University Soccer Autumn Championship in 2014. Under the leadership of Manager Ahn Hyo-yeon, who was appointed to take over the team of his alma mater in 2017, the DU team finally succeeded in winning the championship cup at the National University Soccer Confederation Fall Games after a 9-year drought.

Yoon Sung-yee, President of Dongguk University, was at Taebaek Stadium to cheer on the school’s team during the final match. He said "it was a game where DU’s soccer team showed its brave and pure spirit without holding back,” and added, “(I am) very happy and grateful that all the players’ hard work under the leadership of Manager Ahn Hyo-yeon has paid off, and hope that they will continue to uphold DU’s soccer reputation.”