Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Kuala Lumpur: After Thailand’s breakthrough qualification for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2015, a new cast of Southeast Asian stars will carry with them the hopes of the region at Jordan 2018.
Philippines back on the big stage
A freezing pitch in Dushanbe, Tajikistan was an unlikely setting for a milestone moment in Filipino football, but it was there that the Malditas, the women’s national team, ended a 15-year drought to qualify for the AFC Women’s Asian Cup 2018 with a 1-1 draw against Bahrain.
The Philippines have appeared in the continental championship on eight previous occasions, but those outings all came in an era where there was no qualification tournament,
Successfully qualifying for Jordan 2018 has the potential to usher in a new era for the women’s game in the country, according to Philippine Football Federation President, AFC Executive Committee Member and FIFA Council Member, Mariano V. Araneta Jr.
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