Thailand lost painfully, Japan was crowned sweetly: Determining 4 Asian teams going to the World Cup

On the evening of May 17, the Thai women's futsal team faced the Japanese women's futsal team in the final match of the 2025 Asian Women's Futsal Championship. Since the tournament was launched in 2015, the Japanese women's team has finished runner-up twice in a row, losing to Iran in the finals in 2015 and 2018. Therefore, coach Takehiro Suga's team is determined to win the championship this year.

Thailand and Japan dramatic score chase

In the 5th minute, Arriya of the Thai women's futsal team lost the ball near the goal. The Japanese players coordinated and Sara Oino had a delicate toe-poke to open the score, putting the team from the land of cherry blossoms ahead 1-0.

Not long after, the Thai women's futsal team leveled the score. In the 9th minute, the Thai team took a corner kick, Bubpha received the ball, dribbled it once, then finished with great force to tie the score 1-1.

Thai women's futsal team lost in penalty shootout

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In the second half, the Japanese women's futsal team regained the lead, the score was 2-1. In the 21st minute, the Japanese girls coordinated a great corner kick, Darika at the 2nd post kicked a sensational kick that hit the Thai net.

Just 4 minutes later (minute 29), the team from the land of the golden pagodas once again brought the match back to the starting line. Nattamon stole the ball in the midfield and fired a powerful shot past the Japanese goalkeeper, equalizing the score 2-2.

The Thai and Japanese women's futsal teams tied 2-2 after 40 minutes of play. The two teams had to go into extra time (5 minutes each). In the 3rd minute of the first extra time, from a corner kick, Paerploy shot through the legs of 2 Japanese players into the net, helping the Thai team take a 3-2 lead. In the 44th minute, receiving a pass from a teammate on the sideline, Yuraki handled the ball for a moment and then fired a powerful shot that sent the ball diagonally into the net, tying the score at 3-3 for Japan. This was also the final score after 2 extra times.

The joy of the Japanese girls with their first championship, after two consecutive runner-up finishes

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In a nerve-wracking penalty shootout, the Japanese women's futsal team won 3-2 against Thailand. Japan was crowned champion in a dramatic fashion. This was a sweet result for the women's futsal team of the cherry blossom country after two consecutive runner-up finishes.

In the third-place match that took place on the same day, the Iranian women's futsal team defeated host China 3-1. Thus, 4 Asian representatives will participate in the 2025 Women's Futsal World Cup taking place in the Philippines later this year: host Philippines, Thailand, Japan and Iran. There are 16 teams worldwide that have won tickets to the Women's Futsal World Cup.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/thai-lan-thua-dau-nhat-ban-dang-quang-ngot-ngao-xac-dinh-3-doi-chau-a-di-world-cup-185250517203822598.htm