Losing to Japan on penalties, Thai women's futsal finished second in the Asian tournament

futsal nữ Thái Lan - Ảnh 1. — Japan women's futsal team won the 2025 Asian Women's Futsal Championship - Photo: AFC

The final match of the 2025 Asian Women's Futsal Championship between Japan and Thailand was exciting and extremely dramatic. The two teams were quite similar in skill level, so the professional quality of the final match was quite high.

The game was not completely one-sided. Each team held the game for a certain period of time.

The Japanese women's futsal team took the lead twice but the Thai women's futsal team successfully equalized twice.

In the 4th minute, Sara Oino opened the score for Japan. In the 8th minute, Jenjira Bubpha equalized 1-1 for the Thai women's futsal team.

Japan took the lead for the second time in the 20th minute and this time the scorer was Kyoka Takahashi. But once again, Thailand leveled the score thanks to Nattamon Artkla (minute 24).

futsal nữ Thái Lan - Ảnh 2. — Despite their best efforts, the Thai girls could only finish second in the 2025 Asian Women's Futsal Championship - Photo: REUTERS

After a 40-minute draw, the two teams entered extra time. Here, the scenario was reversed when the Thai women's futsal team was the team that found the winning goal.

In the 42nd minute, Paerploy Huajaipetch's tricky shot sent the ball through the legs of two Japanese players and the goalkeeper, raising the score to 3-2 for Thailand.

But Japan proved they were also very tenacious when they immediately found the equalizer 3-3 thanks to Yukari Miyahara with a powerful shot from close range.

Continuing to be undecided, the two teams entered a penalty shootout to determine the champion.

Here, the Japanese women's futsal team defeated Thailand 3-2 to win the championship. This is the first time Japan has won the Asian Futsal Championship after 3 times reaching the final.