Australia U23 women's football championship 2025

(Dan Tri) - Defeating Myanmar 1-0 at Lach Tray Stadium (Hai Phong) on the evening of August 19 in the final match, the Australian women's U23 team convincingly won the 2025 Southeast Asian women's football championship.

Right after the opening whistle, the Australian women's U23 team pressed the field completely and controlled the midfield area. However, the Myanmar women's team defended tenaciously, playing close to the opponent's strength to prevent the opponent's strength and maintain a 0-0 draw in the first half.

In the second half, the Australian U23 women's team accelerated and they twice hit the crossbar of the Myanmar goal. The pressure from the kangaroo girls was concreted in the 66th minute, when Hogan Keane crossed for Furphy to finish into the far corner, scoring the only goal of the match.

The Australian women's U23 team played solidly and secured the overall victory in the last 20 minutes of the match, while the Myanmar women's team lost their physical strength. At the end of 90 minutes, the Australian women's U23 team beat the Myanmar women's team 1-0 and won the 2025 Southeast Asian Women's Football Championship. This is the second time the Australian women's football team has won this tournament.

At a press conference before the final match taking place on August 18 in Hai Phong , Myanmar coach Uki Tetsuro (Japanese) said: "The U23 Australian team has improved a lot compared to themselves at the beginning of this year's tournament, so tomorrow's final match will be very difficult for us."

“The Myanmar players only have two days to recover. However, the whole team will still enter the final match with the highest determination. We are determined to win the cup,” said coach Uki Tetsuro.

Coach Uki Tetsuro of the Myanmar women's team (Photo: VFF).

In the history of the Southeast Asian women's football tournament, Myanmar has won the championship twice. If they win the final match tomorrow night (August 19), this team will have won the championship for the third time, equal to the achievement of Vietnamese women's football, only behind Thailand's achievement of winning the championship four times.

In Myanmar's squad, there is a very dangerous striker Win Theingi Tun. This girl has scored 7 goals until after the semi-finals.

Coach Uki Tetsuro said about Win Theingi Tun: “She is very important to the Myanmar women's football team, but team play and team victory are always more important. I want to see every Myanmar female player show their best spirit and performance, for the team.”

“Up to this point, I am very satisfied with the spirit and what my players have shown. I want to see them continue to show that in the final,” coach Uki Tetsuro emphasized.

In the group stage, Myanmar defeated U23 Australia 2-1 in the opening match. However, in the final match, things may have been different.

Coach Joe Palatsides of the Australian women's U23 team (Photo: VFF).

Coach Joe Palatsides of U23 Australia shared: “When the Southeast Asian Championship started this year, we arrived in Vietnam later than some other teams. At the beginning of the tournament, U23 Australia did not have time to adapt to the weather.”

“However, after that, everything changed in a positive direction, we went from one progress to another. My players adapted very well to the quite tight schedule in this year's tournament,” added coach Joe Palatsides.

When asked about their opponents Myanmar, the coach of the U23 women's team from the land of kangaroos said: "We will not pay too much attention to the opponent's playing style. The important thing is that U23 Australia shows its own playing style."

“My plan is to help the team control the ball well. If we control the ball, the opponent cannot score and cannot make it difficult for us,” coach Joe Palatsides confidently declared.

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