November 5

THE Myanmar women’s team will start preparing for the final round of the 2022 Asian Cup Women’s Championship in the second week of November.

The finals of the 2022 AFC Women’s Cup, hosted by India, will be held from 20 January to 6 February 2022, and the Myanmar team will spend more than two months of preparation.

The Myanmar women’s team is currently building with 25 preliminary players based on the players who competed in the previous AFC Women’s Cup Qualifiers and will make adequate preparations before the Women’s Asian Cup tourney.

The Myanmar women’s team will face defending champions Japan, Asian powerhouse South Korea and ASEAN giant Viet Nam in Group C of the finals.

Team Myanmar is likely to struggle to reach the quarter-finals, football experts said.

Meanwhile, host India is placed in Group A with China, China Taipei, and Iran while three ASEAN teams Thailand, the Philippines and Indonesia are falling in Group B with world-class team Australia.

In the previous qualifiers, the Myanmar team was in the same group with the UAE, Lebanon and Guam and collected three straight big wins to make the finals.—Ko Nyi Lay/GNLM