Uzbekistan, Thailand begin with win
Friday, 22 October 2010 14:44
Kuala Lumpur: Uzbekistan and Thailand winning starts to their AFC U-19 Women’
s Championship second round qualifying campaign at the KLFA Stadium on
Thursday.
The Central Asians thrashed Iran 5-1 while Thailand got the better of Chinese
Taipei 2-0.
Midfielder Kamola Riskieva scored a brace for Uzbekistan while Selime
Gugueva, Fazilat Bakhromova and Lyudmila Karachik added a goal apiece. Maryam
Rahimi pulled one back for Iran.
Taneekarn Dangda opened the scoring for Thailand in the seventh minute and an
own goal by Chinese Taipei’s Feng Meng-Ping made it 2-0.
Uzbekistan will meet Vietnam while Iran will face Chinese Taipei on Saturday.
The second round features teams ranked 6-8 from the previous competition,
along with the first-round group winners, for a total of five countries.
After a single round-robin, the top team will qualify for the tournament
proper.
Top five teams from the last edition - Japan, Korea Republic, DPR Korea,
China and Australia – have been given a direct entry into the Finals.
The six-team Finals will have a one-round league format to determine the
champions.