High flying Bangladesh Women’s Football team qualified for the 12-team final round of the AFC Women’s Asian Cup Australia 2026 in style with all-win record outplaying Turkmenistan by 7-0 goals in the last group match at the Thuwunna Stadium in Yangon Saturday evening.
Bangladesh scored all the seven goals in the first half in an one sided match where Turkmenistan booters were completely off coloured in all the departments.
Country's wonder girl Ritu Porna Chakma, who guided Bangladesh to their first-ever final round berth in the AFC Women's Asian Cup scoring two eye catching goals against stronger Myanmar on Wednesday, today (Saturday) also scored twice against Turkmenistan.
With the day's feat, Ritu Porna Chakma scored five goals in three group matches including one against Bahrain.
Shamsun Nahar Junior also scored two goals while Tohura Khatun, Sopna Rani and Monika Chakma scored one goal each for Bangladesh.
Sopna Rani put Bangladesh ahead in the very 4th minute by a power packed shot , off a Shamsun Nahar cross came his way from Tohura Khatun (1-0).
Winger Shamsin Nahar Junior scored two goals in a row in the 6th minute and 13th minute 3-0).
Monika Chakma scored the 4th goal for Bangladesh in the 16th minute(4-0), Ritu Porna Chakma scored the 5th goal in the 18th minute (5-0) while Tohura Khatun netted the 6th goal in the 20th minute to take 6-0 lead within just 20 minutes.
Finally, Ritu Porna Chakma sealed the fate of the match scoring her 2nd goal in the 42nd minute by a left footer, off a Monika Chakma' s short corner (7-0).
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In three group matches, Bangladesh scored 16 goals conceding only one against Myanmar.
In the day's another Group C match, hosts Myanmar outplayed Bahrain. by 6-0 goals Saturday afternoon
After the day's s last Group C matches, Bangladesh team clinched the Group C crown with all- win run to qualify for the final round of the Women's Asian Cup securing full nine points from straight three matches while hosts Myanmar eliminated from the meet with six points from three outings.
Earlier, Bangladesh Women's team (Ranked 128th) brought laurel for the country by reaching their first- ever final round berth in the AFC Women's Asian Cup as the Group C champions with one match to spare shocking their 73rd ranked superior and two times ASEAN champions Myanmar (55th) by 2-1 goals last Wednesday
Bangladesh Women's team, which remained winless suffering five consecutive defeats conceding 25 goals in last two versions of AFC Women's Asian Cup Qualifiers, tasted their maiden victory in the continental football with commanding 7-0 goals victory over their 36th ranked higher Bahrain (ranked 92nd) in their opening Group C match of the ongoing meet at the same venue last Sunday.
Incidentally, Bangladesh is the first team to qualify for the 12- team final round the AFC Asian Cup Australia 2026 as one of the eight group champions to join already-qualified sides--last time champions China, runners up South Korea, 3rd ranked Japan and hosts Australia
The ensuing 12-team AFC Women's Asian Cup, billed for the different Australia cities from March 1 to 21 next year, will also be treated as the qualifying meet for the---2027 FIFA Women' s World Cup in Brazil and 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
Bangladesh team also have chance to play in two prestigious global meets as the top six teams of the Asian Cup will be entitled to play in the FIFA Women's World Cup. Two more teams may also qualify via the Inter-confederation play-off .
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Bangladesh national men's football team qualified for the final round of the AFC Asian Cup once in 1980 in Kuwait.
Group champions Bangladesh women's team will return home Sunday night.