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Thai women clinch World Cup ticket



BANGKOK: -- Thailand's women's football team scored a historic success by securing their first World Cup appearance with a nerve-shredding 2-1 win over Vietnam in the AFC Women's Cup yesterday.

The Thais clinched the fifth qualification spot for the Fifa Women's World Cup in Canada next year after a second-half brace from Kanchana Sangnguen helped them down bitter rivals Vietnam in the fifthplace playoff match.


-- The Nation 2014-05-22

Thailand books final spot in Women’s World Cup

HO CHI MINH CITY, 22 May 2014 (NNT) - Thailand's women's football team have made history by securing a spot in the next Women's World Cup after beating Vietnam 2-1 in Ho Chi Minh City.

The Thai side has clinched the 5th qualifying spot for FIFA Women’s World Cup, which will be held in Canada next year, after defeating the host, Vietnam, with 2-1 on the scoreboard after the final whistle.

Thailand’s two second-half goals were enough to see them advance despite a fruitless surge from the home team who scored a consolation goal to get the fans jumping off their feet.

After the match, the coach of the Thai team said it was like a dream come true for them and that they had achieved their World Cup dream.

Football Association of Thailand President Worawi Makudi earlier promised that the association would give the team 10 million baht if they made it to the World Cup finals.


-- NNT 2014-05-22

Congrats!

Well done.

Thai men should follow in the footsteps of their women.

Congratulations!

Excellent achievement! It's all very well giving the team a 10 mill incentive, but I wonder how that compares to the total amount spent on facilities and coaching. Probably quite a lot. Short-termism alive and well at the Thai FA!

Thai men should follow in the footsteps of their women.

Ouch ! Change the habits of a lifetime ?

Great news.....a ray of sunshine for Thailand.......thank goodness for the girls of Thailand......they excell where others (Thai men mostly) fail......

Congratulations , well done.

Well done girls , now kick some balls

Congratulations to this team and good luck.

As usual, for this World Cup my money is on the Thai women.

They do know what is the average temp. Outside there is ?

Well done to the Ladies.

Good on ya!

The fellas ain't gonna like that one bit!

well done the ladies,i hope they are not too cold over in Canada.

Thai men should follow in the footsteps of their women.

And stop walking off the pitch refusing to play, when they don't agree with the ref?

Thai football team walks off pitch and refuses to play after a decision doesn't go their way.

Asking a bit much, mate.

Great news, congratulations girls

In the far right of the picture, is that Alan Partridge?

//edit/well done ladies

In the far right of the picture, is that Alan Partridge?

//edit/well done ladies

My niece is on the second row from the left hand side of the photo behind number 20. She has been paying for the Thai National team for many years and she has been all over the world with them. They always shave done better than the men's team but before they won the Sea Games in Myanmar last year they were still not getting the publicity they deserve. My niece even played for Sweden in a friendly earlier this year before they went to Japan for a month for a pre-season warm up. Most of the women in the Team are Toms.

Congrats and good luck in Canada

Congratulations, best of luck in the tournament.

Awesome news for the nation at this time. Women's football is as exciting and dramatic as men's but there is still massive sexism in the game that stops some of the world's best players appearing in mainstream football (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanna_Ljungberg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maribel_Dom%C3%ADnguez). I wish Thailand all the best next year but fear that an encounter with the USA or Sweden will be all it takes for them to exit.