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Thursday, July 3, 2025<\/strong> Related articles<\/p>\n Collaborate!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n On Wednesday, Bangladesh<\/a><\/span> defeated hosts Myanmar<\/a><\/span> 2\u20131 in their second Group C match of the AFC Women’s Asian Cup<\/a><\/span> 2026 qualifiers at Thuwunna Stadium<\/a><\/span> in Yangon, Myanmar.\n<\/p>\n Ritu Porna Chakma<\/a><\/span> scored both goals for Bangladesh<\/a>, striking first in the 19th minute by converting a rebound after a free-kick, and adding a second in the 72nd minute with a solo effort from the edge of the box. Myanmar pulled one goal back through Win Win in the 89th minute, but Bangladesh held on for what Dhaka Tribune<\/i> and others called a historic win.\n<\/p>\n The victory marked Bangladesh<\/a>\u2019s second consecutive win in the qualifiers, following their 7\u20130 win over Bahrain<\/a>, and secured their spot in the final tournament of the 2026 AFC Women’s Asian Cup<\/a><\/span> in Australia. It was Bangladesh’s first-ever qualification for the continental finals.\n<\/p>\n Bangladesh<\/a>\u2019s starting eleven featured Rupna Chakma<\/a><\/span>, Sheuli Azim<\/a><\/span>, Afeeda Khandaker<\/a><\/span>, Shamsunnahar<\/a><\/span>, Kohati Kisku<\/a><\/span>, Sapna Rani<\/a><\/span>, Maria Manda<\/a><\/span>, Monika Chakma<\/a><\/span>, Shamsunnahar Jr.<\/a><\/span>, Ritu Porna Chakma, and Tohura Khatun<\/a><\/span>. The team was coached by Peter Butler<\/a><\/span>.\n<\/p>\n With the win, Bangladesh<\/a> topped Group C with one match remaining against Turkmenistan<\/a><\/span> on July 5. Myanmar had earlier defeated Turkmenistan 8\u20130 in their opening game.\n<\/p>\n \n<\/div>\n #Bangladesh #beat #hosts #Myanmar #qualify #AFC #Womens #Asian #Cup<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From Wikinews, the free news s… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":809,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1310"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1310\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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