Five-a-side Women s Football Asian Cup Chinese team advances to the quarterfinals with three consecutive victories

On May 10, in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, the Chinese team defeated Uzbekistan 3-1, and won the first place in Group A of the 2025 AFC Women's Five-State Football Asian Cup with a three-game winning streak. Currently, the Chinese team is only two games away from the goal of rushing to the World Cup.

The Chinese team defeated Australia 3-1 and defeated Taipei 5-3 in the first two group matches. Such a result means that the Chinese team has already qualified from the group in advance after two rounds. However, winning the first place in the group with a record of winning all three games is still the goal of the Chinese team. This can not only continue its momentum, but also affect its position in the next knockout stage. Therefore, although the Chinese team made certain adjustments to the lineup in the last game of the group stage against Uzbekistan, they did not relax at all. In fact, because of the unique substitution rules of the five-a-side football game, the boundary between the main players and the substitutes is not very clear.

Uzbekistan maintained hope of advancement after defeating Australia in the last round. In this game, Uzbekistan maintained a high fighting spirit. The Chinese team No. 3 Ke Yaoxiang broke the deadlock in the first half, and Uzbekistan equalized the score by lightning.

ended the half-time competition with a score of 1-1, and the Uzbekistan team, who still has hope of advancement, made a desperate bet in the second half. The Chinese team performed quite well, scoring two goals in the last stage of the game, thus winning the game 3-1 and ushering in three consecutive victories.

The Chinese team beat their opponents two goals in every game of the group stage. This score gap is not large in the five-a-side football game. However, before the group stage, it is hard to say that the Chinese team has an absolute overwhelming advantage against any opponent. In the end, it is the result of making full preparations before the game and going all out in every game.

Most of the players in the Chinese team participated in an intercontinental competition like the Asian Cup for the first time. These three wins also greatly encouraged the team and enhanced the players' confidence. Ke Yaoxiang scored two goals and contributed one assist in the game against Uzbekistan. After the game, she bluntly said that we can play any team, we must fight and show ourselves more confidently.

A total of 12 teams participated in the Asian Cup for Women's Fifteen, with the top two in the three groups and the two best-achieved groups advancing to the quarterfinals. The Chinese team qualifies as the first in Group A, and will play third in Group B or Group C in the quarter-finals. The top three players of this event advanced to the first FIFA Women's Fifteen-a-On Football World Cup held in the Philippines in November. Therefore, if the Chinese team can win two more games in the knockout round, they will advance to the World Cup.