The first match showed the power of winning the championship. It's only a matter of time before the DPRK women's soccer team wins the top two spots in the group. Of course, the team's goal is to lock up qualification for the World Youth Championship and win the Asian Cup.
The top three qualify for the 2024 U17 Women's World Cup, to be held Oct. 16-Nov. 3, 2024, in the Dominican Republic, according to regulations.
Next up, the Chinese women's soccer team will welcome their first opponent, the Australian women's soccer team, at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, before taking on the Thai women's soccer team and the Japanese women's soccer team, which are the defending champions, and Australia, which was fourth in the previous edition. China's U17 women's head coach Gary Van Egmond said in an interview that there is only one goal to win the title.
Statistically speaking, the best result of the Chinese women's soccer team since the organization in 2005 is only the runner-up, and it has never won a championship. The main goal this time around should be to ensure qualification for the U17 Women's World Cup.
