India qualify for AFC U20 Women's Asian Cup for first time in two decades

The India U20 women's national team secured qualification for the AFC U20 Women's Asian Cup for the first time in 20 years, after defeating hosts Myanmar 1-0 in their final Group D encounter at the Thuwunna Stadium in Yangon, on Sunday, according to the AIFF website.

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The Young Tigresses finished top of their group with seven points, after winger Pooja's 27th-minute goal secured a victory for them in front of a partisan crowd at the Thuwunna Stadium.

It was a game of two halves, the first dominated by India, while Myanmar controlled the proceedings in the second. Neha and Sibani Devi Nongmeikapam combined as early as the third minute, when the former fizzed in a cross to the latter, who was merely inches away from tapping it in.

While the hosts absorbed all the pressure, they did launch a few counterattacks, and forward Su Su Khin came close in the ninth, after receiving a chest-down from Yin Loon Eain.