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Lionesses Up For Tough Test At Asean Women's C'ship
The Straits Times
|March 05, 2025
Having grabbed the last spot for the 2025 Asean Women's Championship, Singapore captain Siti Rosnani Azman remains unfazed at the prospect of facing tougher opponents.
The Lionesses finished third at the Asean Football Federation (AFF) Women's Cup last December to clinch the final berth for the eight-team competition, with the draw, venue and dates to be announced later.
At a press conference on March 4 at the Jalan Besar Stadium, where insurer MSIG was unveiled as the first title partner since the tournament's inception in 2004, Rosnani said: "Apart from the excitement, pressure will start to kick in because I'm pretty sure that this competition is not going to be an easy one.
"We managed to qualify through the first round (AFF Women's Cup), but the second one is going to be a harder one.
"We will be competing against countries that have already been to the World Cup, but we'll give our best no matter what."
The championship, which will also be known as the MSIG Serenity Cup, will see qualifiers Indonesia, Cambodia and Singapore joining the top four sides from the last edition in 2022 - defending champions Philippines, Thailand, Myanmar and Vietnam - and Australia.
This story is from the March 05, 2025 edition of The Straits Times.
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