The first Southeast Asian team has qualified for the 2019 World Cup

Specifically, the matches of Group A of the 2018 Asian Women's Football Championship took place last night, when the Philippines lost 0-3 to China, Thailand won 6-1 against the host team Jordan. This is a happy result for the Southeast Asian representative after they suffered a heavy 0-4 loss to China on the opening day.

Philippines and Thailand compete for tickets to the 2019 World Cup.

With these results, China has secured one of the two tickets to the semi-finals of the 2018 Asian Cup, and is also the first ticket to the World Cup in Asia. Meanwhile, Jordan has been eliminated right at home.

Meanwhile, both Thailand and the Philippines have three points after victories over Jordan. They will meet in the final match of Group A to determine which team will join China in the semi-finals, and also the 2019 World Cup finals. But regardless of the result, Southeast Asia is assured of a representative at the 2019 World Cup.

The loser of this match will have the right to play a play-off with the third-place team in Group B to compete for the fifth ticket to the World Cup. However, in the context of Group B including many elite representatives such as Japan, Korea, Vietnam and Australia, the chance for the representative of Group A is not high.

In the past, there has only been one time that Southeast Asia has had a representative at the World Cup, that was in 2015 after they won against Vietnam in the Asian playoff in 2014. At the 2015 World Cup, Thailand had 1 win and 2 losses (won against Ivory Coast) and did not make it into the top 3 best ranked teams.