Eight group winners and three best runners-up from the qualifiers will join hosts Thailand for the 2026 AFC U-20 Women’s Asian Cup.
The charges of Peter Butler are set to depart for Laos on August 2.
Negin Zandi, who squandered a host of opportunities from the beginning of the match, scored the decisive goal in the 84th minute as she ran past the Bangladesh goalkeeper Rupna Chakma on a long ball and slotted a low drive into the open net.
