THE Philippines stepped closer to making it to the AFC Women’s Futsal Asian Cup, beating another higher-ranked team in world No. 38 Turkmenistan, 2-0, on Wednesday in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Katrina Guillou and Dionesa Tolentin scored the goals for world No. 59 Philippines to take over the top position in Group C over idle Australia with seven points (2-1-0 win-draw-loss).
The Philippines, already bound for the FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup being the host country, still has one remaining match on Friday against Australia, but it can already seal its place in the Women’s Futsal Asian Cup proper later in the day with a Kuwait win over host Uzbekistan.
READ: Philippines draws host Uzbekistan in Futsal Asian Cup qualifiers
The Asian Cup is from May 7 to 18 in China.
The top two teams in each of the four groups will book outright seats in the Asian Cup, with the best third-placer in the tournament also gaining a spot in the tournament.
A cross by Judy Connelly to Guillou opened the scoring two minutes after halftime.
With Turkmenistan goalkeeper Malika Eminova out of position, Tolentin took advantage and scored on screamer for a two-goal advantage.
The Philippines started the competition with a 4-1 win over Kuwait, and drew with host Uzbekistan, 3-3.
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