Manila, Philippines — It is amazing what a favorable result for a debut can do.
In 2006, Myanmar fielded its first ever women’s national futsal team and they gained a massive 7-2 result against Brunei. Following that outcome, Myanmar poured in resources to improve and bring up to speed their futsal program.
The result is making the AFC Futsal Championships twice and a second place, third place, and two fourth places finishes in the AFF Futsal Championship since 2016.
This coming November 16-21, Myanmar hopes to build on what has been a favorable year so far when they participate in the 2024 AFF Women’s Futsal Championships that will be held at the Philsports Arena in Pasig City, Manila.
In seven matches since the past summer, Myanmar gained three wins over China, Kuwait, and Afghanistan while drawing with Vietnam. One of those losses was 5-0 to powerhouse Thailand. And that is a pretty good result considering when Myanmar first participated in Futsal, they got hammered by Thailand, 22-3.
They are also capable of dishing out their own brand of pain when they inflicted a 25-0 beating on the Philippines in 2017.
For this AFF Women’s Futsal Championships in Manila, what head coach Bunlert Chanlerwong is hoping for is consistency that will allow them to compete day after day.
They will be thrust into the spotlight on opening day, November 16, when they battle host Philippines in the main match at 7pm.
The following day, Myanmar opens the day’s action by locking horns with Vietnam at 4pm.
The Burmese are back in the main game of November 18 when they battle tournament favorite Thailand at 7pm.
In their final match of the single round robin tournament, Myanmar faces off against Indonesia at 4pm on November 19.
Based on the results, the battle for third and fourth place takes place on the final day of competition on November 21 at 4am with the championship scheduled for 7pm.
