Kathmandu: The Nepali women football team lost to defending champion North Korea in the final match of the Group ‘A’ held at Thimpu in Bhutan on Sunday.
The North Korean team made 11 goals against Nepal while the Nepali team members could not contribute even a single goal in today’s game of the AFC Women’s U20 Asian Cup Qualifiers.
With this, Nepal was ousted from the selection round of the AFC Women’s U20 Asian Cup Qualifiers. After the victory, North Korea gathered nine points from three matches played so far. The North Korean players made five goals in the first half and remaining goals in the second half of the game.
Prior to this, North Korea defeated Saudi Arabia 15-0 in the first match and Bhutan 10-0 in the second match. Following Nepal’s defeat on Sunday, it lost the chance for getting qualified into the AFC Asian Cup to be held in Thailand next year.