Disappointment for Bangladesh

The Bangladesh women's team completed their AFC Women's Futsal Championship campaign with a third consecutive defeat, losing 6-1 to Chinese Taipei in the final Group B match in Bangkok yesterday.

Chinese Taipei dominated throughout the 40-minute indoor game, where Bangladesh trailed by four goals in the first half before captain Sabina Khatun struck a consolation goal a minute into the second half. However, Chinese Taipei added two more goals within two minutes to confirm their semifinal berth.

Bangladesh had earlier suffered heavy 7-1 and 7-0 defeats to Malaysia and Vietnam respectively.

Coach Golam Rabbani Choton, however, was satisfied with the overall performance of his charges in their debut appearance in this format of the game.

"Today I think our girls showed what they learned from the first two matches. We have a lot of talented players here, but they're new to futsal. I think they're becoming a good futsal team. They are becoming more confident and today we had four or five great chances. I think they did very well," Choton was quoted as saying on the AFC's official website.