Suzhou, May 10 -- No Indian women's team has ever stood one win away from qualifying for a FIFA World Cup on merit. On Monday, May 11, India's 23 daughters from the U17 women's national team will step into the biggest match of their young careers when they face hosts China in the quarter-finals of the AFC U17 Women's Asian Cup China 2026 at the Suzhou Sports Centre Stadium at 17:00 IST.
The match will be streamed live on the AFC Asian Cup YouTube Channel.
Victory for the Young Tigresses will seal their place in the FIFA U17 Women's World Cup Morocco 2026.
Though India have played the U17 men's and women's World Cups as hosts in 2017 and 2022, respectively, the nation has never reached the world's biggest stage through qualification.
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