Westfield U17 Women’s National Coach Belinda Wilson has announced her 23 player squad to travel to Nanjing China on September 23rd to represent Australia in the Women’s U17 AFC World Cup Qualifiers.
There were no surprises unveiled in the final squad with seven Queenslanders, seven from New South Wales, four Victorians, two South Australians, two from ACT and one West Australian.
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| Words and images by Craig Stockdale |
The AFC U16 Women’s Championships is the official FIFA qualifying tournament for the 2014 FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup to be held in Costa Rica in early 2014. Australia are placed in Group A with the host nation China and Bahrain. The knock out draw has four groups with the winners progressing to the semi-finals the top three ranked AFC teams advancing to the World Cup in 2014.
Group A
China
Australia
Bahrain
Group B
DPR Korea
Chinese Taipei
Jordan
Group C
Korea Republic
Thailand
Uzbekistan
Group D
Japan
Iran
Guam
August was a busy month for Wilson who recently took over the reins of the ‘Mini Matildas’ squad and she successfully engineered a solid set of performances against New Zealand in Canberra. Details of the New Zealand results can be found here.
As preparation for the AFC Championships in China the team will gather in Brisbane on the 19th of September and travel to Toowoomba for a pre-tournament camp which includes a practice match against the Westfield W-League’s Brisbane Roar.
The Football Sack wishes coach Belinda Wilson and her squad the very best wishes for a successful tournament and safe travels into China.
Stocky’s Scribbles will be exclusively covering the games in China.
Full Squad
Angela Beard – QLD
Alexandra Chidiac – SA
Isobel Dalton – QLD
Eleni Fakos – VIC
Sunny Franco – QLD
Tia Gavin – NSW
Beatrice Goad – VIC
Brooke Goodrich – QLD
Victoria Guzman – NSW
Emily Henderson – WA
Jada Mathyssen-Whyman – NSW Country
Afrikah McGladrigan – QLD
Teagan Micah – QLD
Sophie Nenadovic – Northern NSW
Ayesha Norrie (Kirby) – QLD
Chloe O’Brien – NSW
Jessica Pitts – VIC
Rhianna Pollicina – NSW
Matilda-Lee Potter – NSW Country
Siena Senatore – ACT
Madeline Stockdale – VIC
Jessica Waterhouse – SA
Georgina Worth – ACT
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