The final match of the 2026 Southeast Asian Women's Futsal Championship between the Thai women's futsal team and the Australian women's futsal team took place excitingly with a breathtaking score chase and a total of 9 goals scored.
Right after the opening whistle, the Thai women's futsal team proactively pushed up the squad, organized pressing and soon created pressure on Australia's half. In the 6th minute, Meekham took advantage of the opportunity to open the score for the Golden Temple team. Before that, Paerploy also almost doubled the gap in the 14th minute but his shot hit the crossbar.
Despite playing weaker, the Australian women's futsal team unexpectedly equalized in the 17th minute after Anne Holder's wing kick caused the ball to touch Meekham's foot and change direction and fly into the net. However, the joy of the kangaroo team did not last long when Bubpha re-established the lead for Thailand just 2 minutes later.
The drama was pushed to a climax in the 2nd half when Australia strongly rose up and continuously scored 2 goals in the 24th and 25th minutes to take a 3-2 lead. Being led, the Thai women's futsal team showed their bravery with the brilliance of captain Darika. This player scored the equalizer in the 32nd minute before completing a hat-trick with 2 goals in the 36th and 37th minutes.
Efforts at the end of the match only helped Australia narrow the score. In the end, the Thai women's futsal team won 5-4 to win the 2026 Southeast Asian Women's Futsal Championship after an emotional final.
