History was made in Tashkent as the Uzbekistan women’s national football team secured a long-awaited qualification for the final stage of the AFC Women’s Asian Cup, breaking a 23-year drought.

In a dramatic decisive match against Nepal, the game ended 3:3 in regular time. The fate of qualification was decided in a penalty shootout, where the Uzbek players held their nerve and clinched a 4:2 victory.

With this triumph, Uzbekistan books a spot in the upcoming Asian Cup to be held in Australia.