We haven't won a Women's Saf Championship, what's the big deal? If Nepal's women's national football team dreams of playing in the World Cup, it is a similar accusation. even yes Not at all. Yes, why is it that we have not been able to break the circle of the SAFF Championship, the World Cup has become a different matter.

Why not go outside the circle of South Asian women's football and take a look, the World Cup may seem like something that can be touched. 

'We can do it, we can do it,' says Savitra Bhandari, the biggest star of Nepali women's football. She became the first player to play professional football in Europe. Currently plays in France. Angela Subba followed him to Greece. On the contrary, she asks, 'Why can't we?' The first thing to understand is that in the international football equation, men's and women's games are different, exactly different.

can be explained as follows. FIFA also ranks women's football. In this ranking, we are at 103rd place. In a way it is very backward. The 2027 Women's World Cup will be held in Brazil and the number of participating countries is 32. Among them, only six teams can play from Asia. This is a very small number, so the World Cup may seem out of reach for Nepal. But if the goal is to catch the World Cup, many other possibilities will open up.

The Asian qualifiers for the next World Cup are taking place in June-July. It will not only be the World Cup qualifier, but also the Asia Cup qualifier. Then the choice of two big competitions is the same. The 2026 Asia Cup will be held in Australia. It's time, March. In particular, this is the Asia Cup that we will watch while staying on our soil. The number of teams participating in this Asia Cup will be 12 only. Even among them, four teams have been selected.

Australia is one of the hosts. Next, 2022 Asia Cup winner China. South Korea, the runner-up of the same Asia Cup, and Japan, which came third, have also been given direct entry into the competition. Now the selection will go on for the remaining eight positions. Its 'draw' is coming out in March. There will be 33 teams in the selection. They will be divided into eight groups. Each group winner will play in the Asia Cup. This is what Nepal really strives for.

The 'Four Nations Cup' is going to be held as a preparation for this. Amid the rumors that nothing good has happened in Nepali football, if something good is about to happen, it is this tournament. Nepal has never held such a women's football tournament. Therefore, it is certain that it will have historical significance later on. "We are ready to win this tournament on our own ground," said Preeti Rai, the most popular player of Nepali women's football.

The teams playing this tournament along with Nepal are Myanmar, Kyrgyzstan and Lebanon. It can be said about this competition, Nepal will reach the final, it is certain. What is not certain is that Nepal will win this tournament. What is certain is that the two teams that will reach the final are Nepal and Myanmar. Myanmar is stronger than us, so there is no room to be confused about the winner. Why is that? It is also necessary to understand the equation.

Women's Asian football can be roughly divided into four divisions, based on rankings. There are some countries in Asia whose presence is world-class. These countries are ahead in FIFA's Asian rankings. Like: Japan, North Korea, Australia, China and South Korea. They are a top class team. They are difficult to touch. Then some countries of South East Asia come. For example: Vietnam, Philippines, Thailand and Myanmar. Taipei and Uzbekistan also belong to this group. 

This is how the list of top 11 teams in Asia is prepared. Nepal can compete with these countries. Then comes the group of teams up to 20th place. Nepal is in it. Nepal is in the 20th place in the Asian ranking. It sounds so stupid, doesn't it? Nepal is ahead of Iran, India, Jordan, Hong Kong, Bahrain, Indonesia, Guam and Malaysia. These are the countries that we can outrun.

Out of that, Nepal has played against Iran once and Majja won 3-0. Nepal has won the last two matches against India. We have also played against Jordan once and this match is the final of the same WAF Championship. Being very close to victory, Nepal lost in the tiebreaker, otherwise the match was tied in the scheduled time. We have played three times against Hong Kong. After losing twice at the end of the eighties, Nepal held Hong Kong to a goalless draw in the third game.

Nepal has not yet played against Bahrain. There is no opportunity to play with Guam either. We have also played three times against Indonesia, in the last match Nepal won. In two matches played against Malaysia, there is one draw and one loss. In essence, Nepal will not have a hard time against this team if they work a little harder. They are a 19-20 team. If you work a little harder, you can reach even higher. Next on the list is the weaker team.