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This article is about the Thai national women’s football team at the 2019 Women’s World Cup in France. Thailand took part in the final for the second time and retired as four years before after the group phase. The team conceded in the first game against defending champion USA with 0:13 the highest defeat in a World Cup game.

Qualification
As a qualification for the World Cup finals for the Asian teams served as before the Asian Championship, which was held in 2018 in Jordan. Thailand had to qualify for the championship at a tournament in the Palestinian Autonomous Territories in April 2017. Opponents were the Palestinian territories and the Republic of China/Taiwan. The teams from Guam and Lebanon, which were also drawn, withdrew before the tournament. Thailand won first against Palestine with 6-0 and then the game against the Republic of China/Taiwan with 1-0, so that the Thai women were qualified for the Asian Championship.

National coach Kanyanat Chetthabutr nominated 23 players for the championship, including 16 players who had already been part of the squad for the 2015 World Cup.

The Thai team lost in the first game with 0:4 against China. This was followed by a 6-1 against host Jordan. In the final group match, the Philippines were defeated 3-1, whereby the team already qualified for the semi-finals and thus as the second team after host France for the World Cup. The opponent in the semi-final was Australia. Through an own goal of Kanjanaporn Saengkoon, the Thai women were already in the 17th. Minute behind, but were able to compensate three minutes later by Kanjana Sung-Ngoen and in the 63rd minute by Rattikan Thongsombut in the lead. In the 72nd minute Wilaiporn Boothduang received the yellow-red card and in outnumber they cashed in the first minute of the stoppage time still the compensation hit. After a goalless extra time it came to the penalty shooting, in which of the Thai women only Ainon Phancha could convert a penalty, their teammates Sunisa Srangthaisong, Silawan Intamee and Pitsamai Sornsai shot, however, Since only two players could not convert their penalty, Thailand lost the penalty shooting with 1:3.

In the game for third place was again the opponent China the opponent and the Thai women lost this game, this time with 1:3.

In the tournament and the two qualifying games, only the second substitute goalkeeper was not used, six players made all seven games.

In total, the Thai players scored 18 goals and also benefited from an own goal of a Palestinian player in the first qualifying match. The most goals for the Thai team were scored by Kanjana Sung-Ngoen (5, including one in qualifying) and Suchawadee Nildhamr