Day one of the IFCPF Asia-Oceania Championships got underway on Saturday, with three games being played.
Read a summary of the results below.
Goalscorers: Georgia Beikoff (1', 49'); Annmarie De Uriarte (45').
The opening game was a successful one for the home side, with the CommBank ParaMatildas overcoming a determined Japan 3-0.
Georgia Beikoff got scoring underway within the first minute of the game. However, the rest of the half was an even affair, with Japan creating plenty of opportunities. Both goalkeepers - Katelyn Smith for Australia, and Mayabi Hamada for Japan - were kept busy.
The CommBank ParaMatildas secured the win with second half goals to substitute Annmarie De Uriarte, and a second of the game for Georgia Beikoff.
Australia: 6. Katelyn Smith (c) 3. Tahlia Blanshard (Rae Anderson 47’) 7. Eloise Northam (8. Annmarie de Uriarte 36’) 2. Nicole Christodoulou (Karina Grigorian 26’) 10. Georgia Beikoff
Substitutes not used: 1. Carly Salmon, 5. Tamsin Colley
Japan: 3. Miyabi Hamada (Masami Ryochi 48’) 2. Mai Ohta 4. Saki Kuroki 5. Mayuko Kaiga 6. Ayumi Takemuri (Rie Ishihara 42’)
Substitutes not used: None
Goalscorers: Daniel Campbell (33'); Nimitr Kaisakaew (43').
This game marked the first upset of the tournament, with Thailand holding the CommBank Pararoos to 1-1 and securing an extremely well-earned point.
The first half was an even contest, with neither team able to fashion a clear-cut opportunity. That changed in the second half, when Daniel Campbell's neat chip put Australia in the lead.
However, Thailand hit back, a free kick finding Nimitr Kaisakaew at the back post to equalise. For the rest of the game, try as they might, the CommBank Pararoos were unable to find a way through Thailand's low block -
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