Twenty two players selected for Lionesses’ inaugural appearance at 19th Asian Games

Singapore set to compete at Asiad for the first time since the inception of women’s football in 1990

Noor Kusumawati in a recent training session, August 2023. The goalkeeper is potentially set to achieve her 50th cap for the country at the Asian Games.

SINGAPORE, 14 SEPTEMBER 2023 – Singapore Women’s National Team Head Coach Karim Bencherifa has named a final squad of 22 players for the Lionesses’ upcoming Asian Games campaign in Hangzhou, China.

The team will travel to Hangzhou on 24 September 2023 and begin their Group C campaign three days later. The original schedule included matches against both Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and Cambodia, but with the latter’s recent withdrawal from the Games, Singapore will have to play DPRK twice with the overall winner to be determined either by points or by a superior goal difference.

The final selection was tr

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