New Delhi, Oct. 20 -- Indian women's football has never seen a better year. Completing a hat-trick of AFC Women's Asian Cup qualifications in 2025, the senior, the U20, and the U17 women's national teams will all set foot among the creme de la creme of the continent next year.

The India U17s are the latest among these to secure their tickets to the AFC U17 Women's Asian Cup China 2026, winning both their matches against Kyrgyz Republic and Uzbekistan by 2-1 in Bishkek earlier this week, according to AIFF official website.

Head coach Joakim Alexandersson, who guided the U17s to their first ever successful qualification campaign at this age group, feels that it is now time to build onwards from what has been achieved.

"We joked after the...