The Philippines and North Korea qualify for women's World Cup after Asian Cup wins

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/beard-angela/6B12xWc9/"]Angela Beard[/a] ‌and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sawicki-jaclyn-katrina/hUQWlga2/"]Jaclyn Sawicki[/a] both netted ‌just after half-time to seal a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/philippines-CINRvtL5/uzbekistan-fPB68otI/?mid=r1bbUgdn"]2-0 victory[/a] ‌over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/uzbekistan/fPB68otI/"]Uzbekistan[/a] at the Robina ⁠Stadium ‌on the Gold Coast and ​book the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/philippines/CINRvtL5/"]Philippines[/a] a ticket to their second ​straight World Cup.[/p][p][b]Later on Thursday at the same venue, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hong-song-ok/nLva8oZs/"]⁠Hong ​Song-Ok[/a] bagged a hat-trick while [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kim-kyong-yong/GKLU4Nv2/"]Kim Kyong-yong[/a] also scored as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/north-korea/fojQgvMl/"]North Korea[/a] thrashed three-times ‌Asian Cup champions Taiwan [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/chinese-taipei-lpqZiIj1/north-korea-fojQgvMl/?mid=lpE4hZzh"]4-0[/a] to set themselves up for a first World Cup appearance since 2011.[/b][/p][embed guid="1d824ed7-e487-465a-864d-34bf364c7551" url="https://x.com/FIFAWWC/status/2034584841925140541" social-type="twitter" /][p]Uzbekistan and Taiwan can still qualify for the World Cup despite their losses, with ‌both teams moving into ​the inter-confederation play-offs for ‌the quadrennial tournament.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/japan/ltLyWcnC/"]Japan[/a] take on hosts [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/australia/YXMhvJho/"]Australia[/a] in the women's Asian Cup final at Sydney's Stadium Australia ⁠on Saturday.[/p]