Occupy the 4th Place in the 2025 SEA Games, Indonesian Women's National Team Coach Optimistic about Bid for the World Cup

JAKARTA - The Indonesian Women's National Team ended their fight at the 2025 SEA Games by finishing in fourth place. Although it was not a good result, but the achievement was a capital to aim for a place in the Women's World Cup.

"We are very happy to be able to finish the tournament in the fourth position. Even though: The ambition was expressed by the coach of the Indonesian Women's National Team, Akira Higashiyama. He is optimistic that the team can be at that point even though the path is still far away.

"Our goal is the World Cup (Women). Of course it's still a long way to go to the World Cup," Akira said in Chonburi, quoted by Antara, Thursday, December 18, 2025.

Jakarta - Indonesia ended the 2025 Women's Asian Cup with a fourth place finish. Despite: The highest women's football stage will be held in 2027 in Brazil. However, Indonesia is certain that it cannot appear in that edition because it is absent from the 2026 Women's Asian Cup which is also a qualification for the 2027 Women's World Cup.

"The opportunity for Indonesia to advance to the stage is open for the 2031 Women's World Cup. With a distance of six years, Akira feels he has more time to build a little bit of Indonesian women's football.

"We have to ensure that development goes step by step and focus on player development," he said.

"More, the 35-year-old coach was satisfied to be able to bring the Indonesian Women's National Team to finish in fourth place at the 2025 SEA Games," he said. According to him, Claudia Scheunemann and her friends have presented the best ability at the Southeast Asian sports festival.

"I want to thank all the players and PSSI. This is a good event for us. In the end we competed for the bronze here."

"We have deployed 100 percent of our ability on the field and I am grateful to the players and staff," he said.

Indonesia Women's National Team lost 0-2 against Thailand in the bronze medal match on Wednesday, December 17, 2025. The result made the Garuda Pertiwi Squad have to go home empty-handed.