The Maldives National Women's Football Team is practicing in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in preparation for the AFC Women's Asian Cup qualifying matches.

AFC Women's Asian Cup will be held in India next year. The Maldives National Women's team is competing in AFC Women's Asian Cup qualifying for the third time. The Maldives previously took part in the tournament in 2010 and 2006. As a result, the Maldives National Women's team is competing in qualification for the first time in 11 years.

The Maldives National Women's team played a friendly match against B. Eydhafushi Women's team before heading to UAE for training. The Maldives National Women's team won 3-0 against Eydhafushi in the match.

The President of the Football Association of Maldives (FAM), Bassam Adeel Jaleel, has said that the Maldives National Women's Team will train in the UAE and play two friendly matches against the UAE National Women's Team.

Next month, the AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification matches will be held in Tajikistan. In the qualification round, the Maldives National Women's team is in group B with Tajikistan, Afghanistan, and Vietnam.

Only 12 countries will be able to compete in the AFC Women's Asian Cup. So far, four countries have qualified. They're from India. Australia, Japan, and China. Other countries would qualify for the AFC Women's Asian Cup if they finished first in each of their AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification groups.