Lionesses one step away from the Olympic Games in Paris with victory over the Czech Republic

They enjoyed the lion’s share of possession and camped in their opponents’ 22, but were let down by ball-handling errors and the Czech’s determined defending.

With a minute before the final whistle the roles were reversed, with the Czech attempting to take the match to extra time.

A forward pass into the Kenyan half, with seconds remaining, resulted in a scrum from which Julie Durychova emerged with the ball and raced to the try line.

However, it took a minute for referee Cisco Lopez to confirm it was a try, while replays tried to determine whether the oval ball had hit the white chalk under pressure from Judith Auma.

With the try confirmed, it was left to Julie Dulezilova to switch between the posts and level the scores.

Fortunately, her scoring boots were off color and she kicked wide of the posts, leading to great celebration from the Lionesses.

Next up is a date with China, who ousted Poland 40-7 in the other semi-final.

Kenya will be encouraged by the fact that they are the only team to beat the rampant Chinese 17-12 in the first leg of the Challenger Series in Dubai in January.