Ho Chi Minh City Women's Club received an unimaginably large bonus: More than 9.4 billion VND

The comeback of Ho Chi Minh City Women's Club to defeat Abu Dhabi Country Club 5-4, after being down 3 goals in the first half, brought sweet results beyond the imagination of the city's women's team.

Ho Chi Minh City women's team received incredibly high reward

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The bonus money that the HCMC women's team earned after this match is sometimes equal to the annual operating budget of many domestic women's football teams. The 5-4 victory over Abu Dhabi Country Club alone helped coach Nguyen Hong Pham's team earn nearly 4 billion VND (about 3.1 billion VND from AFC, 700 million VND from VFF and HFF). In other words, each goal scored by the HCMC women's team on the evening of March 22 was worth nearly 800 million VND.

Even counting from the beginning of the tournament, the amount of money that the HCMC women's team received was beyond imagination. Specifically, for reaching the semi-finals of the Asian Cup C1, the HCMC women's club was awarded 120,000 USD (about 3.073 billion VND) by the AFC. Previously, each team present in the group stage was awarded 100,000 USD (2.56 billion VND) by the AFC. Reaching the quarter-finals, the team received 80,000 USD (about 2.05 billion VND) in bonus from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).

A worthy reward for the female players of Ho Chi Minh City

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In addition, each winning match of the team in the group stage received 20,000 USD (about 512 million VND). The Ho Chi Minh City team won 2 matches in the group stage, including a 3-1 victory over Taichung Blue Whale (Taiwan) and a 3-1 victory over Odisha (India). These 2 wins brought the team 40,000 USD (about 1.024 billion VND).

If they win, how much money will the Ho Chi Minh City women's team be awarded?

In total, the amount of money that the HCMC women's team received from AFC before the semi-finals was 8.707 billion VND. Combined with the 700 million VND bonus just received from VFF and HFF, the HCMC women's team received more than 9.4 billion VND, for reaching the semi-finals of the 2024-2025 Asian Cup C1.

If they win the semi-finals, they will receive an additional $500,000 (VND12.8 billion) in prize money from the AFC. If they win the championship, they will receive another $1 million (about VND25.6 billion).