Vietnam team has a big advantage to participate in World Cup 2026

Bola.Okezone, Indonesia newspaper highly appreciates the possibility of the Vietnamese team fulfilling its dream of participating in the 2026 World Cup.

The Vietnam team will have two friendly matches this June. (Source: VFF)

The Vietnamese team has set a goal of qualifying for the 2026 World Cup when the tournament expands to 48 teams (Asia has 8.5 slots). Despite the difficult task, Indonesia's Bola.Okezone newspaper still highly rates the "Golden Dragons".

In the article, the author emphasized: "The U22 Vietnam team had to stop at the semi-finals of the 32nd SEA Games against Indonesia, but it is unlikely that the same thing will happen to the Vietnam team. In fact, they are still open to winning the right to participate in the 2026 World Cup.

The U22 Vietnam team may not have shone as expected, but the senior team is certainly much more 'formidable'. That is why we believe they have a great advantage to participate in the 2026 World Cup.

Currently, Coach Troussier's team is ranked in the second seed group in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. This stems from the ranking of the Vietnamese team. They are in the top 18 in Asia.

If this ranking is maintained until the second round of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, the Vietnamese team will avoid facing many strong opponents in the same seed group, including Uzbekistan, Jordan, Bahrain and many other teams.

At that time, the Vietnamese team only needs to focus on facing the teams in the top seed group. Perhaps, the teams in groups three and four are not a problem for them. Therefore, the Vietnamese team can enter the second qualifying round of the 2026 World Cup and have a wide open door to the tournament in the US, Canada and Mexico."

Bola.Okezone also believes that the Vietnamese team can win the two friendly matches in June against Hong Kong (China) and Syria. They added: "If they win the two upcoming friendly matches, the Vietnamese team will be awarded an additional 8.06 points.

This score is enough to help the Vietnamese team be in the top 18 in Asia, thereby entering the second qualifying round of the 2026 World Cup in the second seed group.

Coach Troussier's main task now is to promote the team's strength under coach Park Hang Seo in the two matches against Hong Kong (China) and Syria. The good results of the Vietnamese team will help fans forget the failure of the U22 team at the 32nd SEA Games."

According to the schedule, the Vietnamese team will face Hong Kong (China) on June 15. On June 20, we will face Syria. Both matches will be held at the home stadium of the Vietnamese team (Lach Tray Stadium and Thien Truong Stadium).

Source: https://baoquocte.vn/bao-indonesia-doi-tuyen-viet-nam-nam-loi-the-lon-de-gop-mat-o-world-cup-2026-229331.html