2024 is an even-numbered year with many major football events. Below are typical football tournaments that promise to receive great attention from Vietnamese fans in 2024.
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| The 2023 Asian Cup will take place from January 12 to February 10, 2024 in Qatar. (Source: Goal) |
Asian Cup 2023
The 2023 Asian Cup will take place from January 12 to February 10, 2024 in Qatar. This is a tournament that has been held for the first time in 5 years and brings together the strongest national teams in Asia. The prestige of the tournament makes all participating teams and players determined to achieve high results to make their mark on the top playground.
According to the competition format, the 24 teams participating in the 2023 Asian Cup are divided into 6 groups, each group has 4 teams. The teams will play a round-robin to select the first, second and 4 third-placed teams with the best results in each group to enter the round of 16.
According to the 2023 Asian Cup schedule, the Vietnam National Team will play against the Japanese National Team at Al Thumama Stadium at 6:30 p.m. on January 14, 2024. Notably, Al Thumama Stadium is one of the eight venues for the 2022 World Cup, with a unique design inspired by the traditional taqiyah hat of host Qatar.
In the key match of the group stage, Vietnam will meet Indonesia at 9:30 p.m. on January 19, 2024 at Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium. In the final match, Vietnam will meet Iraq at 6:30 p.m. on January 24, 2024 at Jassim bin Hamad Stadium.
Nearly 5 years ago, the Vietnam National Team reached the quarter-finals of the 2019 Asian Cup.
2024 Southeast Asian Football Championship
For Vietnamese fans, the Southeast Asian Football Championship (formerly known as the AFF Cup) always has a great attraction. This is a tournament where the Vietnamese national team always has the opportunity to compete for the championship.
In 2024, the tournament will be renamed the ASEAN Cup and will be held from November 23 to December 21. Vietnam is expected to lift the championship trophy after losing to Thailand in the final match of the most recent tournament.
Besides, fans are also waiting to see how the Vietnam national team will perform in the first Southeast Asian tournament that coach Troussier participates in.
Paris Olympics 2024
The Olympics is the world's largest sports event held every four years. This year, the Olympics will be held in Paris, France. Football is always one of the most popular sports at each Olympics. The men's and women's football matches of the Paris Olympics will be held from July 24 to August 10 at seven stadiums in France.
Currently, the Vietnam U23 team still has a chance to win a ticket to France when the Asian qualifying round of the tournament is the 2024 Asian U23 tournament. If they win the right to enter the semi-finals, coach Troussier and his team will have the opportunity to go to the Olympics for the first time.
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| The Olympics is the world's largest sports event held every four years. This year, the Olympics come to the capital city of Paris (France). (Source: Olympics) |
In other sports of the Paris Olympics, Vietnam currently has 3 places to participate belonging to Nguyen Thi That (cycling), Trinh Thu Vinh (shooting) and Nguyen Huy Hoang (swimming). In the first months of 2024, it is expected that more Vietnamese athletes will win tickets to France.
AFCON 2023
Similar to the Asian Cup, which is the number one tournament in Asia, the number one tournament in Africa at the national team level (AFCON) will also take place in 2024. The competition format of the tournament is similar to the Asian Cup when the 24 participating teams are divided into 6 groups, each group has 4 teams.
The teams will play a round robin to select the first, second and four third-placed teams with the best results in each group to advance to the round of 16.
AFCON 2023 will be held in Ivory Coast from January 13 to February 11, 2024. Top African players such as Mohamed Salah, Andre Onana, Victor Osimhen, Sadio Mane are expected to gather at this tournament.
EURO 2024
In an even-numbered year without a World Cup, the EURO will naturally be the football tournament that most interests football fans around the world. In 2024, the EURO will return to Germany, which hosted the tournament in 1988.
According to the EURO competition format, the 24 participating teams are divided into 6 groups of 4 teams each. The teams will play a round-robin to select the first, second and 4 third-placed teams with the best results in each group to enter the round of 16.
This year's EURO brings together many top European teams such as England, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal with the world's top players, promising to keep fans glued to their screens from June 14 to July 14.
Copa America 2024
Taking place in parallel with EURO 2024 is Copa America 2024. This tournament has the participation of 16 teams divided into 4 groups, each group has 4 teams. The teams will play a round-robin to select the first and second teams to qualify for the quarter-finals.
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| Taking place alongside EURO 2024 is Copa America 2024. (Source: Getty) |
The most watched star of this tournament is Lionel Messi as fans wait to see how the 37-year-old superstar will perform in the tournament. Argentina is the number one candidate for the championship.
Copa America 2024 will take place in the United States from June 20 to July 14.
(according to VOV)
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