"First is to enter the Asian quarterfinals"
The draw of luck put the Vietnamese women's futsal team in Group B, with Iran, Hong Kong and the Philippines. Evaluating the draw results, head coach of the Vietnamese women's futsal team Nguyen Dinh Hoang said: "We are in a group with a very strong team, Iran. They are the top candidates for a place in the next round of the group. The other two teams, the Philippines and Hong Kong, both played very well in the qualifying round. The Philippine women's futsal team showed a lot of progress compared to themselves when they met us in the recent Southeast Asian tournament with many quality players added. We will have a lot of difficulty when we meet them in the upcoming Asian finals. Our opponent Hong Kong also played impressively in the qualifying round, so it will certainly not be easy for us to overcome them."
Vietnam women's futsal team is in group B
"No matter how difficult it is, the goal of the Vietnamese women's futsal team is still to win a ticket to the 2025 Women's Futsal World Cup. But first, the team needs to get through the group stage. This is a relatively balanced group and all teams have a chance. First, the Vietnamese women's futsal team will be determined to win a ticket to the quarter-finals of the Asian tournament," coach Nguyen Dinh Hoang affirmed.
To prepare for the 2025 Asian Women's Futsal Championship, the Vietnam Women's Futsal Team is expected to gather at the end of March with a plan proposed by head coach Nguyen Dinh Hoang.
Vietnam women's futsal team more confident after defeating Thailand
The 2025 Asian Women's Futsal Championship Finals is also the qualifying round for the 2025 Asian Women's Futsal World Cup (held for the first time, taking place in November this year). Accordingly, the 3 teams with the best results (champion, runner-up and 3rd place) of the tournament will win direct tickets to the World Cup.
Southeast Asian football has 4 representatives participating in the competition: Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines and Indonesia. Of which, the Southeast Asian team that has secured a place in the 2025 Women's Futsal World Cup is the Philippines, as the host. Meanwhile, Thailand is the strongest candidate for a ticket to the World Cup. In Asia, the Golden Temple team is in the best position on the FIFA rankings, ranked 6th in the world.
Vietnam women's futsal team (right) defeated Thailand in the final, thereby winning the 2024 Southeast Asian championship.
The futsal team is also considered to have a chance to participate in the World Cup, with remarkable progress in recent times. At the 2024 Southeast Asian tournament, coach Nguyen Dinh Hoang and his team broke Thailand's dominance, winning the final (2-1) and winning the regional championship. Coach Dinh Hoang once shared: "Thai women's futsal is at a high level, but Vietnam is not inferior, so the important thing is the mentality of the players when entering the match. Once they have won, the confidence of Vietnamese futsal players will increase, and they will no longer be hesitant when facing the Thais."
According to Mr. Hoang, the achievements at the recent Southeast Asian tournament are a good foundation for the Vietnamese women's futsal team to aim for higher-level tournaments. In Asian women's futsal, Japan, Iran and Thailand are the top 3 strongest teams and have a good chance of winning 3 tickets to the World Cup. However, with what has been shown, the Vietnamese women's futsal team is not out of the race, at least in direct competition with Thai women's futsal.
Source: https://thanhnien.vn/tung-thang-thai-lan-futsal-nu-viet-nam-co-quyen-mo-den-world-cup-tai-sao-khong-185250207161040497.htm
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