Tournament situation

The 2023 AFC U-17 Championship will be the 20th edition of the tournament, including past U-16 editions. This year's event will take place in Thailand with 16 of the continent's strongest teams.

Notably, all 16 teams qualified, including Thailand U17. The reason is that the original host was Bahrain, but this country withdrew its hosting rights. The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) could not announce the host country before the qualifying round began and the 6th best runner-up also got a place.

The Vietnam U17 team is expected to go deep in the 2023 U17 Asia. Photo: VFF

The reigning champion of the Southeast Asian U16 tournament, Indonesia, failed to qualify after losing to U16 Malaysia. However, the AFF still has 4 representatives participating in the 2023 AFC U17 final round, including Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia and Laos.

The draw of luck put the host team Thailand in an easy group with Yemen, Malaysia and Laos. Meanwhile, U17 Vietnam fell into a difficult group (Group D) with opponents from Japan, India and Uzbekistan. Accordingly, U17 Japan is the most successful team of the tournament with 4 championships. This is not an easy challenge for coach Hoang Anh Tuan and his team.

Competition format

According to the AFC format, 16 teams are divided into 4 groups, playing a round-robin to select the top two teams from each group to enter the knockout round. It is known that the 4 teams entering the semi-finals of the 2023 AFC U17 Championship will participate in the 2023 U17 World Cup, scheduled to be held in Peru next October.

How did U17 Vietnam prepare for the tournament?

To prepare for the tournament, Vietnam U17 had 6 friendly matches in Qatar and Japan (3 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss). The highlight of which was the 2-0 victory over Qatar U17, a team also participating in the 2023 AFC U17 Championship finals.

Although in a difficult group, fans can still expect surprises from U17 Vietnam because in the qualifying round, our players excellently won first place in Group F with a perfect record and did not concede any goals.

Match schedule of U17 Vietnam

U17 Vietnam vs U17 India at 19:00 on June 17

U17 Vietnam will play U17 Japan at 5:00 p.m. on June 20.

U17 Vietnam vs U17 Uzbekistan at 19:00 on June 23

Watch live U17 Asian Cup 2023 on which channel?

All matches at the 2023 AFC U17 Championship finals will be broadcast live on FPT Play platforms.

Readers are invited to follow information and competition results of the Vietnam U17 team on the People's Army Electronic Newspaper at: https://www.qdnd.vn/the-thao/quoc-te.

List of Vietnam U17 team participating in the 2023 AFC U17 Championship. Photo: VFF

Thai Ha