The Vietnam's U23 football team left Hanoi at 12.30am on Saturday for a training session in the Republic of Korea (RoK). Vietnam's U23 football team at Noi Bai Airport at midnight on December 13 to fly to South Korea. Photo by Tien Phong The team will have a nine-day training camp in the home country of coach Park Hang-seo starting on December 13. The U22 players had only two days rest after winning the SEA Games 30 gold medal on December 10. Coach Park Hang-seo at the airport The squad for the AFC U23 Championship in January 2020 announced by coach Park Hang-seo on December 12 includes three goalkeepers, 10 defenders, 11 midfielders and four strikers. They include most of the SEA Games winners except for midfielders Do Hung Dung and Nguyen Trong Hoang who are over the age limit and defender Doan Van Hau who has returned to his Dutch club SC Heerenveen. Captain Nguyen Quang Hai is surrounded by fans at the airport Park also recalled midfielders Tran … [Read more...] about U23s South Korean training camp ahead of Asian U23 football champs
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Vietnam women climb two places in world football rankings
They rank sixth in Asia behind Australia (7th), Japan (10th), North Korea (11st), China (15th), and South Korea (20th). The Vietnamese women's football team is currently the strongest in Southeast Asia after a hard fought win against Thailand saw them defend their gold medal at the recent SEA Games held in the Philippines. Last August, they also became the AFF champions by defeating Thailand to end the latter’s three-year reign as champions. The highest position that Vietnam's women football team have ever achieved in FIFA rankings is 28, six years ago. This is the first time the Vietnamese women wrapped up the year as No.1 in Southeast Asia after three consecutive years of standing second behind Thailand. Thailand are now 38th in the world and seventh in Asia. The U.S., Germany and Netherlands respectively remain the top three while the bottom three are Aruba, Madagascar and Mauritius. … [Read more...] about Vietnam women climb two places in world football rankings
Vietnam finish 2019 in top 32 of FIFA women’s world rankings after victorious year
Vietnam’s national women’s football team have ended 2019 in the 32nd place in the world as they climbed two notches in the latest FIFA Women's World Ranking, after winning their sixth gold medal in Southeast Asian Games 2019 women’s football in the Philippines last week. FIFA revealed its final women’s world ranking of 2019 on Friday, considering a number of international and regional tournaments at which the Vietnamese women had delivered their good performances. The Golden Girls defeated Thailand 1-0 to defend their gold medal in women’s football at Rizal Memorial Stadium in Manila, the Philippines, on December 8. In the 2019 ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Women's Championship in August, the team clinched their third AFF title after beating hosts Thailand 1-0 in the finale. In April this year, they also qualified for the final round of the FIFA Olympic Qualifying 2020 after thrashing Jordan 2-0 at Transportation Institute Stadium in … [Read more...] about Vietnam finish 2019 in top 32 of FIFA women’s world rankings after victorious year