Vietnam ranks third at four-nation international friendly tournament
Vietnam’s U19 football squad ranked third at the four-nation international friendly tournament in Qatar after being beaten 2-1 by Uruguay on September 22.
Vietnam’s U19 football squad ranked third at the four-nation international friendly tournament in Qatar. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam’s U19 football squad ranked third at thefour-nation international friendly tournament in Qatar after being beaten 2-1by Uruguay on September 22.
Earlier, the team won 3-1 over Ivory Coast in the second match of thetournament on September 19. In the first match, the Vietnamese football playerslost to Qatar 1-4.
Uruguay became the championship after three wins. Three other teams gained threepoints; however, in terms of goal difference, Qatar gained second place,Vietnam third and Ivory Coast fourth.
The event is a warm up for Vietnam before they fly to Indonesia to take part inthe 2018 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U19 Championship finals, which willrun from October 18 to November 4, drawing the participation of 16 teams.Vietnam is in Group C with Australia, the Republic of Korea and Jordan.
The top four teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2019 FIFA U20 WorldCup scheduled to take place in Poland next year.
In 2016, under head coach Hoang Anh Tuan, Vietnam progressed to the semi-finalof the AFC U19 Championship and won a ticket to compete at the FIFA U20 WorldCup.-VNA
After returning from a 10-day training camp in Japan on September 10, the Vietnamese U19 men’s football team worked up a sweat in Hanoi as they are preparing for an upcoming friendly tournament in Qatar.
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Vietnam’s U19 football squad ranked third at the four-nation international friendly tournament in Qatar.
