Vietnam U20 women and 11 teams enter the 2026 AFC U20 Championship

In the 2026 AFC U20 Women's Championship qualifiers, Vietnam's U20 women's team will compete in Hanoi with opponents Kyrgyzstan, Hong Kong (China) and U20 Singapore in Group B.

After 3 matches, coach Okiyama Masahiki and his team won Singapore 5-0, Hong Kong (China) 6-0 and Kyrgyzstan 3-0.

This result helped the U20 women's team of Vietnam achieve 9 absolute points, win the top spot in the group and become the only representative of the group to enter the final round.

Along with the Vietnam U20 women's team in the qualifying round, there were also the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, South Korea, Australia, China, Japan and China.

The team that made the strongest impression in the qualifying round was the Democratic People's Republic of Korea U20 Women's Team. They are also the reigning U20 Asian Women's Team and U20 Women's Team World Champions.

In the qualifying round, this team won all 3 matches, scored 36 goals and did not concede any goals.

The 12 participating teams include host Thailand, the 8 group winners: DPRK, Vietnam, Australia, India, China, Japan, Uzbekistan and South Korea, and the 3 best runners-up: Jordan, Bangladesh and Chinese Taipei.

The 2026 AFC U-20 Women's Championship will take place from April 1 to 18, 2026.

The four teams with the best results at the 2026 AFC U20 Women's Championship will represent Asia at the 2026 FIFA U20 Women's World Cup held in Poland.

Source: https://baovanhoa.vn/the-thao/u20-nu-viet-nam-va-11-doi-tuyen-vao-vck-u20-chau-a-2026-160315.html