What percentage of chances does Vietnam have to attend the 2019 Asian Cup?

Just need to be in one of the top 2 positions in the final qualifying round of the 2019 Asian Cup, the Vietnamese team will win a ticket to the UAE. Right now, the chance for Huu Thang and his team is 50%.

With the 2019 Asian Cup expanding the number of teams to 24 compared to 16 (as in 2015), the opportunity to participate in the highest arena for national teams is also more open to many teams of average level. One of them is the Vietnam team.

The opportunity for young players like Xuan Truong, Cong Phuong, Van Toan... to participate in the biggest Asian tournament at the national team level for the first time in their careers is 50-50.

Despite not having good results in the second qualifying round of the 2018 World Cup (which is also the criterion for direct tickets for the first 12 slots to attend the 2019 Asian Cup Finals for the 8 group leaders and 4 teams with the best results) when they only finished in 3rd place overall, below Thailand and Iraq, Coach Huu Thang and his team still have a chance when continuing to compete in the final qualifying round of the 2019 Asian Cup.

In this final qualifying round, 24 teams will be divided equally into 6 groups. The top two teams in each group (12 teams in total) will win the remaining tickets to the UAE. So from now on, the opportunity for young players like Xuan Truong, Cong Phuong, Van Toan... to participate in the biggest Asian tournament at the national team level for the first time in their careers is 50-50.

In addition, the opponents in the same group with the Vietnamese team are only at the same level or not too different. If Jordan will be a formidable team, Afghanistan or Cambodia are considered "easy" opponents for Vietnam to accumulate points, serving the goal of being in the top two teams of group C.

On the evening of March 28, the Vietnamese team will face Afghanistan on the neutral field of Tajikistan. A victory will help Huu Thang and his team open up more opportunities to win tickets to the 2019 Asian Cup finals.

It should be remembered that in 2007, the Vietnamese team also participated in the Asian Cup Finals. At that time, as one of the four host teams (along with Indonesia, Thailand, and Malaysia), Vietnam excellently reached the quarter-finals.

According to Bongdaplus