Identify Qatar Team

Winning 13-1 on aggregate against Macau, Vietnam has entered the second qualifying round of Asia for the first time. Ahead of us will be a new challenge called Qatar. Let's learn a little about this opponent, the host country of the 2022 World Cup.

Head-to-head record

In the past 10 years, Vietnamese football and Qatar football have met 3 times. At the national team level, in the group stage of the 2007 Asian Cup, the Vietnamese team drew 1-1 with the Qatar team, in which the Vietnamese team was the one to open the score with a goal by striker Phan Thanh Binh.

At the Olympic level, Vietnam Olympic and Qatar Olympic have met twice in the 2008 Beijing Olympic qualifying round. In the first leg at My Dinh Stadium, Vietnam Olympic drew Qatar Olympic 1-1 (midfielder Vu Phong opened the score for Vietnam Olympic in the 13th minute). In the second leg away, Vietnam Olympic lost 1-3 (striker Cong Vinh scored the consolation goal for Vietnam Olympic in the 80th minute).

Qatar national team's competition results this year

Since the beginning of 2011, the Qatar national team has had 5 international friendly matches (all at home) with the following results: 2 wins (2-0 against China, 3-0 against Kuwait), 1 draw (1-1 against Russia) and 2 losses (0-2 against Uzbekistan and 2-3 against Japan). To prepare for the upcoming match with the Vietnam national team, the Qatar national team has planned to have a friendly match with the Indian national team on July 17.

* This is the 10th time Qatar has participated in the World Cup qualifiers (since 1978). However, like Vietnam, Qatar has never passed the qualifying round.

* The most outstanding achievement of the Qatar national team so far is winning the gold medal at the 2006 Asian Games and 2 Gulf Cups in 1992 and 2006 when the tournament was held at home.

* Qatar national team has also participated in the Asian Cup 7 times (first time in 1980) and the best achievement was reaching the quarter-finals of the 2000 Asian Cup.

* Qatar's first international match took place on March 27, 1970 with the result: lost 1-2 to Bahrain.

* Qatar's biggest win was an 8-0 win against Afghanistan on September 13, 1984, and against Lebanon on March 27, 1985.

* Qatar's biggest defeat was a 0-9 defeat against Kuwait in 1973.

* On the latest FIFA rankings (June 2011), Qatar is ranked 94th, which means it is 46 places higher than Vietnam (140th). In the past, Qatar's highest position on this ranking was 51st (August 1993), and its lowest position was 114th (November 1997).

According to TT&VH