Nghe An striker Vu Thi Hoa is injured and will miss the 19th ASIAD.

Tomorrow (September 19), the Vietnamese women's team will leave for China to participate in the 19th ASIAD. Before departure, head coach Mai Duc Chung and his colleagues announced the official list of 22 athletes participating in this tournament.

Two members who will not continue to accompany the Vietnamese women's team at ASIAD 19 are striker Vu Thi Hoa and defender Nguyen Thi Thuy Linh. Previously, in a friendly match with the team from the Maritime University, striker from Nghe An - Vu Thi Hoa suffered a minor ankle injury and will need about 2 weeks to fully recover.

To strengthen the attack, coach Mai Duc Chung called up striker Nguyen Thi Tuyet Ngan from Ho Chi Minh City Club from September 12.

For Nguyen Thi Thuy Linh, this is the first time the defender born in 2001 has been called up to the national team. Training with her seniors on the team will be a useful experience for the young players to learn and draw lessons for themselves, aiming for future goals.

The Vietnamese women's team will depart for Wenzhou, China at 11:45 am tomorrow (September 19). Coach Mai Duc Chung and his team's flight will connect in Guangzhou before landing at 6:55 pm the same day at Wenzhou city airport.

The women's football event at the 19th Asian Games will feature 17 teams, divided into 5 groups. At the end of the group stage, the 5 group winners and the 3 best second-placed teams will advance to the quarter-finals.

Currently, the Japanese women's team is the reigning Asian Games champion. China and South Korea are the teams holding the Silver and Bronze medals. At the 18th Asian Games in 2018, the Vietnamese women's team stopped in the quarterfinals after losing to Chinese Taipei on penalties.

According to the schedule of Group D of the 19th Asian Games women's football, the Vietnamese women's team will meet Nepal (3:00 p.m., September 22), Bangladesh (3:00 p.m., September 25), and Japan (3:00 p.m., September 28).