U23 Vietnam is in an 'easy' group at the 2024 AFC U23 Championship finals
(Baonghean.vn) - The draw put U23 Vietnam in Group D to face Uzbekistan, Kuwait and Malaysia at the 2024 AFC U23 Championship finals. This is considered an "easy" group for the Golden Star Warriors.
On the afternoon of November 23, the draw ceremony for the 2024 AFC U23 Championship Finals took place in Qatar. According to the draw results, Vietnam is in Group D with Uzbekistan, Kuwait, and Malaysia.
This is considered an "easy" group when U23 Vietnam will only have to face two weaker opponents, Kuwait (ranked 136th in the world) and Malaysia (ranked 137th in the world), while the strongest team in the group, Uzbekistan, is a "familiar" opponent of U23 Vietnam as they have had many encounters at the levels of the National Team, U23, U19,... before. At the U23 team level, Vietnam had a confrontation with the Central Asian team in the final match of the 2018 U23 Asian Cup and unfortunately lost 1-2 and only won the runner-up position.
At the moment, if they play well, the red team can completely dream of a ticket to the quarterfinals, or even go further. Meanwhile, the Southeast Asian teams are divided into groups: Thailand in Group C will meet Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Tajikistan; Indonesia will meet Qatar, Australia and Jordan.
The 2024 AFC U23 Championship Finals will take place from April 15 to May 3, 2024, with four selected locations: Al Khor, Lusail, Al Rayyan and Doha (Qatar). These are all locations where matches took place at the 2022 World Cup Finals.
Teams in each group will play a round-robin tournament. The top two teams from each group will advance to the quarter-finals. The top three teams from the 2024 AFC U-23 Championship will qualify directly for the 2024 Paris Olympics as Asian representatives. Meanwhile, the fourth-placed team will play a play-off match with the fourth-placed African U-23 Championship team for a wildcard ticket to the Olympics in France next year.
The 2024 AFC U23 Championship finals will feature 15 teams including U23 Korea, Japan, Australia, Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, UAE, Iraq, Thailand, China, Jordan, Kuwait, Tajikistan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam and host Qatar.
In the qualifying round, U23 Vietnam under the guidance of coach Troussier won the top position in Group C with 7 points. Accordingly, U23 Vietnam won Guam (6-0), Yemen (1-0) before drawing with Singapore (2-2) in a match that was just a formality because they had already secured the top position./.
