Van Quyen and U19 SLNA soon won tickets to the Final Round

This year's National U19 Qualifiers will select 12 teams out of 28 participating teams. According to the new regulations, the teams will compete in a round-robin format (home and away), calculating the ranking points in each group. Select 05 first-place teams, 05 second-place teams with the best results in 5 groups, 01 third-place team with the best results and the host team to enter the Final Round.

This is the first time the National U19 Tournament has increased the number of teams participating in the final round from 8 to 12, helping to widen the opportunities for the teams in the qualifying round and the final round will become fierce and highly competitive in the championship race.

After winning 5 consecutive victories,U19 SLNAunexpectedly lost 0-1 to U19 Kon Tum in the 6th match, but in the 7th match against U19 HV Nutifood on January 28, U19 SLNA did not encounter much difficulty to defeat the opponent with a score of 3-1.

Coach Pham Van Quyen is currently the assistant coach of SLNA U19. Photo: Nhu Nguyen

Goals ofU19 SLNAscored by Dinh Xuan Tien (2 goals) and Le Van Quy. Thus, U19 SLNA officially won a ticket to the 2021 National U19 Finals with 6 wins, 1 loss, and 18 points. The final match against U19 Thua Thien - Hue of U19 SLNA is just a formality.

Meanwhile, in Group A, PVF, Hanoi and Viettel are creating a very dramatic three-horse race. U19 PVF affirmed the strength of the defending champions when winning 6, drawing 1 and earning 19 points. Following closely behind are U19 Hanoi (14 points) and U19 Viettel (11 points).

In Group C, a surprise happened when U19 HAGL, who were highly rated, was surpassed by U19 Quang Nam. The young team from Quang Nam is leading with 17 points after 5 wins and 2 draws, only 2 points more than U19 HAGL. However, these two teams are sure to qualify for the finals because Binh Dinh and Dak Lak only have 10 points.

In Group D, the opponents do not have much of a gap in level. Therefore, the situation is also very unpredictable. After 3 wins and 2 draws, U19 B. Binh Duong has 11 points, equal to U19 Khanh Hoa but has played 1 less match.

In Group E with 6 teams, only U19 Dong Thap has a big advantage with 4 wins, 3 draws, ranking first with 15 points. Right after Dong Thap are U19 Binh Phuoc and U19 Long An with 10 and 9 points respectively.

After the qualifying round, the final round will be divided into 3 groups A, B, C (4 teams/group) to compete in a round robin, selecting the 3 first-place teams, 3 second-place teams and 2 third-place teams with the best results in the three groups to compete in the Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Finals.

Pham Van Quyen becomes assistant coach of U19 SLNA

(Baonghean.vn) - After winning the 2020 National U17 Football Championship with the Song Lam Nghe An U17 team, Coach Pham Van Quyen will continue to accompany this group of players to participate in the 2021 National U19 Championship Qualifiers as assistant coach.