Vietnam is in the same group as Italy and Paraguay at the Futsal World Cup 2016.

The Vietnamese team is in group C with three other teams, according to the draw results that took place in Colombia this morning, May 20 (Hanoi time).

Besides Italy and Paraguay, the other team in the same group with Vietnam is Guatemala.

Thailand is in Group B with Russia, Cuba and Egypt.

Vietnam team will participate in the tournament at the end of September in Colombia.

Previously, based on the latest rankings and based on achievements in previous World Cups, FIFA allocated 24 teams into four groups. Group one includes host Colombia and big names Brazil, Spain, Russia, Italy and Argentina. Vietnam, ranked 41st in the world, is in group four with Cuba, Mozambique, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan. Meanwhile, Thailand is in group three with Solomon Islands, Morocco, Panama, Guatemala, Australia. Although in two different groups, Vietnam and Thailand are definitely not in the same group, because FIFA stipulates that teams from the same Confederation of Confederations cannot meet each other in the outer round.

The Vietnamese team won a ticket to the World Cup through the Asian Championship, held in Uzbekistan in February. In the quarter-finals, coach Bruno Formoso and his team surprisingly defeated championship candidate Japan with a score of 2-1 in the penalty shootout (before that, the two teams tied 4-4 in the two regular periods).

To prepare for the World Cup, the Vietnamese team will train in the country from July 21 to August 16, then go to Spain and Peru. In early September, coach Bruno and his team will go to Colombia to participate in the world's biggest tournament, taking place from September 10 to October 1.

According to VNE