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The VFF discussed the issue last week with V. League 2019 organizers and decided to move round 23 games to September 15. The round was originally planned on August 30, 31 and September 1, leaving the players just three days to train and prepare for their first World Cup qualification game – an away match against Thailand. The national team will gather on August 26, one day after round 22 of V. League, and get 10 days to get ready for the Thailand clash. The location for the game is still unclear as the Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok is under maintenance for the U23 Asian Cup that will take place in January 2020. In the second round of the World Cup 2022 Asian qualifiers, Vietnam are placed in group G with UAE, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. Vietnam will play their first game away on September 5 against Thailand then clash with Malaysia at home on October 10. Five days later they will play in Indonesia. In November, Vietnam will play at home against the UAE and Thailand. … [Read more...] about V. League schedule change to facilitate Vietnam’s World Cup campaign

Trong could not hide his tears after suffering the injury in a V. League 1 match for Hanoi FC against Hoang Anh Gia Lai FC on May 31, just before Vietnam national team left for Thailand for King’s Cup. Scans showed his anterior cruciate ligament was torn. He will have to undergo surgery, and it will take six to eight months to recover. Tran Dinh Trong uses crutches to move around due to his knee injury. Photo by VnExpress/Duc Dong. He is also set to miss the SEA Games with the U22 team and World Cup 2022 qualification campaign with the senior team. Trong’s absence is a huge loss to the national team whose coach Park Hang-seo considers him a key player in the back. After the 2018 AFF Cup, Trong suffered a foot injury and could not play for Vietnam in the 2019 Asian Cup. After treating his injury in South Korea, Trong came back to play for Hanoi FC. Now he will have to go back to South Korea for treatment. Vietnamese players hold up Trong's number 21 jersey up after their … [Read more...] about Vietnamese defender to miss SEA Games, World Cup qualifiers due to injury

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) requires a club to field teams at Under-15, Under-17, Under-19, and Under-21 levels to qualify for the AFC Champions League and AFC Cup. But Hanoi FC did not play in the national U-15 tournament this season. With the V. League 1 champions thus eliminated, runners-up Ho Chi Minh City FC will take their place in the AFC Champions League qualification and the AFC Cup. Hanoi FC president Nguyen Quoc Hoi accepted blame claiming the club had lent Saigon FC their U-15 team and therefore could not play in the national tournament. The explanation has not gone down well with the club's fans, and many question the club's professionalism and commitment. In 2017 then V. League 1 champions Quang Nam similarly failed to qualify for the AFC Champions League after not playing in the U-17 competition, and Thanh Hoa replaced them. Hanoi FC recently made it to the inter-zonal final of the 2019 AFC Cup and only lost on away goals to North Korean club April 25 SC. … [Read more...] about Hanoi FC ruled ineligible for 2020 Asian competitions

  Vietnamese runner Nguyễn Thị Oanh celebrates her gold medals on the penultimate day of the SEA Games in the Philippines yesterday. Photo webthethao.vn HÀ NỘI Vietnamese runner Nguyễn Thị Oanh took two gold medals on the penultimate day of the SEA Games in the Philippines yesterday. She opened the 10th day of the event with a gold in the women’s 5,000m with a time of 16:45.98. Oanh’s compatriot Phạm Thị Huệ took silver medal with a time of 16:52.35. While Joida Gadot Gagnao of the hosts Philippines won bronze medal with a time of 17.52.17. The northern province of Bắc Giang-native also triumphed in the women’s 3,000m steeplechase after clocking a time of 10:00.02. She also set a new SEA Games record. Oanh won a hat-trick of gold medal at this year’s Games. Earlier, she won gold in the women’s 1,500m. Standing just 1.53m tall and having survived kidney problems in the past, Oanh … [Read more...] about Runner Oanh wins two golds at SEA Games, wrestlers dominate

Đoàn Văn Hậu celebrates one of his two goals. VNA/VNS Photo Hoàng Linh            HÀ NỘI The dreams of millions of Vietnamese football fans came true after decades of hurt and false dawns tonight, as the men's team won their first ever gold medal at the Southeast Asian Games. The U22 team made history by thrashing Indonesia 3-0 in the final at the Rizal Memorial Stadium in Manila, the Philippines.  Coach Park Hang-seo named a largely unchanged side from the team that defeated Cambodia in the semi-final on Saturday, with Hồ Tấn Tài coming in for Đỗ Thanh Thịnh. Despite the vocal support of the large contingent of Vietnamese fans at the ground, Việt Nam started slowly, though striker Hà Đức Chinh almost opened the scoring with a smart turn and volley that went just wide 15 minutes in. Ten minutes later … [Read more...] about Historic win for Việt Nam in SEA Games football