Hanoi (VNA) - The Vietnamese U23 football team has been ranked eighthin the Asian region, according to the latest rankings as announced by globalfootball website Footy Rankings.
The rankings are based on the achievements of each national team during themost recent Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U23 Asian Cup in 2016, 2018, and2020.
In line with this, Vietnam’s U23s are ranked eighth in Asia with 25,897 points,followed by Jordan on 24.228 points, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)on 23.535 points, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on 22.964 points, Thailand on20.441 points, and China with 20.360 points, the Voice of Vietnam (VOV) cited the website.
During the 2016 AFC U23 Championship, the Vietnamese team failed to make itpast the qualifying round after losing eight matches and finishing with nopoints.
Two years later the national U23 team led by head coach Park Hang-seo put in anumber of outstanding performances in China to finish as runners-up of the 2018AFC U23 Championship.
In the 2020 version of the event, Vietnam failed to progress through to thefinal round, despite defeating Jordan and the UAE.
Vietnam will play in Group I in the qualifiers for the 2022 AFC U23Championship, alongside the likes of Myanmar, Hong Kong (China), and the hosts,Chinese Taipei (China).
The national U23 team is one of 19 sides in the East Zone, a region which hasbeen divided into five groups.
A total of 19 teams in the East Zone will join 23 teams in the West Zone incompeting in the qualifiers for the 2022 AFC U23 Asian Cup between October 23and October 31.
The 11 group winners and the four best runners-up will qualify for the finalsof the tournament, an event which is scheduled to take place between June 1 andJune 19, 2022, in Uzbekistan./.
The rankings are based on the achievements of each national team during themost recent Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U23 Asian Cup in 2016, 2018, and2020.
In line with this, Vietnam’s U23s are ranked eighth in Asia with 25,897 points,followed by Jordan on 24.228 points, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)on 23.535 points, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on 22.964 points, Thailand on20.441 points, and China with 20.360 points, the Voice of Vietnam (VOV) cited the website.
During the 2016 AFC U23 Championship, the Vietnamese team failed to make itpast the qualifying round after losing eight matches and finishing with nopoints.
Two years later the national U23 team led by head coach Park Hang-seo put in anumber of outstanding performances in China to finish as runners-up of the 2018AFC U23 Championship.
In the 2020 version of the event, Vietnam failed to progress through to thefinal round, despite defeating Jordan and the UAE.
Vietnam will play in Group I in the qualifiers for the 2022 AFC U23Championship, alongside the likes of Myanmar, Hong Kong (China), and the hosts,Chinese Taipei (China).
The national U23 team is one of 19 sides in the East Zone, a region which hasbeen divided into five groups.
A total of 19 teams in the East Zone will join 23 teams in the West Zone incompeting in the qualifiers for the 2022 AFC U23 Asian Cup between October 23and October 31.
The 11 group winners and the four best runners-up will qualify for the finalsof the tournament, an event which is scheduled to take place between June 1 andJune 19, 2022, in Uzbekistan./.
VNA
