Ho Chi Minh City University of Pedagogy team: ‘Dark horse’ in the ‘death table’

A total of 28 teams from universities, colleges and academies in the Ho Chi Minh City area participating in the qualifying round of the TNSV THACO Cup 2025 will practice at least 1 session from December 20. This acquaintance is to prepare for the official competition on the field of Ton Duc Thang University. The Ho Chi Minh City University of Education team is the first team to participate in this event, opening the third season.

In the Ho Chi Minh City regional qualifying round, in the draw on December 17, the lucky draw brought the Ho Chi Minh City University of Education team into the group considered “death”, when there were still two very strong teams: Ho Chi Minh City University of Agriculture and Forestry and Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology – Vietnam National University, besides the Ho Chi Minh City University of Management and Technology team (group F).

Ho Chi Minh City regional qualifying round with 28 participating teams, divided into 7 groups. Teams compete in a round robin to calculate points and rankings. The 7 first-place teams and 1 second-place team with the best performance will enter the play-off round to select 4 teams for the final round (finals).

Therefore, the competition for the top position in the groups will be extremely fierce. Group F will certainly have very unpredictable matches. Among them, the Ho Chi Minh City University of Agriculture and Forestry team is the most experienced, having passed the qualifying round in the previous two seasons to participate in the finals.

The Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology – National University team participated in season II, but also left many impressions when entering the play-off round and only lost to the stronger team, Van Lang University, with a score of 1-3. The Ho Chi Minh City University of Management and Technology team, after the first season participating in the second season to get acquainted, this year has also carefully prepared to hope to create a surprise.

Meanwhile, the Ho Chi Minh City University of Education team, participating in the TNSV tournament for the third time in a row, is also ready to promise to make a difference compared to the previous two participations. Especially in the second season, the team entered the play-off round and was very close to qualifying for the finals. However, encountering the Van Hien University team, who suddenly played more sublimely, caused the team to stop in regret (losing 1-4).

“This season, the Ho Chi Minh City University of Pedagogy team continues to have the most thoughtful preparations for the goal of finding a place in the finals of the TNSV THACO Cup 2025. The team has had many changes in strength, with a number of new freshman players recruited to the team.

We still aim for team play, this is the strength of the team that has been built for a long time. We just focus on one match at a time in the qualifiers. This is a very heavy group, but with student football, any surprise can happen. The important thing is that we always have confidence in ourselves,” coach Pham Ha Minh of the Ho Chi Minh City University of Education team expressed.

In Group F, the Ho Chi Minh City University of Pedagogy team plays the opening match against the Ho Chi Minh City University of Agriculture and Forestry team at 3:00 p.m. on December 31. The next match is against the Ho Chi Minh City University of Management and Technology team at 9:00 a.m. on January 6, and the final group stage match is against the Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology – National University team at 9:00 a.m. on January 11.