The tenacious spirit of futsal girls
The Vietnamese women’s futsal team got off to a smooth start in the qualifying round of the 2025 Asian women’s futsal tournament with a 5-1 victory over Myanmar. In the second match, coach Nguyen Dinh Hoang’s team continued to defeat the Macau team with an incredibly bold score: 21-0. A winning record after 2 matches and a goal difference of +25 help Tran Thi Thuy Trang and her teammates hold an advantage, when only a draw against the Taiwanese team in the last match can guarantee the place. continued into the finals with first place in Group D.
In the important match against the Taiwanese team yesterday (January 19), the Vietnamese women’s futsal team was suddenly missing number 1 striker Nguyen Phuong Anh. Phuong Anh is a key factor in coach Nguyen Dinh Hoang’s strategy, as this female striker contributed 5 goals after 2 matches (the highest in the team). As a result, the Vietnamese women’s futsal team had a difficult 40 minutes against the Taiwanese team. The Vietnamese girls had to chase the score to win 1 point against an opponent who was considered equally talented.
Vietnam women’s futsal team
Photo: VFF
Without the appearance of Nguyen Phuong Anh, the attack of the Vietnamese women’s futsal team lost an excellent “detonator” and enough to threaten the opponent’s goal. The Vietnamese women’s futsal team was behind twice (1-0 and 2-1). Thanks to coach Nguyen Dinh Hoang’s resilient fighting spirit and reasonable fighting tactics, the Vietnamese girls were able to win 1 point with only about 1 minute left in the match. Le Thi Thanh Ngan (scored in the 11th minute) and Bien Thi Hang (scored in the 39th minute) are the two players who helped the Vietnamese women’s futsal team escape defeat in the qualifying round.
The Vietnamese and Taiwanese women’s futsal teams both have a record of 2 wins, 1 draw, and 7 points. However, coach Nguyen Dinh Hoang’s team ranked higher thanks to a higher goal difference, 25 compared to 22.
The 2025 Asian Women’s Futsal Final is a playground to give wings to the dream of participating in the World Cup of the Vietnamese women’s futsal team, when the 3 teams with the highest achievements at the tournament will win the right to participate in the 2025 Women’s Futsal World Cup (first held). .
The 2025 Asian women’s futsal qualifying round has 18 teams competing, divided into 4 groups (2 groups of 4 teams and 2 groups of 5 teams). The first and second place teams in each group and the third place team with the best record will win tickets to continue. 12 teams, including 9 teams that passed the qualifying round, along with host China and 2 teams that reached the finals of the previous tournament (Japan, Iran) will participate in the finals taking place in China from May 7 – 18, 2025.
The 12 teams are divided equally into 3 groups, playing in a round-robin format to calculate ranking points. The first and second place teams in each group, along with the two third-place teams with the best records, will continue to play in the quarter-finals.
