During their first participation, the Saigon University of Technology team was considered a mystery, as they trained in secret. Coach Pham Huy Vu’s players are in group 4 of Group E (HCMC area), besides the Ho Chi Minh City Open University team, there are also 2 strong teams, the People’s Police University and the University of Foreign Languages - Ho Chi Minh City Information Technology.
Will the Ho Chi Minh City Open University team (middle) decode the rookie team of the Saigon University of Technology?
In the opening match, the Saigon University of Technology team faced the Ho Chi Minh City Open University team, which has a lot of experience with two previous participations in the TNSV tournament.
In particular, in the first tournament – 2023, the Ho Chi Minh City Open University team passed the group stage in a breathtaking way thanks to the difference in direct confrontation between 3 equal teams. However, in the play-off match, they narrowly lost to the Van Lang University team with a score of 2-3, missing the opportunity to qualify for the final round.
In the second season – 2024, coach Nguyen Quoc Cuong’s team did not pass the group stage, when facing opponents with many advances such as the team of Ho Chi Minh City University of Pedagogy and Ho Chi Minh City University of Foreign Languages and Information Technology. . In the third tournament – 2025, the Ho Chi Minh City Open University team again had the fate of meeting the Ho Chi Minh City University of Foreign Languages and Information Technology team in the same group.
If the Saigon University of Technology team’s rookie team can be decoded in the opening match, the Ho Chi Minh City Open University team in the next match will directly meet the Ho Chi Minh City University of Foreign Languages and Information Technology team at 9:00 a.m. on January 5. 2025 to hopefully continue to win, like the 2-0 score at the beginning of 2024.
Thereby, there will be many hopes of taking the top spot in the group and qualifying for the play-off round. In the final round, the Ho Chi Minh City Open University team meets the People’s Police University team at 3:00 p.m. on January 9, 2025.
