The 3rd Vietnamese Student Youth Football Tournament – 2025 THACO Cup: Attractive!

Closing the book of 67 participating teams

Football tournament Adolescent The 3rd Vietnamese Students – 2025 THACO Cup (TNSV THACO Cup 2025) officially finalized the number of participating teams including 67 teams. Of these, 66 teams will participate in the qualifying round and 1 team will go straight to the final round, the host Ton Duc Thang University.

Specifically, the northern region has 9 participating teams (second prize – 2024), including 4 veterans: Water Resources University, Hanoi University of Sports and Education, National Economics University, Dai Nam University and 5 The new recruits are Hanoi University of Industry, Thanh Hoa University of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Vietnam – Hung University of Industry, Hanoi University of Business and Technology, East Asia University of Technology.

The Central Coast region has 9 teams (an increase of 1 compared to the second tournament – 2024), including 3 teams that participated in the finals 2 years ago: Hue University, Da Nang University of Sports and Sports and University of Economics (Hue University). There are also Da Nang University of Technical Education, Duy Tan University, University of Law (Hue University), University of Sciences (Hue University), Vietnam-Korean University of Information and Communication Technology and FPT Polytecnic College.

The South Central – Central Highlands region has 6 teams (equal to the 2024 season) including the team of Nha Trang University, Khanh Hoa University, Nha Trang Tourism College, Da Lat University, Pacific University and Quy Nhon University. Nhon.

The Southeast region has 6 teams (equal to the 2024 season) including Binh Duong University, Ba Ria – Vung Tau University, Dong Nai University of Technology, Lac Hong University, Sonalezi College of Technology and Management, Lilama 2 International College of Technology.

The Southwest region includes 8 teams (an increase of 2 teams compared to the 2024 tournament) including Can Tho University, Tra Vinh University, Mekong University, Tay Do University, Southern Can Tho University, FPT Can Tho University and The two new recruits are Dong Thap University and Vinh Long University of Technical Education.

The Ho Chi Minh City area has the participation of 29 teams including Ton Duc Thang University (host, straight to the final round), Gia Dinh University, Ho Chi Minh City University of Transport, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Polytechnic University (VNU Ho Chi Minh City), Vietnam Aviation Academy, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technical Education, Saigon International University, RMIT University, University of Law Ho Chi Minh City, Van Lang University, Ho Chi Minh City University of Management and Technology, Saigon Polytechnic College, Ho Chi Minh City University of Sports Education, Banking University, Ho Chi Minh City University of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Natural Sciences, University of Economics and Finance of Ho Chi Minh City, Hung Vuong University of Ho Chi Minh City, Van Hien University, University of Industry of Ho Chi Minh City, University of Human Police Ho Chi Minh City Open University, Ho Chi Minh City University of Pedagogy, Ho Chi Minh City University of Foreign Languages ​​and Information Technology, Ho Chi Minh City University of Economics, Saigon University, Saigon University of Technology and University of Finance Makerting Ho Chi Minh City.

Match schedule of TNSV THACO Cup 2025

The qualifying round for the TNSV THACO Cup 2025 will start on December 28, 2024 and end on January 18, 2025. Specifically, the Ho Chi Minh City regional qualifying round will take place on the field of Ton Duc Thang University from December 28, 2024 to January 15, 2025. The northern region qualifying round takes place on the field of Water Resources University from December 30, 2024 to January 10, 2025. The Southeast region qualifying round takes place at Bau Thanh stadium from January 4 to January 12, 2025. The Central Coast region’s qualifying round takes place from January 6 to January 12, 2025 at Military Region 5 Stadium. The Southwest region’s qualifying round takes place from January 8 to January 17 at Can Tho Stadium. The qualifying round for the South Central – Central Highlands region takes place from January 10 to 18, 2025 at Nha Trang University stadium.

The ceremony to announce and draw the qualifying round of the TNSV THACO Cup 2025 took place at 2:00 p.m. on December 17 at Kim Do Hotel (HCMC). One day before the regional qualifiers, a technical meeting will take place organized by the Newspaper Adolescent executive.

After the end of the qualifying round, 11 excellent teams include 2 representatives of the Northern region, 2 representatives of the Central Coast region, 4 representatives of the Ho Chi Minh City region, 1 representative of the South Central – Central Highlands region. , 1 representative of the Southeast region, 1 representative of the Southwest region and the home team of Ton Duc Thang University will attend the final round of THACO Volunteer Cup 2025. Final round of THACO Volunteer Volunteers Cup 2025 takes place from March 1 to March 16 in the format of 12 teams divided into 3 groups, playing round-robin to calculate ranking points, selecting 8 teams to enter the quarterfinals.

New features of THACO Cup 2025 Volunteers

Compared to the previous two seasons, the TNSV THACO Cup 2025 has notable new features.

For the first time, each team is allowed to register 3 regular student players from their school who have participated in the national U.19 and U.21 tournaments from 2022 to present. At each time on the field, 2 out of 3 players will be allowed to play. This is a factor that adds expertise and appeal to the tournament. According to preliminary statistics, there are currently nearly 50 players who participated in U tournaments participating in the 2025 TNSV THACO Cup.

TNSV THACO Cup 2025 is also the first time the host team, Ton Duc Thang University team, will not participate in the qualifying round, to create a more intense and fierce competition opportunity for teams in the Ho Chi Minh City area.

The 2025 TNSV THACO Cup also marks the first time the number of participating teams is greater than the previous season: in 2023 there were 43 teams, in 2024 there were 64 teams and this season there were 67 teams. Among them, there are 17 new teams participating compared to last season. The total number of matches this year is 126, including more qualifying rounds with 101 matches and the finals with still 25 matches.