Two consecutive victories against U23 Kuwait and U23 Malaysia brought U23 Vietnam into the round for the 8 strongest teams of the 2024 U23 Asian Finals.
Participating in the quarterfinals opens up opportunities for teachers and students Coach Hoang Anh Tuan in the hunt for a ticket for the first time in history to attend the Summer Olympics.
Quan Van Chuan and his teammates will face Iraq U23 in the next round. To open the door to Paris, U23 Vietnam needs to defeat the West Asian team to participate in the semi-finals.
6 years ago, also in the quarterfinals with U23 Iraq, U23 Vietnam excellently overcame the opponent with a score of 5-3 in the penalty shootout, after the two teams drew 3-3 in a dramatic 120 minutes. . After that, U23 Vietnam under the guidance of coach Park Hang Seo reached the final in Changzhou.
According to the distribution of the 2024 Olympic Organizing Committee, Asia has 3.5 places to attend the 2024 Paris Olympics in men’s soccer with the first, second, and third teams entering directly.
The 4th ranked team of the 2024 Asian U23 Finals will play a play-off against the 4th ranked team of the 2024 African U23 Finals. Therefore, if they win against Iraq, U23 Vietnam will have the opportunity to achieve a new miracle home football.
Currently, the 2024 Olympic qualifiers in other regions have been completed, and the group drawing has also been completed. 12 teams have tickets to Paris, including the US Olympic team in Group A along with the host team France, New Zealand and the winner of the play-off match between teams from the Asian and African confederations. Olympic Argentina falls into Group B with Morocco, Ukraine and the team ranked 3rd at the U23 Asian Finals.
Olympic Spain is in Group C with Egypt, the Dominican Republic and the runner-up team of the U23 Asian Finals. Group D includes Paraguay, Mali, Israel and the U23 Asian champions.
The 2024 Paris Olympics takes place from July 26 to August 11 in France.
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U23 Vietnam set a sad record and was criticized by AFC
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has assessments of U23 Vietnam after losing to U23 Uzbekistan in the final round of the 2024 U23 Asian Finals group stage.
