Announcement made on new schedule for national team in World Cup qualifiers
VOV.VN - Members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Competition’s Committee agreed to devise a new schedule for qualification matches for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar during an online meeting chaired by Tran Quoc Tuan, vice president of the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF), on November 11.
As part of World Cup qualifiers in the Asian region, the nation will take on Malaysia in an away tie which is scheduled for March 30, 2021.
Following this, the country will then host Indonesia on June 7, 2021.
Furthermore, the national team will be away to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on June 15, 2021.
As a result of the impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, locations and timings could be swiftly changed following discussions held among the AFC’s members, although it would require approval from the world’s football governing body (FIFA) and the AFC.
Despite changes to the second round of qualifying matches in the Asian region for the 2022 World Cup, fixtures must end on June 15, with the final regional qualifying round of the global tournament is due to take place between September 2 and September 7 next year.
Moreover, during the online meeting on November 11 delegates agreed to hold the AFC U-16 Championship’s finals in Bahrain from April 1 to April 18, 2021, whilst the AFC U-19 Championship finals will be staged in Uzbekistan between March 3 and March 20, 2021.
