Footballers gather for 2024 AFC U20 Women’s Asian Cup qualification
VOV.VN - Vietnam’s U20 team took part in their second gathering of the year on February 7 as they got preparations underway for the qualification round of the 2024 AFC U20 Women's Asian Cup.
Japanese coach Akira Ijiri called up a total of 30 players from Hanoi, Ha Nam, Thai Nguyen, Son La and Vietnam Coal and Mineral FCs for the training camp.
The local footballers will participate in a 20-day training course at the PVF Youth Football Training Center in Hung Yen before they will then travel to Phu Tho where they will host Group F’s matches of the 2024 AFC U20 Women's Asian Cup qualification stage.
There will be two rounds of qualification matches, with the first round scheduled to be played between March 4 and March 12, whilst the second round of matches is to be held from June 3 to June 11.
Of the 47 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) member associations, a total of 31 teams have entered the competition, with Japan, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, and the Republic of Korea automatically making it to the finals as they are the top three teams of the 2019 AFC U19 Women’s Championship.
The 31 teams have been divided into seven groups of four teams and one group of three teams. Vietnam are in Group F alongside Indonesia, Singapore, and India.
For the second round, the eight teams will be drawn into two groups of four teams.
In the second round, the two group winners and the two group runners-up will qualify for the tournament.