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VFF appoints Japanese expert to boost U17 World Cup bid

Thursday, Feb 13, 2025

Born in 1961 in Aichi, Japan, Ikeuchi began his football career after graduating high school in 1980, playing for Toyota Industries Football Club. He played for Fujita (now Shonan Bellmare) from 1980 to 1996 and represented the Japanese national team...

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Women's Futsal team welcome group draw in Asian championship, hopeful for World Cup Finals

Friday, Feb 07, 2025

Hopes are higher that Việt Nam will get a coveted place in the first Women''s Futsal World Cup following a favourable draw for the Asian championship held on February 6 in Hohhot, China.

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Việt Nam face Australia in first match at 2025 AFC U17 Asian Cup

Tuesday, Feb 04, 2025

There may be more opportunities for Asian representatives to the World Cup U17 2025, but Việt Nam must firstly beat some tough competition at the continental tournament from April 3-20.

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Việt Nam face strong rivals at Asian Cup for U17s

Friday, Jan 24, 2025

Việt Nam will be facing the defending champions in the AFC U17 Asian Cup after a draw conducted on January 23 in Kuala Lumpur.

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Việt Nam get luck of the draw for Asian Cup 2027 qualification

Tuesday, Dec 10, 2024

Việt Nam will be playing in what is considered an easy group, Group F, in the AFC Asian Cup Saudi Arabia 2027 Qualifiers following an official draw by the continental football governing body in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on December 9.

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VN earn berth in Cup's last qualifier

Thursday, Nov 19, 2015

Viet Nam have won an official berth in the last qualification round of the Asian Cup 2019.On Tuesday, Chinese Taipei lost 0-2 to Iraq during their Group F match, which also includes Viet Nam and Thailand, paving the way for Viet Nam to...

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Thailand beat Viet Nam 3-0 in Asia Zone qualifiers

Wednesday, Oct 14, 2015

Thailand beat Viet Nam 3-0 to lead the group F in the 2018 FIFA World Cup/2019 AFC Asian Cup joint-qualifiers at Ha Noi''s My Dinh Stadium yesterday.

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VN up to 152 in FIFA world rankings

Friday, Oct 02, 2015

Viet Nam jumped a place from last month to 152nd in the September FIFA rankings.

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Viet Nam surge to victory over Taipei 2-1 in qualifier match

Wednesday, Sep 09, 2015

Substitute Tran Phi Son scored a crucial goal during the third injury time to help Viet Nam seal a 2-1 win over Chinese Taipei in the 2018 FIFA World Cup/2019 AFC Asian Cup joint-qualifiers yesterday.

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VN win gold at Asian Cup 1 Regatta

Friday, Mar 13, 2015

Viet Nam won three gold medals at the Asian Cup 1 Regatta held in Singapore yesterday.

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New generation has big boots to fill

Wednesday, Oct 15, 2014

It is going to be a huge challenge for the current generation of Vietnamese footballers to match the achievements of their predecessors.

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VN women to vie for football bronze after semi-final loss

Tuesday, Sep 30, 2014

Viet Nam were unable to cause an upset against Japan yesterday, losing 3-0 to the defending champions who proved too much for the Vietnamese youngsters to handle.

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UAE pose big obstacle to Viet Nam in U23 Asian Games

Wednesday, Sep 24, 2014

The UAE''s U23 should be a tough challenge for Viet Nam''s U23 in the last-eight rounds of the Asian Games as they are the tournament''s present silver medallists.

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Japanese coach finds his feet in VN

Friday, Jun 27, 2014

Viet Nam''s Japanese coach Toshiya Miura said that he felt completely comfortable and no different when he walked out on the pitch to give instructions to players on Viet Nam''s national team yesterday morning.

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Japan edge out Australia to win Asian Cup

Monday, May 26, 2014

Iwashimizu Azusa''s first half-winning goal landed Japan its first Asian Cup win.