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Qatar became the champions of the 2019 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup, after beating Japan 3-1 in the final match which took place in the United Arab Emirates on February 1.

Park Hang Seo from the Republic of Korea (RoK) has officially become the head coach of the men’s national, U23 and Olympic football teams of Vietnam.

Vietnam tied goalless with Jordan in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification match at Thong Nha Stadium in HCM City on June 13.

Vietnam will make use of its home advantage, spectators’ support and tactics to obtain three points in the June 13 game with Jordan, part of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification, coach Nguyen Huu Thang said.

Although chances of Vietnam reaching the final round of 2018 FIFA World Cup/2019 Asian Cup joint qualifiers are slim, it will try to beat Iraq in the final match of the event’s second qualifying round

Thailand beat Vietnam 3-0 to lead the group F in the 2018 FIFA World Cup/2019 AFC Asian Cup joint-qualifiers at Hanoi's My Dinh Stadium on October 13.

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