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Vietnam to join 2021 Futsal World Cup playoffs

Vietnam men’s futsal team is to join playoffs together with Thailand, Lebanon and Iraq, to determine the final two slots for Asia at the FIFA Futsal World Cup Lithuania 2021.
Vietnam to join 2021 Futsal World Cup playoffs ảnh 1Members of Vietnam men’s futsal team (in red) vie for the ball (Photo: AFC)
Hanoi (VNA)– Vietnam men’s futsal team is to join playoffs together with Thailand, Lebanonand Iraq, to determine the final two slots for Asia at the FIFA Futsal WorldCup Lithuania 2021.

The playoffs will beheld at a centralised venue no later than June.

In the current Asiarankings, Vietnam stand at the ninth place, while Thailand rank third, Lebanonsixth and Iraq 11th.

In a recentannouncement, the Asia Football Confederation (AFC) said that only the topthree recurring teams of themost recent AFC Futsal Championship’s edition, which are Iran, Japan and Uzbekistan, will be nominated as the AFC’srepresentatives, hence automatically qualifying for the global futsal showpiece.

All the remainingteams will have to compete for the final two slots.

At present, 18 teamshave booked their berths at the Futsal World Cup 2021, which is scheduled totake place from September 12 to October 3. There remain six slots to bedecided, with two in Asia and four in the North, Central America and Caribbean region (CONCACAF).

The draw will be heldonce the final 24 squads are determined./.
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