Vietnamese U19 team to compete in AFC U19 champs

Vietnam’s national U19 football team will compete in the upcoming AFC U19 Championship 2020 finals scheduled to take place in Uzbekistan from October 14 - 31.
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Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam’s national U19 football team will compete in theupcoming AFC U19 Championship 2020 finals scheduled to take place in Uzbekistanfrom October 14 - 31.

Theevent is due to be held across three cities in Tashkent, Olmaliq andNamangan. Vietnam are in Group C with Saudi Arabia, Australia, andLaos, with games taking place in Namangan.

Theworld football governing body FIFA recently announced that five national teamsin the Asian region will be able to progress to the finals of the FIFA U20World Cup in 2021.

WithIndonesia hosting the U20 World Cup between May and June next year, Asia hasbeen granted five places in the competition, one for Indonesia as hosts, alongwith an additional four teams that will qualify based on their results atthe AFC U19 Championship 2020 finals.

Toprepare for the AFC U19 event, the Vietnam squad under the guidance of coachPhilippe Troussier convened two times last month and he plans to host manytraining sessions between now and October to strengthen his line-up./.
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