Vietnam’s U19 women players train for AFC championship

Vietnam's head coach Ijiri Akira has called up 26 players for a training camp in Hanoi in preparation for the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U19 Women's Championship later this month in Thailand.
Vietnam’s U19 women players train for AFC championship ảnh 1U19 players are in a training session in Hanoi. They will be competing in Thailand later this month. (Source: vtv.vn)

Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam'shead coach Ijiri Akira has called up 26 players for a training camp in Hanoi inpreparation for the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U19 Women'sChampionship later this month in Thailand.

Akira and his players will betraining at the Vietnam Youth Football Training Centrebefore leaving for Myanmar for two friendly matches against the hostson October 11 and 13.

They then will return to Hanoifor 10 days before Akira names the squad of 23 players.They will leave for the tournament in Chonburi on October 24.

The championship willrun from October 27 to November 9.

Vietnam are in Group A with theDemocratic People’s Republic of Korea, Australia and the hosts Thailand. GroupB include Myanmar, the Republic of Korea, Japan and China.

The top three teams at thetournament will qualify for the 2020 FIFA U20 World Cup in Nigeria as AFCrepresentatives./.
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