V.League to return in late November

The 2021 national football season will resume in November, according to a proposal from the Vietnam Professional Football Company (VPF).
V.League to return in late November ảnh 1Hoang Anh Gia Lai players train while waiting for the return of the national football tournaments. The leagues are planned to restart in November. (Photo of Hoang Anh Gia Lai FC)

Hanoi (VNS/VNA) — The 2021 national football season will resume in November,according to a proposal from the Vietnam Professional Football Company (VPF).

After receiving votes from participating teams, VPF hasfinalised the reschedule date based on the development of the COVID-19pandemic.

The V.League 2 tournament will restart on November 20 and end onJanuary 14, 2022. The V.League 1 will be from February 12 to March 12. TheNational Cup will be held on January 17 to March 13.

There is only one team relegated from V.League 1 to V.League 2,instead of 1.5 team as in original plan. It is the same with the V.League 2 andthe third-tier league.

VPF's new plan needs an approval from the Vietnam FootballFederation.

In other football news, national team head coach Park HangSeo has called 30 U22 players to prepare for Vietnam's Asian U23 championshipqualification campaign.

The South Korean coach will pick his team from threegoalkeepers, 10 defenders, 11 midfielders and six strikers.

The players will start training from August 10 in Hanoi.

The tournament will be held from October 23-31. Vietnam are inGroup I with Myanmar, Hong Kong and Chinese Taipei. The team expect tosecure a place in the finals which will be organised next June in Uzbekistan.

Park also call 31 players of the national team for the 2022World Cup qualifier. They are three keepers, 14 defenders, nine midfielders andfive forwards.

They will start their training camp on August 5 in Hanoi. 

Vietnam are in the same group with Japan, Australia,Oman, China and Saudi Arabia with first match is planned in September./.

VNA

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