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Women’s football team heading to New Zealand for 2023 World Cup

The Vietnamese national women’s football team and head coach Mai Duc Chung departed from Hanoi for New Zealand on July 5 to start their 2023 FIFA World Cup campaign.
Women’s football team heading to New Zealand for 2023 World Cup ảnh 1Vietnamese female footballers (Photo: VFF)
Hanoi (VNA) - The Vietnamese national women’s football team and headcoach Mai Duc Chung departed from Hanoi for New Zealand on July 5 to start their2023 FIFA World Cup campaign.

They are scheduled to arrive in New Zealand at 9:00 amon July 6. After landing, the team will then head to Auckland city for two weeks of training beforecompeting at the sporting event. They will also have twofriendly matches in order to test their lineup, with fixtures scheduled againstNew Zealand on July 10 and Spain on July 14.

Women’s football team heading to New Zealand for 2023 World Cup ảnh 2They are scheduled to arrive in New Zealand at 9:00 am on July 6 (Photo: VFF)
At the FIFA Women’s World Cup, Vietnam have been named inGroup E and will face the US on July 22, Portugal on July 27, and theNetherlands on August 1.

To prepare for the finals, the team took training camps inJapan and Germany.

Women’s football team heading to New Zealand for 2023 World Cup ảnh 3Vietnamese national women’s football team (Photo: VFF)
Over the past time, the “golden girls" have crowned SEAGames champions for eight times, and won a ticket to the 2024 Olympic First Qualifier./.

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