Vietnam’s U16 squad eliminated from AFC Championship finals
VOV.VN -The Vietnam national under-16 football team were knocked out of the AFC Championship finals following defeat in their final group stage match against Australia.
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Moreover, the result of the team’s previous tie against Macau was not counted as Group H consists of five teams.
As a result, the Vietnamese team finished the group with six points and a goal difference of +8.
In the final group rankings this left Vietnam fifth among the second-placed teams, behind Yemen in Group E, Indonesia in Group G, Uzbekistan in Group B, and Oman in Group D.
Thailand also finished on the same number of points with the same goal differences as Vietnam, therefore being eliminated from the tournament.
Indonesia’s U16 team were the only team from Southeast Asia to earn a place in at the AFC Championship finals, which are scheduled to take place in Bahrain from September 16 to October 3 next year.
A total of four teams who go on to achieve the best results at the AFC Championship finals, will earn a place in the FIFA U-17 World Cup in 2021.
