The Vietnamese women’s team continues to outstrip Thailand in the FIFA rankings

The Vietnamese women’s team still maintains the number one position in Southeast Asia

With the defeat of the Taiwan women’s team in the play-off match, the Vietnamese women’s team made a miracle when for the first time in history won tickets to play in the World Cup finals. However, coach Mai Duc Chung’s teachers and students were deducted points from the FIFA rankings when calculating according to their performance in the 2022 Asian Cup Finals held in India recently.

According to the FIFA March rankings, which were updated on March 25, the Vietnamese women’s team was deducted 3.92 points. However, with 1655.25 points, the Vietnamese women’s team still holds the 32nd place world and continues to lead the Southeast Asian region, leaving Thailand 11 places behind.

The Thai women’s team, which lost both play-offs for tickets to the 2023 World Cup against Vietnam and Taiwan, was deducted 62.48 points. This also caused the “War Elephants” to fall freely on the FIFA rankings when falling 5 places, only ranked 43 in the world.

In Southeast Asia alone, the Philippine women’s team has had the most significant growth, rising 10 places on the FIFA rankings and rising to 54th in the world. At the 2022 Asian Cup finals in India, the Philippines women’s team also made history when they reached the semi-finals and won tickets to the World Cup finals for the first time.

Recruiting Vietnamese women to Korea for training

According to information from the Federation football Vietnam (VFF), the Vietnamese women’s team will gather again from March 27 at the Vietnam Youth Football Training Center. As planned, the whole team started practicing in the afternoon of the same day. VFF also planned early for the female players to have intermingled domestic and foreign training sessions.

Accordingly, the Vietnamese female team will be allowed to go to Korea for training. The purpose of this trip is to help the players change the atmosphere, have the opportunity to play friendly matches with quality opponents to best prepare for the tournament. sea ​​Games 31, towards the 2023 World Cup.

Coach Mai Duc Chung has summoned 31 players, including 22 players who attended the 2022 Women’s Asian Cup final in India.

In the 9 additional players called, coach Mai Duc Chung continued to call young players such as Cu Thi Huynh Nhu, Nguyen Thi Truc Huong, Tran Thi Thu Xuan or Nguyen Thi Thuy Hang. Besides, Hoang Thi Loan, after recovering from an injury, has a name. In addition, veteran player Tran Nguyen Bao Chau was also summoned.