Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnamese national men’sfootball team will be in Group G together with other regional football powerhouses, namely Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and the United Arab Emirates, accordingto result of the drawing for the elimination round for Asia for the World Cup2022.
The drawing was conducted on July 17 at the headquarters ofthe Asian Football Confederation (AFC) in Kuala Lumpur, with the participationof representatives of 40 national federations.
The teams are divided into five seeded classes on the basisof the FIFA ratings as of June this year. Vietnam is ranked the 15th in Asia, belonging to the second.
The 40 teams will compete in eight groups.
In Vietnam, football has become very popular, especiallyafter Park Hang-seo of the Republic of Korea started to become the head coachof many teams representing Vietnam at various tournaments in recent years. Thenational team has made impressive progress in the regional and global rankings.-VNA