Undefeated at the U17 Asian tournament, U17 Vietnam was still unfortunately eliminated

Vietnam U17 unbeaten at 2025 AFC U17 Championship. Source: VFF

This is a pity when coach Cristiano Roland's team had a very impressive journey, especially in the final match of the group stage.

In the match against U17 UAE, U17 Vietnam played with almost the same lineup as the 1-1 draw against U17 Japan. The stability helped the players enter the match with confidence, deploying a cohesive and solid playing style.

This helped U17 Vietnam gain control of the ball, creating many dangerous situations for the opponent before Hoang Trong Duy Khang opened the score.

With the first goal, U17 Vietnam proactively played with a low formation, proactively preventing dangerous attacks from U17 UAE.

The U17 Vietnam players played with determination, constantly covering and diving to protect the goal against the opponent's constant pressure. The brilliance of goalkeeper Xuan Tin saved the home team many times.

However, U17 Vietnam could not protect the result when U17 UAE equalized 1-1 in the 88th minute after a header by Hazaa Mahdi.

The final draw of 1-1 made U17 Vietnam stop in regret when the ticket to the World Cup was very close.

Despite being eliminated, U17 Vietnam still deserves praise and pride for what they have shown in this year's tournament.

After this series of matches, 6 teams have officially won tickets to the quarter-finals of the 2025 U17 Asia and a place at the U17 World Cup.

In Group B, the two U17 teams Japan and U17 UAE have become the owners of two tickets to Qatar at the end of this year.

In this match, a big surprise happened when U17 Australia came from behind to win 3-2 against defending champion U17 Japan.

With this result, Group B has 3 teams: Japan, UAE and Australia, all with 4 points, forcing the organizers to apply additional criteria to determine the rankings.

After calculating the goal difference in the matches between the three teams, Japan ranked first thanks to a goal difference of +2. UAE and Australia both had a goal difference of -1, but UAE ranked higher thanks to a direct 2-0 win over Australia. Thus, UAE became the second team in the group and won a ticket to the quarterfinals, along with a place at the 2025 U17 World Cup.

In Group C, U17 Korea had an important 1-0 victory over U17 Yemen in a "life and death" match thanks to Kim Eun-seong's goal in the 29th minute.

This victory helped U17 Korea surpass its opponent to win the second ticket after Indonesia to participate in the 2025 U17 World Cup.

Meanwhile, U17 Indonesia continued to impress by defeating U17 Afghanistan 2-0 to close the group stage with a perfect record.

In addition to the four teams mentioned above, two representatives of Group A, U17 Uzbekistan and U17 Saudi Arabia, have already entered the quarterfinals and won tickets to the World Cup.

Source: https://baophuyen.vn/the-thao/202504/bat-bai-tai-giai-u17-chau-a-u17-viet-nam-van-bi-loai-dang-tiec-d0c4357/