Vietnam futsal team in the same group with Thailand in the Asian finals

TPO - This afternoon, in Jakarta (Indonesia), the Asian Football Confederation has just conducted the draw for the 2026 Asian Futsal Championship. As a result, the Vietnamese futsal team is in group B with Thailand.

Vietnam was a team in pot 2 before the draw. So the team will have to share the group with a representative from pot 1, which is the seed group. And among the 4 names including Indonesia, Thailand, Japan and Iran (the highest ranked teams in Asia on the FIFA rankings), the draw chose for Vietnam the familiar name Thailand.

In the recent Southeast Asian Championship, Vietnam beat Thailand but it must be admitted that at that time, the opponent did not have the strongest force, especially could not use the player who is playing in Europe - Muhammad Osamanmusa.

Overall, Thailand's strength is still better than Vietnam's. So the team's task is to overcome two names, Kuwait and Lebanon. These are opponents that are considered weaker, especially Lebanon just lost heavily to Vietnam 0-4 in the recent Asian Cup qualifiers.

2026 AFC Futsal Championship draw results

Meanwhile, the host Indonesia fell into a fairly easy group. They only had to face Iraq, Kyrgyzstan and South Korea. In 11-a-side football, Indonesia may not be better than these three names, but in indoor football, they are superior.

Groups C and D will see fierce competition between the heavyweights. In Group C, Japan and Uzbekistan promise to create a fierce competition. The remaining two names, Australia and Tajikistan, are likely to be turned into "cannon fodder". The same thing will happen to Malaysia when they fall into Group D with Iran, Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia.

The 2026 AFC Futsal Championship finals will take place in Indonesia from May 14 to 31. The top two teams from each group will advance to the quarterfinals.

Source: https://tienphong.vn/doi-tuyen-futsal-viet-nam-chung-bang-thai-lan-o-vck-chau-a-post1793651.tpo