On the afternoon of June 22, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) conducted the draw and scheduled the qualifying round of the 2024 Asian Futsal Championship. As the team was seeded in Group 1, the draw results put the Vietnamese futsal team in a fairly favorable group with the participation of opponents Korea, Nepal and host country Mongolia.

According to the current Asian futsal rankings, the biggest obstacle for coach Giustozzi Diego Raul and his team is the Korean futsal team. However, at the 2022 Asian Futsal Championship, the Vietnamese futsal team was in the same group with this opponent and won convincingly 5-1 to qualify for the quarter-finals. Therefore, with their current strength, coach Giustozzi Diego Raul and his team can absolutely aim for the number 1 position in the race in this group.

Vietnam futsal team confidently aims for the 2024 Asian Futsal Championship qualifiers. Photo: VFF

The 2024 AFC Futsal Championship Qualifiers will feature 31 teams divided into 8 groups (1 group of 3 teams, 7 groups of 4 teams) competing at 8 venues in 8 host countries. The 8 group winners, 7 best runners-up and the host team (yet to be determined) will compete in the finals. The 2024 AFC Futsal Championship Qualifiers will take place from 7 to 11 October 2023.

Looking forward to the 2024 Asian Futsal Championship qualifiers, the Vietnamese futsal team has just had a useful training trip to South America. Here, coach Giustozzi Diego Raul's team had 6 quality friendly matches against opponents Paraguay and Argentina. Both opponents have superior skills and class, which has helped the Vietnamese futsal team improve their competitive spirit as well as their expertise.

After this training trip, the futsal players returned to the Club to practice before competing in the second leg of the HDBank National Futsal Championship 2023, starting from June 28.

Asian futsal qualifying round table. Photo: AFC

TUAN DIEP