According to the format of the 2023 Women's World Cup, 32 teams are divided into 8 groups, each group takes the top 2 teams to the knockout round. In the group stage, the Vietnamese women's team is in Group E with the US, the Netherlands and Portugal.

Vietnam women's football team prepares carefully for World Cup. Photo: vff.

According to FIFA rankings, the Vietnamese women's football team is currently ranked No. 1 in Southeast Asia. In Asia, the Vietnamese women's team is ranked No. 5, after the Australian women's team (No. 1) and the Japanese, Chinese, Korean women's teams...

According to schedule, July 5: Vietnam women's football team departs for New Zealand

July 10: Friendly match with New Zealand women's team

July 14: Friendly match with the Spanish women's team

July 22: The Vietnamese women's football team will play their first match at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup against the reigning World Champion, the US women's team, at 8:00 a.m. (local time) at Eden Park Stadium - New Zealand's largest sports stadium located in downtown Auckland.

July 27: Play the second match of the group stage with the Portuguese women's team

August 1: Play the final group stage match against the current World Cup runner-up, the Netherlands women's team.

* Previously, the Dutch women's football team, the opponent of the Vietnamese women's team at the 2023 World Cup, had a perfect warm-up with a victory over the Belgian women's team.

Against a strong opponent like the Netherlands, Belgium was completely overwhelmed. They let the opponent hold the ball up to 76%, launched 22 shots and scored 5 goals. This is also the 3rd win of the Netherlands in 5 friendly matches this year. According to the schedule, the Netherlands will play Portugal on July 23. Next are the matches against the US (July 27) and Vietnam (August 1).

HA XUAN