Many surprises at the national 7-a-side football championship, players receive bonuses like V-League

The first rounds of the 2025 Dragon Cup 7-a-side football championship (VPL-S6) were exciting with many surprises.

In 2025, the Bia Saigon Dragon Cup 7-a-side football championship (VPL-S6) will develop on a national scale, taking place in 8 regions, specifically: the North ( Hanoi ), the South (Ho Chi Minh City), the Northeast (Hai Phong), the North Central (Nghe An), the Central Central (Da Nang), the South Central (Khanh Hoa), the Central Highlands (Gia Lai) and the West (Can Tho).

VPL-S6 starts with the Northern region. Since the end of February, the second-division football tournament under the HPL system has officially started with 11 participating teams, including representatives from Hanoi, Bac Ninh , Hai Duong, Quang Ninh,... The teams with the best results will qualify to participate in the first-division HPL at the end of March.

Thien Khoi (red) vs BIDV Quang Trung

Photo: Nhat Anh

EOC (white) vs Viet Phuong Dong (red), exciting match

Photo: Nhat Anh

2025 is the 9th season of the HPL first division football tournament, gathering 12 teams. Besides the host Hanoi, there are also teams from Ninh Binh, Bac Giang, Hai Phong, Hai Duong, Bac Ninh... The two teams Dai Nam FC and Vinataba are given the opportunity to compete in HPL-S12.

HPL-S12 opened on May 18, 2025 with 12 teams, starting the Dragon Cup national 7-a-side football championship (VPL-S6). Up to now, the tournament has played 3 rounds, Thien Khoi FC is temporarily at the top of the rankings, followed by TIG with the same 7 points but with a lower goal difference.

Vinataba soldier (right) makes an impression

Highly rated teams like Dai Tu and Phoenix have not had a good start to this season. SHB was highly expected but also disappointed when they were defeated by rookie Vinataba in round 3. Viet Phuong Dong, Tung Anh, and HG La Giang maintained stable performance.

After 3 rounds, the confrontation between Dai Tu and Phoenix left many impressions. Despite playing with one less player, the team from Thai Nguyen came from behind to win 3-2 against Phoenix. The match between Tung Anh and Dai Nam FC was equally exciting. With only 6 players on the field, Tung Anh still scored an early goal against the rookie Dai Nam FC and kept a point thanks to his indomitable spirit.

Besides prominent names such as Le Tuan Anh, Nguyen Van Long, Nguyen Van Hung, Nguyen Quang Tinh, ... foreign players such as Pape Omar (SHB), Claudecir Jr (Thien Khoi FC) and Diogo Pereira (Vinataba) all played impressively and scored goals at the HPL-S12 playground.

FIFA referees officiate 7-a-side football matches

After HPL, SPL-S7 started in Ho Chi Minh City from May 31, 2025. 2025 is the 7th season of SPL, continuing with 12 participating teams. Rookie Hoang Nong Thao Vy with many good players took the lead with 6 absolute points after 2 rounds. Bamboo, MyMy, Dien Bach Khoa - Ninh Thuan and An Bien followed with 6 points each. The SPL-S7 situation has a clear differentiation.

Many FIFA referees invited to officiate the HPL tournament

In June, other regions will open, each region has 6 participating teams, the format is similar to HPL.

After the regional qualifying rounds, the best teams will participate in the national finals in Hanoi. With the 7-a-side football championship of Bia Saigon Dragon Cup 2025 (VPL-S6), the finals are expected to have 12 participating teams.

The teams participating in the National 7-a-side football championship of Bia Saigon Dragon Cup (VPL-S6) are mostly heavily invested, have identity, coaching staff, orderly, organized and professional operations. Many clubs also transfer players, with full signing-on fees, salaries and contracts like the V-League.

Referee team at HPL

Young referee Nghiem Ba Tri (left cover) - referee who has just been trained at the AFC Referee Academy

Photo: Nhat Anh

Referee Tran The Anh (middle) on duty at the 2025 tournament

The professional quality of the rounds in HPL-S12 and SPL-S7 is guaranteed thanks to the team of professionally trained referees and supervisors. All referees have national and international certificates and have a lot of experience in officiating matches in V-League. Many FIFA referees such as Hoang Ngoc Ha, Tran Ngoc Anh, Nguyen Manh Hai, Bui Thi Thu Trang, Truong Quoc Dung, etc. also participate in officiating matches in VPL. V-League referees such as Tran The Anh and Nghiem Ba Tri also work at the most prestigious amateur playground in Vietnam.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/nhieu-bat-ngo-tai-giai-bong-da-7-nguoi-vo-dich-quoc-gia-cau-thu-nhan-lot-tay-nhu-v-league-185250605223832522.htm