Beating Malaysia, U17 Vietnam won a ticket to the 2026 AFC U17 Championship

VHO - The Vietnam U17 team has officially passed the 2026 AFC U17 Championship Qualifiers after a resounding 4-0 win over Malaysia U17 in the final match of Group C, taking place tonight, November 30, in Hanoi.

Before the "final" of group C, U17 Vietnam and U17 Malaysia both had 12 points after 4 wins, but U17 Vietnam was on top thanks to a better sub-index.

U17 Vietnam (red shirt) played better than their opponent

Although Vietnam U17 only needs to not lose to Malaysia U17 to qualify for the next round, coach Cristiano Roland's students can do much more than that.

In this match, U17 Vietnam entered the match with confidence and quickly opened the score after only 3 minutes of play thanks to Manh Cuong.

Playing overwhelmingly, in the 43rd minute, Anh Hao was there at the right time, tapping the ball close to the goal to increase the score to 2-0.

Five minutes after the second half started, Van Duong had two consecutive shots to score the third goal for U17 Vietnam.

With a 3-goal lead, U17 Vietnam played more slowly, but still scored the fourth goal thanks to Sy Bach in the 77th minute.

U17 Vietnam advances with a perfect record

Defeating U17 Malaysia 4-0, U17 Vietnam officially won the only ticket of Group C to attend the 2026 AFC U17 Championship with a perfect record, reaching 15 absolute points after 5 matches.

With this achievement, the national U17 team is also the sixth Vietnamese football team to qualify for the Asian finals after the Vietnam U23 team, the men's Futsal team, the women's team, the women's U17 team and the women's U20 team.

Source: https://baovanhoa.vn/the-thao/thang-dam-malaysia-u17-viet-nam-doat-ve-du-vck-u17-chau-a-2026-184756.html