The last two teams to make it to the quarterfinals of the 2025 National U21 Football Tournament are Ho Chi Minh City and The Cong Viettel . With 3 points in hand, Ho Chi Minh City and The Cong Viettel only need a draw in the last round to get a ticket to the quarterfinals. However, The Cong Viettel did even better when they defeated Tay Ninh 3-0, while Ho Chi Minh City held PVF to a 0-0 draw.

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The Cong Viettel (red shirt) is one of the last two names to make it to the quarter-finals.

In the quarterfinals, PVF faced SLNA , creating the hottest match. This can be considered the "early final" of the 2025 National U21 tournament, because these are two famous youth training centers, regularly providing quality names for Vietnamese football.

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Quarter-final schedule

The remaining three matches include: SHB.Da Nang vs. Hanoi, PVF-CAND vs. The Cong Viettel and HAGL vs. HCMC. Of these, HAGL seems to have the most advantage because they are facing a "soft opponent", while The Cong Viettel once again faces names from the PVF training center. In the group stage, The Cong Viettel fell to PVF 0-1.

The 4 quarter-final matches of the 2025 National U21 Football Tournament will take place tomorrow afternoon (July 27).

2025 National U21 Football Championship: 3 more teams get tickets to the quarterfinals SHB Da Nang, PVF-CAND and SLNA won tickets to the quarterfinals of the 2025 National U21 Football Championship after the third round of matches on the afternoon of July 23.

Source: https://vietnamnet.vn/vck-giai-bong-da-u21-quoc-gia-2025-nay-lua-tu-ket-2425689.html