Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia: Which team has a good chance of participating in the Women's Futsal World Cup?

The three representatives of the Southeast Asian region, the women's futsal teams of Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia, are all aiming for a ticket to the 2025 Women's Futsal World Cup.

Thailand and Vietnam are at the top of the table.

The quarter-finals of the 2025 Asian Women's Futsal Championship are about to take place on April 13. In the round for the 8 strongest women's futsal teams, Southeast Asia has 3 representatives including Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia. Southeast Asia has 4 names: China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Japan. Meanwhile, West Asian football has only one representative, the Iranian women's futsal team (reigning champion).

Among the Southeast Asian teams, Thailand and Vietnam both advanced to the quarterfinals as group winners. Thailand is currently ranked 5th in the world and number 1 in Asia. Therefore, it is understandable that the team from the land of the golden pagodas will enter the quarterfinals as group winners. However, the Thai women's futsal team also impressed with a spectacular comeback to win 1-3 against formidable opponents Japan in the final match of the group stage.

Trinh Nguyen Thanh Hang (9) and her teammates face a big challenge in the quarter-finals, when facing Japan.

PHOTO: VFF

Meanwhile, Vietnam is in Group B with the presence of defending champion Iran. Coach Nguyen Dinh Hoang and his team had a good performance to pass the group stage with an unbeaten record, and at the same time lead Group C. This is a commendable result for the Vietnamese girls.

The Indonesian women's futsal team was placed in a tough group C, which included two of the continent's top teams, Thailand and Japan. However, the archipelago nation also qualified for the quarterfinals as the third-placed team with the best record.

Thailand and Indonesia are more favorable than Vietnam.

Among the three Southeast Asian futsal representatives in the continental quarterfinals, Thailand and Indonesia have the advantage. Both teams are facing opponents who are considered weaker. If they play at their best, the Thai futsal team (FIFA rank 5, Asia rank 1) will probably not have much difficulty overcoming Hong Kong (FIFA rank 29, Asia rank 10) in the quarterfinals. Previously, Hong Kong lost 3-5 to the Vietnamese women's futsal team in the group stage.

Matches in the quarterfinals of the 2025 Asian women's futsal championship

PHOTO: ASEAN FOOTBALL

The Indonesian women's futsal team also faced a strong opponent, China, in the quarterfinals and the chance to advance to the Asian semi-finals is quite bright. In theory, the Indonesian women's futsal team is in the "upper hand" when ranked 17th in FIFA, 5th in Asia. On the other hand, the Chinese women's futsal team is ranked 24th in FIFA, 8th in Asia.

The Vietnamese women's futsal team faces its biggest challenge yet. Coach Nguyen Dinh Hoang and his team will face a very strong team, Japan, in the quarterfinals. However, this is a hurdle that the Vietnamese girls must overcome in their journey to "hunt tickets" to the 2025 Women's Futsal World Cup. The match between Vietnam and Japan will take place at 10:00 a.m. on May 13 (Vietnam time).

The 2025 Asian Women's Futsal Championship is also the qualifying round for the 2025 Women's Futsal World Cup (held for the first time, hosted by the Philippines at the end of the year). Accordingly, the 3 teams with the best results (champion, runner-up and 3rd place) will qualify for the biggest tournament on the planet for women's futsal.

The Vietnamese women's futsal team also aims to win a ticket to the 2025 Women's Futsal World Cup.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/viet-nam-thai-lan-va-indonesia-doi-nao-sang-cua-du-world-cup-futsal-nu-185250512171039567.htm