Vietnam women's football at World Cup 2027: waiting for luck

The Vietnamese women's team has won a ticket to the 2026 Women's Asian Cup finals in Australia after three wins in the qualifying round in Phu Tho. But to be able to compete well in the finals, thereby winning a ticket to the 2027 Women's World Cup is not a simple story.

Vietnam team in the 4-0 win over Guam - Photo: ANH DUC

Because the mainstays of the Vietnamese women's team are mostly old and can no longer maintain their peak performance, while the opponents are all very strong.

Winning big but worried

The Vietnamese women's team won first place in Group E of the 2026 Women's Asian Cup qualifiers with 3 wins in all 3 matches at Viet Tri Stadium ( Phu Tho ), scoring 17 goals without conceding any. An extremely impressive achievement.

But if you look at the FIFA rankings, the victory for coach Mai Duc Chung and his team is obvious. Because the 3 defeated opponents of the Vietnamese women's team (ranked 37th in the world ) are all weak. Guam is ranked 97th, UAE is ranked 117th and Maldives is ranked 163rd.

Playing against opponents of much lower level, the Vietnamese women's team always took the field with almost their strongest lineup instead of giving many opportunities to the young players. In the opening match, the team won 7-0 against Maldives, the starting lineup had 6 players aged 30 or older. In the 6-0 victory over UAE, the starting lineup had 8/11 players aged 30 or older. And in the final match, when they almost secured their ticket, the Vietnamese women's team took the field with 9/11 players aged 30 or older.

In fact, even if coach Mai Duc Chung wants to use many young players, it will be difficult. Because the Vietnamese women's team currently has too many key players over 30 years old. It is worth mentioning that not everyone can maintain their peak performance.

Especially Huynh Nhu - the striker who did not score any goals in all 3 matches (2 starting, 1 substitute). Even when he had a chance to score from the 11m mark in the match against Maldives, Huynh Nhu also missed.

Better than Huynh Nhu, Hai Yen scored 2 goals. But it still does not fill the worries for the Vietnamese women's team's attack in the campaign to hunt for tickets to the 2027 Women's World Cup. Because by the 2026 Women's Asian Cup finals, the two most experienced strikers of Vietnamese women's football mentioned above will be 1 year older.

Vietnamese women's football needs luck to hope to reach the 2027 World Cup - Photo: TTO

Difficult task

Vietnam women's football team has successfully won a ticket to the 2023 Women's World Cup in New Zealand for the first time. But to continue to win tickets to the biggest festival of women's football in the world in 2027, coach Mai Duc Chung and his team need to make more efforts and rely on luck when the draw for the 2026 Women's Asian Cup finals takes place on July 29 in Australia.

The Vietnamese women's team is currently ranked 6th in Asia after Japan (7th in the world), the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (9th), Australia (15th), China (17th) and South Korea (21st). Therefore, the Vietnamese girls will be in the second seed group, a significant advantage when the draw is conducted.

However, getting through the group stage to reach the quarter-finals also requires a favorable draw. The ticket to the 2027 Women's World Cup in Brazil will be decided in the quarter-finals, where the four winning teams will win tickets. The four losing teams will have to compete in pairs to compete for the two remaining official tickets.

With its current strength, it will be very difficult for the Vietnamese women's team to win the first 4 tickets to Brazil if they reach the quarter-finals of the 2026 Women's Asian Cup. Winning the remaining 2 official tickets will not be easy either. Because coach Mai Duc Chung and his team may have to face one of the top 5 women's teams in Asia that they have never won a draw with in their history of confrontations. Therefore, if the draw helps the Vietnamese women's team avoid the "seniors", the chance to attend the 2027 Women's World Cup will be brighter.

However, meeting the Philippines or Uzbekistan is not easy for the Vietnamese women's team. If they fail to win an official ticket, the Vietnamese women's team still has a chance to compete for a ticket in the intercontinental play-off round. But in this round, winning a ticket is very difficult.

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Source: https://tuoitre.vn/bong-da-nu-viet-nam-du-world-cup-2027-cho-may-man-20250706235027945.htm