In all of Southeast Asia, only Vietnam passed the Asian U20 Women's Qualifiers.

TPO - In the final match of the 2026 AFC U20 Women's Championship qualifiers, the Vietnam U20 team easily defeated Kyrgyzstan to take the lead, thereby officially advancing to the final round. Notably, Vietnam became the only Southeast Asian team to pass the qualifiers.

In last night's match, the U20 Vietnam women's team was both superior in skill and had the home field advantage. The team easily dominated the game and scored in the 3rd minute. In an indecisive clearance, the white-shirted defender sent the ball right to Hong Van. This striker fired a shot into a dangerous corner to open the scoring for the home team.

After that, the U20 women's team of Vietnam dominated the match. In the 29th minute, they doubled their advantage and another mistake was made by the opponent's defense. Khanh Vy crossed from the right wing, the Kyrgyzstan goalkeeper fumbled and pushed the ball into the net.

The first half ended with a 2-0 advantage in favor of the Vietnamese girls. The team played leisurely in the second half when they were sure of victory. Because Kyrgyzstan was too weak, they could not put pressure on the girls in red. In the 76th minute, the Central Asian team conceded the third goal. No one was marking Khanh Vy so this defender easily headed the ball into the net.

Vietnam played 3 matches and won all 3.

Vietnam ended the 2026 AFC U20 Women's Championship qualifying campaign with a 3-0 victory to top the group. The team won all 3 matches, scoring 14 goals and conceding none, thereby earning a direct ticket to the finals. Vietnam was also the only representative from Southeast Asia to qualify.

The other representatives were eliminated. The bottom teams in the group were Singapore, Cambodia, Timor Leste. Laos, Myanmar and Malaysia ranked third while Indonesia was the best in second place but was still eliminated. The reason was that they could not make it into the group of 3 best second-placed teams. As for Thailand, because they were the hosts of the finals, this team was exempted from the qualifying round while the other 2 representatives of the region, Brunei and the Philippines, did not send representatives to participate.

Source: https://tienphong.vn/ca-dong-nam-a-chi-viet-nam-vuot-qua-vong-loai-u20-nu-chau-a-post1768122.tpo