What are the chances of the Vietnamese women's team winning a ticket to the 2027 World Cup?

After winning a ticket to the final round of the 2026 AFC Asian Cup, the next goal of the Vietnamese women's team is to win a ticket to the 2027 World Cup.

Huynh Nhu and the Vietnamese women's team have a great chance to win tickets to the 2027 World Cup - Photo: ANH DUC

According to AFC regulations, the 6 teams with the best results in the 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup finals in Australia will qualify for the 2027 Women's World Cup held in Brazil.

12 teams compete for 6 tickets to World Cup 2027

This means that the four teams that reach the semi-finals of the 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup will qualify for the 2027 Women's World Cup.

Meanwhile, the four teams eliminated in the quarter-finals will continue to enter the intense play-off round. Here, the four teams will be divided into two pairs, and the winner of these two pairs will get a ticket to Brazil.

The two teams that lost the play-off round still have a chance to qualify for the 2027 World Cup when Asian representatives participate in the inter-regional play-off.

It can be seen that of the 12 teams participating in the 2026 Asian Women's Football Championship, 50% of them will win tickets to the 2027 World Cup. This is a fairly high rate that every team has the right to dream about.

Opportunity for Vietnam women's team

The ticket to the 2027 World Cup for the Vietnamese women's team is very close, but things will not be easy - Photo: ANH DUC

According to experts, the Vietnamese women's team's chance of qualifying for the 2027 World Cup is possible if they have a little more luck. First, if they want to think about the 2027 World Cup, coach Mai Duc Chung and his team must pass the group stage. With their current strength, the Vietnamese women's team is likely to achieve this goal.

In thefinal quarters, the Vietnamese women's team is almost certain to face one of the five biggest women's football nations in Asia: South Korea, Japan, China, Australia and North Korea. With the difference in skill level, the Vietnamese women's team will have a hard time advancing.

At that time, coach Mai Duc Chung and his team will have to hope to win a ticket to the 2025 World Cup from the play-off round (losing in the quarter-finals). According to football experts, one of the five strong teams in Asia, namely South Korea, Japan, China, Australia and North Korea, will certainly fall behind in the quarter-finals.

If the draw does not bring Vietnam to face one of these five teams in the play-off round, then coach Mai Duc Chung and his team will have a chance to attend the 2027 World Cup. But if the draw pushes Vietnam to face one of the five "big sisters" above, things will be very difficult.

In addition to the Vietnamese women's team, the Philippine, Indian and Chinese Taipei women's teams are candidates for the 6th ticket to the 2027 World Cup in Asia.

At the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup, the Vietnamese women's team won a ticket to the 2023 World Cup after winning the play-off round.

At that time, the Vietnamese women's team, Chinese Taipei and Thailand played a round-robin to select the team with the best results to go to the 2023 World Cup. The Vietnamese team won all 6 points with a 2-0 victory over Thailand and 2-1 victory over Chinese Taipei.

The reason the 2023 World Cup play-off round only has 3 teams is because Australia - the team eliminated in the quarter-finals - did not participate because they are hosting the 2023 World Cup.

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