The 'specialty' of Vietnamese 7-a-side football will spread strongly in Southeast Asia

Sports industry leaders hope that the 7-a-side football tournament will have a stronger spread in the future, not only within Vietnam.

On October 9, the launching ceremony of the National 7-a-side Football Cup - Hyundai Thanh Cong Cup 2025 took place in Hanoi .

Speaking at the ceremony, Mr. Nguyen Hong Minh - Deputy Director of the Vietnam Sports Department said: "In recent years, with the great efforts of Vietfootball, the 7-a-side Football Cup has been organized regularly with high professionalism, attracting the participation of many clubs, creating a healthy playground, contributing to improving the professionalism of Vietnamese football, spreading the love of football, and building a healthy lifestyle".

Deputy Director of the Vietnam Sports Administration spoke at the launching ceremony.

Photo: Trang Thu

Sports industry leaders hope that in the coming time, Vietfootball and other units will continue to join hands to develop 7-a-side football not only as a "specialty" of Vietnam, but also to develop it in other regions.

Since 2019, the national 7-a-side football tournament has been held for the first time in the 3 regions of North - Central - South and then the national final round, marking an important milestone in the development journey of 7-a-side football, a type of football that is still considered a particularly interesting thing in Vietnam.

Launching ceremony of the National 7-a-side Football Cup

Photo: Organizing Committee

Every year, the tournament attracts a large number of teams from three regions, contributing to its widespread influence across the country.

In the past 2 years, the final round of the National 7-a-side Football Cup held in Ho Chi Minh City has brought a fresh breeze, marked success and received high praise from experts as well as enthusiastic cheers from the audience.

This year's 7-a-side football tournament has a very large number of participating teams.

This year's season, the National 7-a-side Football Cup - Hyundai Thanh Cong Cup 2025 (VSC-S5) promises many differences and attractions when gathering strong football teams, representing the identity of many regions.

Accordingly, the North has 20 participating teams, including representatives from Hanoi, Thai Nguyen, Ha Tinh , Hai Phong, Ninh Binh...

The Southern region has 16 football teams from Ho Chi Minh City and the provinces of the West, Southeast, Central Highlands... Meanwhile, the Central region takes place in Da Nang with 8 football teams competing.

After more than 2 months of competition in the 3 regional qualifying rounds, the 8 teams with the best results will win tickets to the national finals.

According to the competition schedule, the Northern qualifying round will take place from October 12 to November 23 at the C500 football field of the Security Academy (Hanoi); the Southern qualifying round will start from October 11 to November 15 at Gia Dinh Stadium (HCMC); the Central qualifying round will take place from October 19 to November 16 at Dam Sen Stadium (Da Nang). The national final round will be held from November 29 to December 7 in HCMC.

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