U.23 Vietnam has a big advantage to fly high at the U.23 Asian tournament

U.23 Việt Nam nắm lợi thế lớn để bay cao tại giải U.23 châu Á- Ảnh 1. — Thanh Nhan scored to help U.23 Vietnam defeat U.23 Yemen

U.23 Vietnam is winning with Mr. Kim

The Vietnam U23 team has had a perfect record since being led by coach Kim Sang-sik. Specifically, the young men had 4 wins against Laos, Cambodia, Philippines and Indonesia to win the 2025 Southeast Asian U23 Championship.

Next, at home ground Viet Tri, coach Kim Sang-sik and his team continued to extend their winning streak against opponents Bangladesh, Singapore and especially defeated U.23 Yemen with a score of 1-0 thanks to Thanh Nhan's goal to win a ticket to the final round of the 2026 AFC U.23 Championship.

Previously, Coach Kim Sang-sik created a very good human foundation and competitiveness for the Vietnam U.23 team, when he allowed Van Khang, Thai Son, Vi Hao, Van Truong... to concentrate on the national team, opening up space for new names to shine.

U.23 Việt Nam nắm lợi thế lớn để bay cao tại giải U.23 châu Á- Ảnh 2. — Coach Kim Sang-sik has ambitions for the 2026 AFC U-23 Championship.

Thanks to that, Xuan Bac, Nhat Minh, Van Ha, Minh Phuc, Phi Hoang, Le Viktor, Anh Quan... had the opportunity to step into the light and score points in the eyes of the coaching staff after 3 draws with very strong opponents such as China, Korea, Uzbekistan.

It can be said that coach Kim Sang-sik has in his hands an extremely high-quality force, far superior to the U.23 Vietnam team a few years ago in terms of physique, fitness, technique, courage and competition experience.

During the 9 matches in the last 3 tournaments (2 official, 1 friendly), it is easy to see that the U.23 Vietnam team did not have explosive victories with big scores, but on the contrary, Mr. Kim created a disciplined, rational team and always knew how to create different heroes in each match.

Nurturing ambition at the 2026 U.23 Asian Cup

U.23 Việt Nam nắm lợi thế lớn để bay cao tại giải U.23 châu Á- Ảnh 3. — Vietnam U.23 team has 3 wins in all matches in the qualifying round of the U.23 Asian tournament

We have reason to confidently expect the achievements of the Vietnam U.23 team in the U.23 Asian tournament because Vietnam is one of the few countries to have participated 6 times in a row in 7 times the tournament has taken place.

In addition to the runner-up position in 2018, the U.23 Vietnam team has reached the quarter-finals in the two most recent tournaments in 2022 and 2024. This shows that U.23 Vietnam is a name with real strength in the U.23 Asian arena, especially gathering many names wearing the national team jersey.

This has been demonstrated by the fact that we were selected as the second seed in the 2024 U.23 Asian Cup. Especially in this year's tournament, when the seeding rules will be calculated from the achievements of the 3 most recent tournaments, the U.23 Vietnam team will continue to be in the second seed group.

U.23 Việt Nam nắm lợi thế lớn để bay cao tại giải U.23 châu Á- Ảnh 4. — The Vietnam U.23 team still has two big goals at the 33rd SEA Games and the 2026 AFC U.23 Championship Finals.

This will help coach Kim Sang-sik and his team receive more favorable draw results, avoiding the prospect of falling into the "group of death" in the tournament that will take place in January 2026 in Saudi Arabia.

This will create a foundation for us to confidently aim for the third consecutive time to pass the group stage at the 2026 AFC U-23 Championship, before aspiring for even higher milestones in Asia's highest youth football tournament.

In particular, coach Kim Sang-sik will have enough time to train his troops when the U.23 Vietnam team, consisting entirely of players currently playing in the V-League, will have a campaign to hunt for a gold medal at the 33rd SEA Games in Thailand in December 2025, before flying to Saudi Arabia.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/u23-viet-nam-nam-loi-the-lon-de-bay-cao-tai-giai-u23-chau-a-185250917141932186.htm