Vietnam U20 women's team played 2 matches in Japan

VHO - The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) said that the Vietnam U20 women's team is training in Japan and has had two matches with local teams. This is an important preparation step for coach Okiyama Masahiki and his team for the 2026 Asian U20 Women's Qualifiers taking place in early August.

According to VFF, the Vietnam U20 women's team just had their second friendly match during their training trip in Japan on the afternoon of July 16 (local time), against the Fujieda Jyunshin team (Shizuoka province) U19 age group - the champions of the Japanese high school tournament. In the end, coach Okiyama Masahiko and his team lost 1-4.

The matches in Japan will be very beneficial for the coaching staff and the Vietnamese U20 women's players. Photo: VFF

In this match, coach Okiyama Masahiko continued to test a new starting lineup compared to the first friendly match, to help the players get used to the speed as well as learn the strengths of Japanese women's football.

A day before, the U20 Vietnam women's team had their first friendly match with the Shizuoka Sangyo University of Industry team. As a result, the U20 Vietnam women's team lost 1-3.

The opponent team, Shizuoka Sangyo School, is older and considered to have better technique, but to find the best lineup for the Vietnam U20 women's team, head coach Okiyama Masahiko arranged different personnel for each match.

The Vietnam U20 women's team is having a 10-day training session in Hamamatsu city, Shizuoka province (Japan).

This is an important stage in preparation for the 2026 Asian U20 Women's Qualifiers for coach Okiyama Masahiko and his team.

The female players will have 3 more friendly matches with school teams for the coaching staff to review and arrange personnel for the main squad.

After the training trip to Japan, on July 21, the Vietnam U20 women's team will return to Hanoi , entering the final preparation stage for the 2026 Asian U20 Women's qualifying round.

At this tournament, the Vietnam U20 women's team is in group B with the teams: Singapore, Hong Kong (China) and Kyrgyzstan, competing from August 6 to 10 at the Vietnam Youth Football Training Center (Hanoi).

Source: https://baovanhoa.vn/the-thao/u20-nu-viet-nam-da-thi-dau-2-tran-tai-nhat-ban-153066.html