Vietnam U20 lost 1 match in Group A of the 2025 AFC U20 Championship Qualifiers, and finished second behind Syria U20 - the team that won all 4 matches.
In the qualifying round, there are a total of 10 groups, of which 5 groups have 5 teams; 5 groups have only 4 teams. Because the groups have different numbers of teams, the results of the 10 second-placed teams will be adjusted. Specifically, in groups with 5 teams, the result when the second-placed team meets the 5th-placed team of that group will not be counted.
For U20 Vietnam, that means the result of the match against U20 Bhutan will have no meaning when considering the second-placed teams. It is worth noting that this is the biggest win of U20 Vietnam in the qualifying round (5-0). Therefore, the goal difference of Hua Hien Vinh and his team has decreased significantly.
Compared to the two teams with 6 points, U20 Thailand and U20 Jordan, ranked above, U20 Vietnam is at a disadvantage. It is quite regrettable that U20 Vietnam has passed the U20 Asian qualifiers 7 times in a row from 2010 to 2023.
The last time U20 Vietnam failed to qualify was in 2008.
Thus, 16 teams, including host China, will qualify for the final round. The 10 group winners are: Syria, Uzbekistan, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, North Korea, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Qatar. The 5 group runners-up are Yemen, Kyrgyzstan, Australia, Thailand, Jordan.
