In the early morning of May 14 (Vietnam time), U17 Vietnam won 3-2 against U17 UAE in the last match of Group C of the 2026 AFC U17 Championship. Van Duong, Nguyen Luc and Manh Cuong were the players who scored for the home team.
Despite being led by the opponent in just the first 17 seconds, coach Cristiano Roland's students were still confident and made efforts to reverse the situation.
At the same time, the match between U17 Korea and U17 Yemen closed with a goalless draw. The kimchi team was rated much higher in terms of force, but could not defeat the opponent.
With these results, U17 Vietnam closed the group stage with the top spot in Group C. Sy Bach and his teammates have 6 points after 2 wins and 1 loss. In addition to reaching the quarter-finals, Mr. Roland's team also won a ticket to the 2026 U17 World Cup for the first time.
Meanwhile, the second place in the group belongs to U17 Korea with 5 points (1 win, 2 draws). This is also the remaining representative of Group C to enter the quarter-finals with a spot to participate in the world playground.
The remaining two positions in Group C are U17 Yemen (4 points) and U17 UAE (1 point) respectively.
