The Vietnamese golf team will have forces to participate in ASIAD 20 in Japan in September. However, the selection of the official list will go through a professional process.
Recently, the coaching staff of the Vietnamese golf team announced 10 players on the national team squad list preparing for ASIAD 20 including: Nguyen Anh Minh, Nguyen Tuan Anh, Le Khanh Hung, Ho Anh Huy, Nguyen Trong Hoang, Le Chuc An, Nguyen Viet Gia Han, Le Nguyen Minh Anh, Nguyen Khanh Linh, Nguyen Bao Chau.
In the coming time, the coaching staff of the Vietnamese Golf Team will continue to monitor professional assessments and performance of the athletes, and at the same time consult opinions from athlete management units with the same ranking in the world amateur golf rankings to select 6 official athletes (3 males, 3 females) representing Vietnam to participate in ASIAD 20," the announcement was made by the coaching staff of the Vietnamese Golf Team.
The golf event of ASIAD 20 is held from September 30 to October 3. 4 sets of medals put into competition include men's singles, women's singles, men's team, women's team.
In March this year, the Vietnam Golf Association (VGA) and the coaching staff of the Vietnamese Golf Team widely announced the plan to select forces to prepare for ASIAD 20.
At that time, the announcement said that in the first phase, the Vietnamese golf team will select 6 male and 6 female athletes, based on their positions in the World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR), according to the principle of considering from high to low rankings;
Time to finalize the WAGR ranking: according to the updated ranking on March 31, 2026. The selection criteria according to WAGR are applied uniformly to both athletes who are qualified by the Vietnam Golf Association and self-sufficient socialized slots (self-sufficient athletes are required to have their names on the WAGR ranking).
The second phase of the selection will determine the official force to participate in ASIAD 20.
The announcement specifically states: "3 male athletes and 3 female athletes will be officially finalized by the coaching staff of the Vietnamese Golf Team on June 30, 2026 based on performance, World Amateur Golf Rankings WAGR at that time".
This year, the Vietnamese golf team is planning to participate in ASIAD 20 from socialized funds.
Among them, 4 golfers (3 males, 1 female) will contribute socialized funds from VGA and 2 golfers participate with self-sufficient socialized funds (implemented by athlete's family).
After having the official list to participate in ASIAD 20, the coaching staff of the Vietnamese golf team and management levels will have specific decisions on the funding for going to Japan to compete.
