This year's Southern qualifying round brings together 16 participating clubs, with many famous teams in the 7-a-side football movement. In the first series of matches, the focus is on the confrontation between defending champion SPL-S7 Hoang Nong FC and Nam Dong cafe.
Despite many changes in personnel, Hoang Nong FC still showed the tournament's bravery when they won 2-0. Duc Linh opened the scoring in the 37th minute, before Gia Huy sealed the victory in extra time.
In the matches on the same day, Thep Viet Thang had an impressive opening match when defeating rookie ICORN with a score of 6-2, in which striker Van Duy scored a hat-trick. The match between the national runner-up Dak Lak Lottery and rookie Kady - The Thao Su witnessed a big surprise when the representative from the Central Highlands lost 3-4 after a dramatic chase.
An Bien FC - the team that won SPL-S5 and SPL-S6 also showed its strength when they won 3-0 against STPFood FC. Meanwhile, Nghiem Pham Holdings easily defeated Phuc Khang FC 5-1, while Xay Thanh Phan Kha drew Betong26 Gia Lai 3-3.
At the end of the first day of competition, the SPL-S7 MyMy FC runner-up started smoothly with a 3-1 victory over Hong Lac FC, while Bamboo FC won 6-1 against Sunsea FC.
