The Vietnam U17 women's team won a ticket to the quarterfinals of the 2026 AFC U17 Women's Championship after a 2-1 victory over the Myanmar U17 women's team in the last match of Group A on the evening of May 7.
This result helped Vietnam U17 women's team close the group stage with 4 points after 3 matches, ranked second in Group A thanks to being better than Thailand U17 women's team in goal difference. Meanwhile, China U17 women's team won all 3 matches to lead the group with 9 absolute points.
In the decisive match against U17 Myanmar women's team, U17 Vietnam women's team entered the game proactively and created many noteworthy attacking situations. In the 18th minute, Nguyen Thi Linh Chi opened the score with a beautiful free kick from outside the penalty area.
Stepping into the second half, U17 Vietnam women's team continued to control the game and doubled the gap in the 55th minute thanks to a successful free kick by Nguyen Thi Ngoc Anh.
Although Myanmar U17 women's team narrowed the score to 1-2 in the 66th minute thanks to Thaw Dar Hnin, coach Okiyama Masahiko's team still maintained the advantage until the end of the match.
Previously, Vietnam U17 women's team drew with Thailand U17 women's team 2-2 in the opening match and lost to China U17 women's team 0-3 in the second match.
Closing the group stage, China U17 women's team scored 15 goals and did not concede, while Vietnam U17 women's team scored 4 goals and conceded 6 times. Thailand U17 women's team ranked third with the same 4 points but a lower goal difference, while Myanmar U17 women's team lost all 3 matches.
