On the evening of September 3, U23 Vietnam had a favorable start when they won 2-0 against U23 Bangladesh in the opening match of Group C of the 2026 U23 Asian qualifiers at Viet Tri Stadium (Phu Tho). The home team's goals were scored by Ngoc My (minute 16) and Viktor Le (minute 83).
In addition to the 2 goals, U23 Vietnam also created many other dangerous opportunities but could not take advantage of them successfully, including three times the ball found the crossbar.
In the previous match, U23 Yemen beat U23 Singapore with a score of 2-1. This result helped the West Asian representative have 3 points like U23 Vietnam but had to be ranked 2nd in Group C due to a poor goal difference (+1 compared to +2).
After the opening match, U23 Vietnam temporarily leads Group C with 3 points, goal difference +2. Following them are U23 Yemen (3 points, +1), U23 Singapore (0 points, -1) and U23 Bangladesh (0 points, -2).
With this situation, U23 Vietnam and U23 Yemen are holding a big advantage in the competition for a direct ticket to the 2026 U23 Asian Cup finals, while Singapore and Bangladesh must win in the next matches if they want to keep their hopes up.
