Today (September 27), the Vietnam Women's Volleyball Team will play its final match at the 2025 World Volleyball Championship. When the world tournament does not have qualifying matches for teams that stop in the group stage, the goal of coach Nguyen Tuan Kiet and his team is to say goodbye with a victory. Against the Kenyan women's team - the African champion who has participated in the world tournament 7 times...
Whether it goes well or not is unknown, but we just have to set goals and do everything for them. The mark of victory is also a mark, the mark of spirit is also a mark, even a score, a goal is also a mark, when everyone understands that many Vietnamese sports are still far from the world level.
For example, the National U20 Men's Football Team participated in the FIFA U20 World Cup in 2017 without any goals, but still had 1 point when leaving with a draw with U20 New Zealand. The men's futsal team can be considered the most successful - in collective sports, when entering the 1/8 round of the 2016 World Cup (won 1/4 matches, scored 5 goals). The national women's football team may be the least lucky at the 2023 World Cup in New Zealand and Australia, having lost all 3 matches against very strong opponents (USA, Portugal, Netherlands), not scoring any goals, but their sprint is undeniable.
At the same time, tennis player Nguyen Thuy Linh shocked in the women's singles event at the World Badminton Championship (in France), when she won the No. 10 seed against Thailand, Ratchanok Intanon, in round 1. Although it is not yet possible to confirm how far the 27-year-old tennis player has gone, the mark is clear to add confidence to her.
Returning to the women's volleyball team, in fact, Thanh Thuy and her teammates also made their mark when they won 1 set against Poland - the world's third-ranked team. Therefore, even if they lose to Germany 0-3, the chance to overcome the Kenyan women's team is entirely possible. The Vietnamese women's team - ranked 22nd in the world, has surpassed Kenya (25) on the FIVB rankings and also won 4-0 in the friendly match before the tournament.
Of course, that does not mean expecting too much and friendship is not an official mark to be used as a measure, but importantly, it must leave a positive mark in some way.
