The qualifying round of the South Central - Central Highlands region of the 3rd Vietnam Youth Student Football Tournament - 2025 THACO Cup opened on January 10 and ended on January 18, 2025 at Nha Trang University Stadium with 6 participating teams, including: Nha Trang University, Da Lat University, Khanh Hoa University, Quy Nhon University, Thai Binh Duong University, Nha Trang College of Tourism.
6 teams are divided into 2 groups and compete in a round-robin format to select 4 teams for the semi-finals and finals; the winning team will win a ticket to the final round held in Ho Chi Minh City.
Dr. Tran Doan Hung - Vice Principal of Nha Trang University assessed that the qualifying round of the South Central - Central Highlands region within the framework of the 3rd Vietnam Youth Student Football Tournament - 2025 THACO Cup is a source of pride and an opportunity for the school to affirm its pioneering role in promoting the school sports movement.
Dr. Tran Doan Hung believes that this year's South Central - Central Highlands qualifying round promises to have many exciting matches, many good passes, beautiful moves, contributing to the success of the tournament, as well as affirming the position of Vietnamese student football on the national sports map.
It is known that the qualifying round of the 3rd Vietnam Youth Student Football Tournament - 2025 THACO Cup has 66 teams divided into 6 groups competing according to geographical areas from December 28, 2024 to January 18, 2025. Specifically, including the northern region (from December 30, 2024 - January 10, 2025); the Central Coast region (from January 6 - January 12, 2025); the South Central and Central Highlands regions (January 10 - January 18, 2025); the Southeast region (January 4 - January 12, 2025); Southwestern region (January 8 - January 17, 2025) and Ho Chi Minh City region (December 28, 2024 - January 15, 2025) to select 11 teams along with the host team Ton Duc Thang University to compete in the final round of the tournament from March 1 - March 16, 2025.
