The 2025 Victory Cup award ceremony will take place in Hanoi. This is an event likened to the "Vietnam Sports Oscar" organized by VTVcab, Vietcontent Company in coordination with the Department of Physical Education and Sports.
The 2025 Victory Cup continues to maintain 11 voting categories, comprehensively reflecting the fields of Vietnamese sports including: Male Athlete of the Year; Female Athlete of the Year; Young Athlete of the Year; Coach of the Year; Team of the Year; Team of the Year; Most loved athlete; Outstanding Disabled Athlete of the Year; Impressive Sports Image and Moment of the Year; Lifetime Achievement Award; Outstanding Foreign Expert of the Year.
With 11 categories, the award can meet the goal of recognizing and honoring in the most comprehensive way, starting with the ASEAN Cup championship of the men's football team, followed by a series of bright international achievements such as 2 Asian gold medals of swimmer Nguyen Huy Hoang and ending with a SEA Games 33 that was carefully prepared and promised to explode.
Nomination for the 2025 Victory Cup award:
* Female Athlete of the Year:
- Nguyen Thi Huong (canoeing, Hai Phong unit): 2 silver medals, 1 bronze medal at the 2025 Asian Championships; 4 gold medals at SEA Games 33
- Ha Thi Linh (boxing, Hanoi): 1 bronze medal at the world championship, 1 gold medal at SEA Games 33.
- Nguyen Thi Ngoc (athletics, Ha Tinh): 3 gold medals and broke 1 Games record at SEA Games 33.
- Nguyen Thi Oanh (athletics, Bac Ninh): 3 SEA Games 33 gold medals.
- Hoang Thi My Tam (karate, Ha Tinh): 2 gold medals at the Asian Championships; 2 gold medals at SEA Games 33.
- Tran Thi Thanh Thuy (volleyball, VTV Binh Dien Long An): champion of the Asian volleyball championship, champion of the second leg of SEA V.League 2025; SEA Games 33 silver medal; runner-up of the Asian Women's Club Championship 2025.
- Nguyen Thi Thu Thuy (wushu, Bac Ninh): 1 gold medal at the world championships; 1 gold medal at the World Achievement Cup; 1 gold medal at the Asian Achievement Cup; 1 gold medal at SEA Games 33.
- Vo Thi My Tien (swimming, Tay Ninh): 3 silver medals, 3 bronze medals at the 2025 Asian Championships; 1 gold medal, 3 silver medals, 5 bronze medals at SEA Games 33.
- Nguyen Thi My Trang (wrestling, Hue): 1 SEA Games 33 gold medal, 1 gold medal at the 2025 Southeast Asian Championships, 8th place at the Asian Championships
- Trinh Thu Vinh (shooting, People's Police): 1 gold medal at the 2025 Asian Cup, 4 gold medals and broke 3 Games records at SEA Games 33.
* Male Athlete of the Year
- Pham Thanh Bao (swimming, Vinh Long): 1 silver medal, 1 bronze medal at the 2025 Asian Championships, 2 gold medals at SEA Games 33.
- Nguyen Dinh Bac (football, Hanoi Police): SEA Games 33 gold medal, U.23 Southeast Asian Championship 2025 champion.
- Nguyen Hoang Duc (men's football, Ninh Binh): ASEAN Cup champion, First Division champion, leading V.League with the club.
- Nguyen Huy Hoang (swimming, Quang Tri): 2 gold medals at the 2025 Asian Championships, 3 gold medals at SEA Games 33.
- Lai Ly Huynh (chess, Ho Chi Minh City): winning the individual standard chess event at the 2025 World Championships.
- Nguyen Xuan Loi (swordplay, Hanoi): 2 SEA Games 33 gold medals.
- Tran Hung Nguyen (swimming, Army): 1 silver medal, 1 bronze medal at the 2025 Asian Championships, 2 gold medals at SEA Games 33.
- Ha Minh Thanh (shooting, Army): 2 gold medals at the 2025 Asian Cup, 2 gold medals, breaking 1 Games record at SEA Games 33.
- Tran Dinh Thang (weightlifting, Hai Phong): 1 SEA Games 33 gold medal.
- Dang Ngoc Xuan Thien (gymnastics, Ho Chi Minh City): 1 gold medal at the 2025 World Challenger Cup, 1 bronze medal at the 2025 Asian Championships, 1 gold medal at SEA Games 33.
* Young Athlete of the Year:
- Bui Kim Anh (18 years old, athletics, Ninh Binh): 1 SEA Games 33 gold medal.
- Nguyen Dinh Bac (21 years old, football, Hanoi Police): SEA Games 33 gold medal, U23 Southeast Asian Championship 2025 champion.
- Nguyen Thanh Duy (16 years old, weightlifting, Khanh Hoa): 1 gold medal, breaking 1 Asian Youth Record at the 2025 Asian Youth Games.
- Ho Thi Duy (19 years old, rowing, Ca Mau): 1 gold medal at the 2025 Asian Championships, 1 gold medal at SEA Games 33.
- Diep Thi Huong (22 years old, canoeing, People's Police): 1 gold medal at the Asian Championships, 4 gold medals at SEA Games 33.
- Tran Van Nguyen Quoc (17 years old, swimming, Da Nang): 1 gold medal, 1 silver medal, 1 bronze medal SEA Games 33.
- Nguyen Thuy Trang (21 years old, shooting, People's Police): 2 gold medals, 2 silver medals, breaking 2 Games records at SEA Games 33.
- Nguyen Quang Thuan (19 years old, swimming, Army): 1 gold medal, 2 bronze medals at SEA Games 33.
- Ta Ngoc Tuong (20 years old. athletics, Phu Tho): 1 gold medal, 2 silver medals, breaking 1 Games record at SEA Games 33.
- Tran Hoang Khoi (16 years old, Bowling, Ho Chi Minh City): 1 SEA Games 33 gold medal.
* Disabled Athlete of the Year
- Le Van Cong (weightlifting, Ho Chi Minh City): ranked 4th at the world weightlifting championships with a total lift reaching the Paralympic standard of 49kg.
- Vi Thi Hang (swimming, Ho Chi Minh City): achieved 2 Asian standards at Para World Series Mexico 2025, won 4 gold medals at the 2025 National Swimming Championships.
- Pham Tuan Hung (swimming, Ho Chi Minh City): 2 silver medals at the 2025 National Championship
- Tran Thi Bich Thuy (chess, Hanoi): 1 gold medal, 1 silver medal, 1 bronze medal at the 2025 World Chess Individual Championship.
- Tran Van Tuan (athletics, Ho Chi Minh City): 1 gold medal in the 400m T47 disability category at the 2025 World Para Games.
* Coach of the Year
- Nguyen Thi Bac (National Athletics Team Coach): coached and directed her students to win 1 silver medal at the Asian Championships, 3 gold medals and break 1 Games record at SEA Games 33.
- Tran Quoc Cuong (National Team Shooting Coach): coached and directed his students to win 3 gold medals at the 2025 Asian Cup, 5 gold medals and break 3 records at SEA Games 33.
- Nguyen Dinh Hoang (Head Coach of the National Women's Futsal Team): coached and directed the National Women's Futsal Team to win the SEA Games 33 gold medal, reaching the Quarterfinals of the 2025 Asian Championship Finals.
- Nguyen Tuan Kiet (Head Coach of the National Women's Volleyball Team): coached and directed the national team to win the AVC Nations Cup 2025 championship, SEA Vleague 2025 stage two championship, first time participating in the world championship, SEA Games 33 silver medal.
- Duong Hoang Long (head coach of the national karate kumitee team): training and directing his students to win 2 gold medals at the Asian Championship, 3 gold medals at SEA Games 33.
- Le Van Quang (head coach of the national rowing team): coached and directed his students to win 6 gold medals at the Asian Championship, 4 gold medals at SEA Games 33
- Nguyen Trong Thuy (Head Coach of the Men's Sepak Takraw Team): coached and directed his students to win gold medals in the Team 4 event, silver medals in the Team 3 SEA Games 33, silver medals in the Team 4 world championship.
- Nguyen Hoang Vu (head coach of the national swimming team): coached and directed his students to win 2 gold medals, 7 silver medals, 2 bronze medals at the Asian Championships, 7 gold medals at SEA Games 33.
* Outstanding foreign expert of the year
- Kim Sang Sik (Korea, men's national football team): coached and directed the national team to win the ASEAN Cup, the U.23 team to win the U23 Southeast Asian Championship, and the U22 team to win the SEA Games 33 gold medal.
- Hassan Shaterzadeh (Iran, National Karate Team): coached and directed his students to win 2 gold medals, 2 silver medals at SEA Games 33.
- Simeonov Vladimir Hristov (Bulgaria, national athletics team): coached and directed his students to win 1 gold medal, 2 silver medals at SEA Games 33.
- William Sullivan (USA, national women's wrestling team): coached and directed his students to win 4 SEA Games 33 gold medals.
- Kim Kil Tae (Korea, national taekwondo team): coached and directed his students to win 2 gold medals at SEA Games 33.
* Team of the Year
- Men's national football team wins ASEAN Cup 2024 championship
- The national women's volleyball team won the AVC Challenger Cup championship, won the second leg of the 2025 SEA Vleague, participated in the world championship for the first time, and won a silver medal at SEA Games 33.
- U22 men's football team wins SEA Games 33 gold medal.
- The women's national team indoor handball won the gold medal at SEA Games 33, and won the 2025 Southeast Asian Championship.
- National Women's Futsal Team wins SEA Games 33 gold medal.
- U.23 men's football team wins the U23 Southeast Asian Championship.
* Team of the Year:
- The 4 x400m mixed men's and women's athletics relay team (Ta Ngoc Tuong, Le Ngoc Phuc, Nguyen Thi Ngoc, Nguyen Thi Hang) won gold medals, breaking the Games record at SEA Games 33.
- The 4 men's sepak takraw team (Nguyen Hoang Lan, Nguyen Van Ly, Vuong Minh Chau, Nguyen Thanh Long) won a historic gold medal at SEA Games 33.
- The 4 women's heavy rowing boat squadron (Le Thi Hien, Du Thi Bong, Ha Thi Vui, Pham Thi Ngoc Anh) won 1 gold medal at the 2025 Asian Championship, 1 gold medal at SEA Games 33.
- The women's 10m air pistol team (Trinh Thu Vinh, Nguyen Thi Thuy Trang, Trieu Hoa Hong) won gold medals, breaking the Games record at SEA Games 33.
- Women's karate kata team (Nguyen Thi Phuong, Nguyen Ngoc Tram, Hoang Thi Thu Uyen, Bui Ngoc Nhi) won 1 gold medal at the Asian Championship, 1 gold medal at SEA Games 33.
- Men's 4 x 200m freestyle relay team (Nguyen Huy Hoang, Tran Hung Nguyen, Nguyen Viet Tuong, Tran Van Nguyen Quoc) won the SEA Games 33 gold medal.
* Lifetime achievement (according to the charter decided and announced by the Selection Council, with the consulting support of the Department of Sports and Physical Training).
* Most Favorite Athlete of the Year
Candidates in individual categories who receive the most votes from the audience and fans will win the Most Favorite Athlete award. This is the only category decided by the audience and fans, and will be announced earliest in mid-January 2026.
* Impressive images of the year:
The Selection Council will select and decide from photo sources of professional photographers, filmmakers, journalists and fans, in the form of a selection with the condition that photos are created and produced in 2025.
