After a 3-0 victory over U18 Mongolia, the Vietnam U18 women's team will enter the 5th place match of the 2026 AFC U18 Women's Volleyball Championship. The opponent of coach Nguyen Thi Ngoc Hoa and her teammates is U18 Kazakhstan, who also passed the qualifying round to participate in the final match of the tournament.
This is an opportunity for U18 Vietnam women's team to finish the tournament with a positive result after a journey with many challenges. Throughout the tournament, the team has accumulated more experience when facing many high-level opponents, and at the same time showed progress in expertise and fighting spirit.
The victory over U18 Mongolia helps young players regain confidence before the decisive match. For Kazakhstan, this is predicted to be a bigger challenge as the Central Asian representative possesses a solid physique and powerful playing style.
Not only meaningful in terms of ranking, the match is also an opportunity for the coaching staff to continue to assess the capacity of young athletes, preparing forces for international tournaments in the near future.
If they win against Kazakhstan, Vietnam U18 women's team will close the tournament with 5th place overall. This will be a positive result, while creating more motivation for the young players on the journey towards the big goals of Vietnamese women's volleyball in the future.
