Women’s national football team maintain top position in Southeast Asia
The women’s national football team of Vietnam still top Southeast Asia although they have dropped three places on the FIFA Women’s World Rankings for March, the Vietnam Football Federation said on March 28.
A Vietnamese player (red) vies for the ball at the second-leg match with Australia at Cam Pha Stadium in Vietnam's Quang Ninh province on March 11 (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The women’s national footballteam of Vietnam still top Southeast Asia although they have dropped threeplaces on the FIFA Women’s World Rankings for March, the Vietnam FootballFederation said on March 28.
In the list, the Vietnamese team stand sixth in Asiaand 35th in the world.
Over the past month, the country’s female footballersplayed four matches in the third qualifying round of the Tokyo 2020 Olympicswith only one win and three losses.
Specifically, the team won 1 – 0 against Myanmar but lost0 – 3 to the Republic of Korea, and 0 – 8 (first leg) and 1 – 2 (second leg) toAustralia.
Despite a fall in the world rankings, with 1,657points, they still sustain their leading position in Southeast Asia.
The other two of the region listed among the top 10 ofAsia are Thailand (second in Southeast Asia, seventh in Asia, and 39 in theworld) and Myanmar (third in Southeast Asia, 10th in Asia, and 45th in the world).
The US women’s national football team still rank No. 1in the world, followed by Germany, France, the Netherland, Sweden and the UK.
As there won’t be any more international matches ofFIFA tournaments from now to the end of 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic has disruptedsporting events around the globe, the Vietnam women’s national football team’s onlytarget now is to retain their title at the AFF Women’s Championship slated forlate this year./.
VNA
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