July 04, 2023 | 21:47 (GMT+7)
Send-off ceremony for female footballers to FIFA Women's World Cup 2023
A ceremony was held in Hanoi on July 4 to send off footballers to the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 which is scheduled to take place in New Zealand and Australia from July 20 to August 20.
Speaking at the event, chairman of the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) Tran Quoc Tuan affirmed that after the successes of the national Futsal and U20 football teams at the FIFA Futsal World Cup 2021 and FIFA U-20 World Cup 2022, respectively, the winning of a berth for FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 is an achievement of historical significance of Vietnamese football in general and women's football in particular.
The 23-strong squad will depart for New Zealand on July 5. They will have nearly two weeks to adapt to the conditions at the venue for Group E matches in the tournament. In the group stage, they will face the US (July 22), Portugal (July 27), and the Netherlands (August 1).
To prepare for the finals, the team have taken training camps in Japan and Germany.
Over the past time, the “golden girls" have crowned SEA Games champions for eight times, with many successive, and successfully competed in the AFF Cup and qualified for the 2024 Olympic First Qualifier.
Source: VNA