Vietnam at the FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup

Vietnam has qualified to the FIFA Women's World Cup in one occasion, the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup which will also be the country's debut.[1]

Although Vietnam has been well-established in women's football among Asia's middle forces, it has missed out the golden chance during the 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup at home, losing to Thailand 1–2 (which also helped Thailand to debut in the Women's World Cup).[2] After that missed opportunity, Vietnam entered its second playoff campaign in the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup playoffs, again grouped with Thailand and Chinese Taipei; this time, Vietnam triumphed in the playoffs to finally book a place in Australia/New Zealand 2023 edition, for the first time ever.[1]

Australia/New Zealand 2023

After qualifying for its debut Women's World Cup in 2023, Vietnam was drawn into a "group of death" with both finalists from the previous tournament, the United States and the Netherlands. In February, Portugal joined the group by winning an inter-confederation play-off. Vietnam had no previous experience against any of its three opponents.

Group E

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands 3 2 1 0 9 1 +8 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  United States 3 1 2 0 4 1 +3 5
3  Portugal 3 1 1 1 2 1 +1 4
4  Vietnam 3 0 0 3 0 12 −12 0
Source: FIFA
United States 3–0 Vietnam
  • Smith 14', 45+7'
  • Horan 77'
 Report
Attendance: 41,107
Referee: Bouchra Karboubi (Morocco)
Portugal 2–0 Vietnam
Report
Attendance: 6,645
Vietnam 0–7 Netherlands
Report
Attendance: 8,215
Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)

FIFA Women's World Cup record

World Cup Finals
Year Result GP W D* L GS GA GD
China 1991 Did not enter
Sweden 1995
United States 1999
United States 2003 Did not qualify
China 2007
Germany 2011
Canada 2015
France 2019
Australia New Zealand 2023 Group stage 3 0 0 3 0 12 –12
Total 1/9 3 0 0 3 0 12 –12

Record by opponent

FIFA Women's World Cup matches (by team)
Opponent Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Netherlands 1 0 0 1 0 7 –7
 Portugal 1 0 0 2 0 2 –2
 United States 1 0 0 1 0 3 –3

Goalscorers

Player Goals 2023
Total 0 0

References

  1. ^ a b "World Cup first for jubilant Vietnam".
  2. ^ "Full-time: Vietnam 1-2 Thailand: AFC Women's Asian Cup 2014 (5th Place Playoff)". 21 May 2014.