Send-off ceremony for female footballers to 2023 FIFA World Cup

  • Head coach of the women's squad Mai Duc Chung speaks at the send-off ceremony. VNA Photo
    Head coach of the women's squad Mai Duc Chung speaks at the send-off ceremony. VNA Photo
  • Chairman of the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) Tran Quoc Tuan speaks at the send-off ceremony. VNA Photo
    Chairman of the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) Tran Quoc Tuan speaks at the send-off ceremony. VNA Photo
  • Captain Huynh Như speaks at the send-off ceremony. VNA Photo
    Captain Huynh Như speaks at the send-off ceremony. VNA Photo
  • A view of the send-off ceremony. VNA Photo
    A view of the send-off ceremony. VNA Photo
  • Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Dao Cuong speaks at the send-off ceremony. VNA Photo
    Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Dao Cuong speaks at the send-off ceremony. VNA Photo
  • A view of the send-off ceremony. VNA Photo
    A view of the send-off ceremony. VNA Photo
A ceremony was held in Hanoi on July 4 to send off footballers to the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup which is scheduled to take place in New Zealand and Australia from July 20 to August 20. 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. VNA Photo

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