On the afternoon of February 6, Beijing time, the women's Asian Cup play-off ushered in the final match, the Vietnam women's football team defeated the Chinese Taipei women's football team 2-1, and the team's history advanced to the Final Round of the World Cup for the first time, which is the first time that the Vietnamese men's football team has reached the round of 12, and Vietnamese football has once again completed a major breakthrough.
The 2023 Women's World Cup expanded to 32 teams, with 5 direct seats and 2 play-off places in the Asian region, and the current Chinese women's football team, Japan women's football team, South Korean women's football team, and Philippine women's football team have obtained tickets in advance after advancing to the top 4.
The Australian women's football team stopped in the top 8, as one of the world cup hosts, the team did not have the opportunity to participate in the play-offs, and the Chinese Taipei women's football team, the Vietnam women's football team, and the Thai women's football team competed for the remaining 1 straight seat in the round robin competition.
At present, the Thai women's football team has no chance to pass through the World Cup in advance after 2 consecutive defeats, the Chinese Taipei women's football team and the Vietnamese women's football team have 3 points together, the Chinese Taipei women's football team has the first goal difference, and the Vietnamese women's football team can qualify for the World Cup as long as it wins.
In the opening 6th minute, the Vietnam women's football team made a fantastic start 1-0. In a desperate situation, the Chinese Taipei women's football team relied on Su Yuxuan's goal until the 49th minute of the second half to pull the score to a 1-1 draw. In the 55th minute, Nguyen Thi Phu choi scored to help the Vietnamese women's football team to a 2-1 victory.
In the end, the Vietnam women's football team narrowly won, surpassing the Chinese Taipei women's football team to rise to the first place in the play-off table, becoming the seventh team to lock up a place in the 2023 World Cup, the other 6 teams are the host Australian women's football team and the New Zealand women's football team, as well as the Japanese women's football team, the Chinese women's football team, the Philippine women's football team, and the Korean women's football team.
This is the first time in the history of the Vietnamese women's football team to obtain a ticket to the World Cup finals, creating a 31-year history, and it is also the first time that Vietnamese football has participated in the World Cup. With the rapid progress of Vietnamese football, it is no longer the Asian fish belly level, and now the men's football team can beat the national football team, and the women's football team is also challenging the Chinese women's football team.
The Chinese Taipei women's football team, which has no direct access, needs to participate in the intercontinental play-offs, so there is still a chance to see 2 teams from China participate in the Women's World Cup in the future.