The futsal national team went up one place from 44th to 43rd, while Lebanon fell from 39th to 40th after losing the World Cup ticket to Vietnam.

At the World Cup playoffs, Vietnam drew 0-0 with Lebanon in the first leg and 1-1 in the second, but claimed the ticket due to away goal advantage. This is the second time Vietnam qualified for a Futsal World Cup tournament, with the first in 2016.

The Vietnam national futsal team in the World Cup playoff game with Lebanon on May 25, 2021.

In Asia, Vietnam are ranked seventh, after Iran, Japan, Uzbekistan, Thailand, Lebanon and Kyrgyzstan.

The top three futsal teams in the world remain unchanged, with Spain first, followed by Brazil and Argentina.

After qualifying for Futsal World Cup, Vietnam will have three months to prepare for the main event in Lithuania, which will take place from Sept. 12 to Oct. 3.

With a place at the World Cup, the national futsal team received a bonus of VND1 billion ($43,000) from Vietnam Football Federation.

The players returned to Vietnam from the United Arab Emirates on Thursday and will have to spend 21 days in quarantine before returning to their clubs to finish the national futsal championship.

Vietnamese futsal club, coach named among world best

Thai Son Nam FC and their coach Pham Minh Giang are among the nominees for the 2020 best of the world futsal awards.

Thai Son Nam wins Vietnam Futsal League 2020

With a thrashing 9-1 victory on Thursday, Thai Son Nam won the Vietnam Futsal League 2020 with three rounds left.

National Futsal Championship 2020 opens

The 2020 National Futsal Championship officially kick-started on June 14 in the central province of Khanh Hoa with the participation of 10 teams.

Vietnam to hunt for Futsal World Cup place in August

Vietnam will join 15 other teams in the 2020 AFC Futsal Championship, which is slated to take place between August 5 and 16 in Turkmenistan, targeting a top-five finish to secure a place in next year’s FIFA Futsal World Cup in Lithuania.

Vietnam futsal team up a notch in world rankings

In May futsal world rankings, Vietnam has climbed to 44th place with 1,046 points, up one place from December 2019.

Source: VnExpress