Vietnam advances to AFC U23 Championship's final
Vietnam surprised the world by securing a berth in the final of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U23 Championship after beating Qatar in the penalty shootout on January 23 in China.
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The team will play against either former chamption the Republic of Korea or Uzbekistan in the final, which will play later today.
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The team qualified for the semifinals on January 20 thanks to a dramatic victory over Iraq.
Earlier, Vietnam was the first Southeast Asian team to achieve a group stage victory by defeating Australia, and one of the first teams from the region to reach the quarterfinals together with Malaysia.
