VTV to broadcast live Vietnam’s final WC 2022 qualifiers
VOV.VN - Vietnam Television (VTV) and FPT Telecom will team up to broadcast live all 10 coming matches of the Vietnam national football team in their third World Cup 2022 qualifiers of the Asian region, VTV announced on August 24 evening.
“All 10 home and away matches of the Vietnamese team, and other interesting matches in the group with the Vietnamese team will be broadcast live on VTV5 and VTV6 to serve spectators nationwide,” VTV said in its announcement.
The third and final qualifying round of the World Cup 2022 in the Asian region will see Vietnam play in Group B alongside powerhouses Japan, Australia, Saudi Arabia and Oman.
In Group A, Iran will play the Republic of Korea, the United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon.
In the third qualifying round, the teams will play in a round-robin format twice to select the best two teams in each group to enter the final round to be held in Qatar in 2022. The two third teams will meet in a play-off match and their winning team will also play representative of another continent off against each other to secure a ticket to Qatar next year.
Vietnam will clash against hosts Saudi Arabia on September 2 and take on visiting Australia five days later.
This is the first time in history Vietnam have cruised into the third and final qualifying round the World Cup.
