Another impressive win, Vietnamese women's volleyball team enters Shanghai tournament semi-finals

On the afternoon of July 17, the Vietnamese women's volleyball team defeated U21 Canada in the quarterfinals of the Shanghai Future Star 2025 Tournament, thereby entering the semi-finals.

Vietnam women's volleyball team has a ticket to the semi-finals of Shanghai Future Star 2025 - Photo: AVC

In the group stage, the Vietnamese women's volleyball team ranked second with a win over U21 France, U21 Bauru (Brazil) and a loss to U21 China. With this position, they had to face a tough opponent, U21 Canada.

Canada is inherently quite strong in women's volleyball, ranking 12th in the world and regularly qualifying for the prestigious Volleyball Nations League (VNL). Their U21 players are of quite good quality, possessing outstanding height.

But in this match, the Vietnamese women's volleyball team took advantage of their experience. After 3 difficult sets, coach Nguyen Thi Ngoc Hoa's team won 3-0 with the scores of 26-24, 25-13, 25-16.

This result helps the Vietnamese team reach the semi-finals, which means they are sure to be in the top 4 of Shanghai Future Star 2025.

At Shanghai Future Star, the Vietnamese women's volleyball team did not bring their strongest squad. Stars such as Thanh Thuy, Bich Tuyen, Lam Oanh, Nguyen Thi Trinh, Le Thanh Thuy... were given a rest after working hard at VTV Cup.

Instead, opportunities were given to the reserve group such as Kim Thoa, Pham Thi Hien, Nguyen Thi Phuong and some young athletes. Almost only middle blocker Bich Thuy and main blocker Nguyen Thi Uyen are the first team's hitters participating in Shanghai Future Star 2025.

Leading the team in this tournament is not coach Nguyen Tuan Kiet, but Nguyen Thi Ngoc Hoa and two assistants Karl Lim and Nguyen Ngoc Dung.

Shanghai Future Star 2025 takes place in Shanghai (China) from July 13 to 19. Group A includes the U21 teams of China, Vietnam, France and Bauru (Brazil).

Group B includes Shanghai U21, Slovenia youth team, Netherlands youth team and Canada youth team.

This tournament only broadcasts matches featuring the home team, so it will be difficult for Vietnamese fans to watch the athletes compete on television.

DUC KHUE

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/lai-thang-an-tuong-bong-chuyen-nu-viet-nam-vao-ban-ket-giai-thuong-hai-20250717155101267.htm