On the afternoon of July 13, the Vietnam Women's Volleyball team had an impressive military launch at the Shanghai Future Stars 2025 international tournament, taking place in Shanghai (China), when defeating the U21 French team with a score of 3-0.
Before the opponent from Europe possessing superior bodybuilding and modern play, the students of coach Nguyen Thi Ngoc Hoa played extremely confident and brave. Despite being led in the first half of the first set, the Vietnamese women's volleyball team quickly regained the game to win 25-22. The following two sets witnessed the game completely in favor of Southeast Asia's representative when they won with the score 25-15 and 25 November.
This victory not only shows the difference in class, but also a clear evidence for the progress of Vietnamese women's volleyball recently.
The overwhelming victory against a team from a growing volleyball background becomes more and more meaningful, especially when the current Vietnamese squad has a combination of experienced pillars and talented young faces.
This victory helped Vietnam temporarily led Group A – the group with the presence of U21 France, U21 China and U21 Bauru (Brazil). According to the schedule, the team will enter the second match against the home team U21 China at 18:00 on July 14. This is expected to be a very difficult match when China U21 is the leading candidate for the tournament championship.
The Shanghai Future Stars 2025 tournament takes place from July 13 to 19, is an international friendly playground that brings together young teams and strong clubs from Asia and Europe. With a dense rubbing schedule and high quality, this is an important opportunity for Vietnamese women to review forces, test tactics before entering major tournaments such as SEA V.League, World Championships, and especially SEA Games 33 next year.
The victory over the French U21 helps the teachers and coach Ngoc Hoa to have more confidence and positive spirit. Fans expect the team to continue to maintain their performance, overcome the group stage and go deep in this tournament. The match against China will be an important test for that ambition.