The national football team U22 lost to Vietnam. The national team lost to Vietnam again after the 2022 World Cup preliminaries.
6686 Sports reported on November 12 that in the first round of the 2025 China Team Panda Cup International Football Championship, the National Football Team U22 lost 0-1 to Vietnam U22 at the Chengdu home team. This is the second time that national football teams at all levels have lost against the Vietnamese team after the national football team lost 1-3 to Vietnam in the 2022 World Cup preliminaries.
On February 1, 2022, the first day of the Lunar New Year, the national football team lost 1-3 to Vietnam in the 8th round of the top 12 qualifying rounds of the 2022 World Cup. It lost to its opponent for the first time in history and completely missed the 2022 World Cup.
After that, the national football team also played against Vietnam in a friendly match in October 2023. In that game, the national football team completed its revenge 2-0.
The National Football Team U22 defeated Vietnam U22 2-1 in the Changsha Invitational Tournament last September, and drew 1-1 with Vietnam U22 in the Yancheng International Football Invitational Tournament in March this year.
In addition, the National Football Team U17 defeated Vietnam U17 4-0 in the 2024 Peace Cup.
It is worth mentioning that the current U22 national football team does not have all the core players playing. Affected by the National Games and injuries, Wang Yudong, Kuai Jiwen, Liu Chengyu and others are unable to play.
