Vietnam trounced Singapore, 11-0, in the opening match of the Asian Women's U19 Championship qualifier in Hanoi on November 5.

Thehost went ahead in the first half with six goals and continued tearingSingapore's net in the second half with five more. The win made themGroup C leader.

In another Group C match, Australia defeated HongKong, 6-0, to rank second. Beatrice Goad scored a double in the secondhalf while the other four goals were divided equally in two halves ofthe match.

Australia is considered the strongest in Group C with its women’s football rating always among the FIFA ranking’s top ten.
The other group members - Singapore, Hong Kong and Vietnam - are allat a lower level and have not yet achieved outstanding results at thecontinental arena.

Most recently, Vietnam finished second at the2014 AFF U19 Women’s Championship, only succumbing to U19 Thailand 5-3in an unlucky penalty shoot-out.

Vietnam’s toughest opponent inGroup C is U19 Australia. Sitting 10th in the current world standings,Australia’s women’s footballers always exert their full powers atcontinental competitions.

Asked about Vietnam’s Group Copponents, the national team’s coach, Nguyen Duy Hung affirmed that allplayers would play to the best of their abilities to realise the goal ofadvancing into the finals of the Asian Women's U19 Championship.

Vietnam will play Hong Kong while Australia will face Singapore on November 7.

Thequalifiers feature 14 teams in four groups competing in a round robinformat to decide the top scorer of each group who will progress intonext year’s finals in China.

The top four finishers of the 2013championship, including Republic of Korea, the Democratic People’sRepublic of Korea, China and Japan, have already earned wild cards tothe finals.-VNA