For the first time in history, the Asian Football Confederation announced the organization of an e-sports tournament AFC eAsian Cup 2023 for Asian countries to compete in this sport eFootball. The Vietnam eFootball team includes 3 athletes: Nghiem Xuan Nam, Le Doan Thanh Tam and Nguyen Minh Hung by the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) and the Vietnam Entertainment Electronic Sports Association (VIRESA) coordinates the selection, will represent Vietnam to compete with 23 Efootball teams representing countries in the continent participating in the competition. eAC23 this time.
At eAC23, the Vietnamese national team will face representatives from Japan and Indonesia, and this is also the same group as the 2023 Asian Cup taking place in Qatar. Mr. Duong Vi Khoa, Head Coach of the Vietnam National Team and also the leader of the national team, said that the eAC23 tournament shows AFC’s goal in exploiting the growing popularity of e-sports and expanding its scope. approach, while also being closely associated with traditional sports, especially when eAC23 competition rules require eFootball athletes to use players from their national football team to compete.
On February 1, the “golden star warriors” will have their opening match against the Japanese team (8:00 p.m. Vietnam time), then in turn meet Indonesia (9:00 p.m. Vietnam time). The 23 participating teams are divided into 6 groups. The 2 teams ranked first and second in each group and the 4 teams ranked 3rd with the best records will win the right to participate in the knock-out round of the AFC eAsian Cup 2023.
