T&T Thai Binh crowned kings of kids' football

Published: Wednesday, August 18, 2010

T&T Thai Binh were crowned as champions of the National Children's Football Championship after beating Viettel 2-0 in the final held over the weekend.

Thai Nguyen and Ninh Thuan shared third place.

Dao Van Minh from Viettel earned the prize for top scorer with eight goals.

The nine-day tournament drew the participation of 16 teams from throughout the nation.

Viet Nam remains 127th in FIFA world rankings

The Viet Nam men's football team remain in 127th place in the latest FIFA world rankings for July with 174 points.

In the Southeast Asian region, Viet Nam stands third behind Thailand and Singapore who rank 102nd and 120th in the world rankings respectively.

Spain still top the rankings with 1,883 points, followed by the Netherlands, Brazil, Germany and Argentina.

The world rankings saw almost no changes post-World Cup. However, significant changes are expected as more than 50 international friendlies will be held this month.

Meanwhile, for Viet Nam women's football team, despite not having played since the AFC Football Championship in May, they stood at 1,612 points topping Thailand in FIFA's July world rankings for Southeast Asia.

They jumped a place in the world rankings to 31st.

After leaping three impressive steps in the previous quarter, Thailand had its score deducted by 6 points to fall to 32nd position.

Myanmar sustained its third position in Southeast Asia and climbed up three steps to 47th place in the world. —VNS

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