{"id":646035,"date":"2026-10-30T16:34:33","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T16:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/646035\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T16:34:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T16:34:33","slug":"futsal-ferns-to-play-back-to-back-international-friendlies-against-vietnam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/646035\/","title":{"rendered":"Futsal Ferns to play back-to-back international friendlies against Vietnam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Futsal Ferns have named a 14-player squad to play a two-match series against Vietnam in Ho Chi Minh City.<\/p>\n<p>The games will be played at the Sports Hall of the Chanh Hung Ward Public Service Centre on November 12 and 14, 2026, with both fixtures kicking off at 10pm NZT (4pm local time).<\/p>\n<p>NZ Football say the games continue the team\u2019s strategy of testing themselves internationally ahead of the next qualifying campaign for the FIFA Futsal Women\u2019s World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>The Vietnam Football Federation say the series will help prepare their national team for the 6th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games from March 28-April 8, 2027.<\/p>\n<p>The Vietnam squad will go into a national team training camp from November 1 till December 12.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-77680\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Vietnam-womens-futsal-team.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"635\"  \/>The Vietnam women\u2019s futsal squad. Photo credit: VFF.<br \/>\nFIFA world rankings<\/p>\n<p>The FIFA women\u2019s futsal rankings are:<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand (#29)<br \/>\nVietnam (#11)<\/p>\n<p>Head coach Nic Downes has named a 14-player Ford Futsal Ferns squad for the tour, selecting 12 players based domestically and two based in England.<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand squad<\/p>\n<p>Sarah Alder \u2013 Capital Futsal, New Zealand<br \/>Shivanthi Anthony \u2013 Rise Futsal, England<br \/>Alosi Bloomfield \u2013 Papakura City, New Zealand<br \/>Libby Boobyer \u2013 Capital Futsal, New Zealand<br \/>Jordana Bremner \u2013 Papakura City, New Zealand<br \/>Jamie Evans \u2013 Waikato Rapids, New Zealand<br \/>Mackenzie Falco \u2013 Canterbury United Futsal Pride, New Zealand<br \/>Ellena Firth \u2013 Papakura City, New Zealand<br \/>Hannah Hegarty \u2013 Canterbury United Futsal Pride, New Zealand<br \/>Molly Judd \u2013 Capital Futsal, New Zealand<br \/>Hannah Kraakman \u2013 Rise Futsal, England<br \/>Britney-Lee Nicholson \u2013 Canterbury United Futsal Pride, New Zealand<br \/>Pepi Olliver-Bell \u2013 Capital Futsal, New Zealand<br \/>Sydney Sparks \u2013 Papakura City, New Zealand<\/p>\n<p>Fixtures<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1793378073_890_FOF-Weekday-Thursday.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"53\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Game to be played on Thursday November 12, 2026 (NZT)<\/p>\n<p>Vietnam v New Zealand<br \/>Sports Hall of the Chanh Hung Ward Public Service Centre, Ho Chi Minh City, 10pm (NZT)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31278\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1793378073_75_FOF-Weekday-Saturday.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"53\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Game to be played on Saturday November 14, 2026 (NZT)<\/p>\n<p>Vietnam v New Zealand<br \/>Sports Hall of the Chanh Hung Ward Public Service Centre, Ho Chi Minh City, 10pm (NZT)<\/p>\n<p>This story was first published on October 30, 2026.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsoffootballnz.com\/latest-news\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More football stories<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Futsal Ferns have named a 14-player squad to play a two-match series against Vietnam in Ho Chi&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":646036,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[186452,195495,111,43,139,69],"class_list":["post-646035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-futsal","tag-futsal-ferns","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=646035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/646036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=646035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=646035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=646035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}