Vietnamese National Cup

Vuong Thi Vy remained unbeaten in the Vietnamese National Cup

The Vietnamese National Cup was held in the city of Can Tho where the elite women and men boxers could fight for the medals. Vietnamese boxers ranked No.2 in the boxing tournament of the Southeast Asian Games last year which was one of their most successful performances in the recent years and their development is continuous.

The women boxers could compete in eleven weight classes from the 45 kg up to the +81 kg in the Vietnamese National Cup in Can Tho. The three Olympic weight classes were really strong in the competition with their current and future bests in the line-ups. In the absence of Incheon 2014 Asian Games bronze medallist Le Thi Bang another national team member boxer Le Thi Ngoc Anh was able to win the Flyweight class (51 kg) following her triumph over Nguyen Thanh Thuy.

Do Thi Mai also has got experiences from several national and international competitions and won the second Olympic category, the Lightweight class (60 kg) in the National Cup. Ngo Thi Chung competed in the AIBA Asian & Oceanian Olympic Qualification Event in Qian’an, China, won her first difficult contest there; therefore her final success at the Middleweight class (75 kg) meant she is still on the throne in local environment.

AIBA Women’s Junior World Champion Vuong Thi Vy will be turning to 21 later this year but she is unbeaten in the national level since 2012. She demonstrated her technique against Nguyen Thi Tuyet in the final of the Featherweight class (57 kg) which is a non-Olympic category. ASBC Asian Confederation Women’s Boxing Championships bronze medallist Ha Thi Linh could be a new sensation in the upcoming years who dominated her bouts in the National Cup and defended her title.

The men part of the Vietnamese National Cup also contained eleven different weight classes from the 46 kg up to the +91 kg in Can Tho. The first gold medal was achieved by Le Tien Tien in the Pinweight class (46 kg) while one of the strongest performance was delivered by Nguyen Gia Kien who defeated national team member Tran Van Thao for the gold medal and regained his place in the top of the podium at the Flyweight class (52 kg). Tran Phu Cuong achieved great results in the international level in the recent one year and his efforts were enough to beat Nguyen Van Gioi in the final of the Bantamweight class (56 kg).

Nguyen Van Hai is a veteran boxer in the national team but he was still able to dominate the Lightweight class (60 kg) in the national event, beating Nguyen Van Chung in the gold medal bout. Nguyen Van De competed in the ASBC Asian Confederation Boxing Championships in Bangkok, Thailand last year and his experiences were enough to stop all of his rivals in the Light Welterweight class (64 kg).

Huynh Ngoc Vien till be turning to 25 soon and his opponents were not enough strong to stop him at the Welterweight class (69 kg) in the National Cup. Southeast Asian Games winner and ASBC Asian Confederation Boxing Championships quarter-finalist Truong Dinh Hoang is the most successful Vietnamese man boxer who was in different level than Bui Phu Tuan Son in the final of the Middleweight class (75 kg). Another strong performance was delivered by national team boxer Vo Van Que who moved up to the Heavyweight class (91 kg) since his last international appearance.

Winners in the Vietnamese National Cup

Women’s 45 kg: Nguyen Thi Thu Nhi
Women’s 48 kg: Trinh Thi Diem Kieu
Women’s 51 kg: Le Thi Ngoc Anh
Women’s 54 kg: Nguyen Thi Tam
Women’s 57 kg: Vuong Thi Vy
Women’s 60 kg: Do Thi Mai
Women’s 64 kg: Ha Thi Linh
Women’s 69 kg: Dinh Thi Phuong Thanh
Women’s 75 kg: Ngo Thi Chung
Women’s 81 kg: Tran Thi Linh
Women’s +81 kg: Ca Thi Huyen
Men’s 46 kg: Le Tien Tien
Men’s 49 kg: Bui Cong Danh Loi
Men’s 52 kg: Nguyen Gia Kien
Men’s 56 kg: Tran Phu Cuong
Men’s 60 kg: Nguyen Van Hai
Men’s 64 kg: Nguyen Van De
Men’s 69 kg: Huynh Ngoc Vien
Men’s 75 kg: Truong Dinh Hoang
Men’s 81 kg: Nguyen Manh Cuong
Men’s 91 kg: Vo Van Que
Men’s +91 kg: Tran Le Hoang