Defeating the defending champion Ho Chi Minh City, Can Tho women won the 2023 National Championship U23 Basketball 1 round early.

With only 4 teams with the same round-robin format, the women's content of the U23 Basketball National Championship in 2023 has an early final between Can Tho and Ho Chi Minh City on the afternoon of April 11.

As the better team to start, Can Tho U23 kept the advantage of 8-10 points for most of the first three innings. Thanks to a 10-0 run that lasted from the second half of the third half to the beginning of the fourth, the Western team made the biggest difference in the match by 13 points (the score 59-46).

Immediately responding to this series of points, the Ho Chi Minh City woman created a 12-2 shake to shorten the gap to 3 points (score 61-58). Unfortunately, this was also the turning point of the match when Ton Bich An, who scored the most points for U23 women in Ho Chi Minh City, contracted both legs and did not continue to play.

The representative from the city named Uncle continued to play bravely and was only 1 point away from Can Tho (score 65-64). But because both did not take advantage of the opportunity when attacking, and made a lot of mistakes in defense and let the opponent go to the free-throw line, coach Le Minh Chi's teachers and students were unable to reverse the match.

Nguyen Thi Lan Anh (No. 11) scored the most points on Can Tho side, ending the game with 19 points, 5 rebounds and 2 blocks (5-9 FG, 6-7 FT). Behind the female player wearing the number 11 shirt are Ly Thi Thanh Nha (16 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals), Lam Thi Ma Ly (13 points, 3 assists), and Phan Thi Minh Thu (11 points, 8 points). rebounds).

On the Ho Chi Minh City Women's U23 team, Ton Bich An led with 19 points, 7 rebounds, 4 steals. Unfortunately, the girl wearing the number 6 shirt could not finish the match due to injury.

The remaining three names that scored above 10 points of Ho Chi Minh City include Phan Thi Hong Tuyet (14 points, 7-9 FG), Vo Mai Truc Linh (11 points, 4 assists) and Nguyen Vo Bao Ngoc (10 points, 8 points). rebounds, 3 steals).

With this victory, Can Tho women's U23 (with a record of winning 2 matches) has officially been crowned the champion of the 2023 National U23 Basketball Championship 1 round early. In the last match they will meet Binh Thuan (0-2), but this competition is only of procedural significance.

Meanwhile, the Ho Chi Minh City women's team and the Hanoi women's team (with a record of winning 1, losing 1) met on the last day of competition (April 13), creating a silver medal match for this year's tournament. .