Đội này sẽ thắng hay hòa, nhưng không thua.

Đội này means this team.

In Vietnamese, demonstratives like này (this) usually come after the noun, not before it like in English.

• đội = team
• này = this

So:

• đội này = this team
• compare with English: this team

This noun + demonstrative order is very common in Vietnamese:

• người này = this person
• nhà này = this house
• trận này = this match/game

Sẽ marks the action as happening in the future or as a prediction.

So:

• sẽ thắng = will win
• sẽ hòa = will draw
• sẽ thua = will lose

In this sentence, sẽ tells you the speaker is talking about what the team is expected to do, probably in an upcoming match.

Vietnamese does not always need a future marker if the time is already clear from context, but sẽ is very common when you want to explicitly say will.

For example:

• Đội này thắng. = This team wins / is winning / wins in general, depending on context.
• Đội này sẽ thắng. = This team will win.

In this sentence, hay means or.

Both hay and hoặc can mean or, but they are not always used in exactly the same way.

In a sentence like this, thắng hay hòa sounds natural for presenting two possible outcomes:

• thắng hay hòa = win or draw

Very roughly:

• hay often sounds a bit more conversational and is very common when presenting alternatives
• hoặc is also correct, and can sound a bit more formal or neutral

So these are both understandable:

• Đội này sẽ thắng hay hòa, nhưng không thua.
• Đội này sẽ thắng hoặc hòa, nhưng không thua.

The version with hay is perfectly natural.

Yes. In this sentence, they function as verbs describing match results:

• thắng = to win
• hòa = to draw / tie
• thua = to lose

Vietnamese often uses these result words very directly, without needing extra words like to get a win or to end in a draw.

Examples:

• Đội A thắng. = Team A wins / won.
• Hai đội hòa. = The two teams draw / drew.
• Đội B thua. = Team B loses / lost.

So in your sentence, the structure is very compact and natural.

Because Vietnamese often leaves out repeated words when the meaning is already clear.

The full expanded version would be something like:

• Đội này sẽ thắng hay sẽ hòa, nhưng sẽ không thua.

But that sounds repetitive. Native speakers usually shorten it to:

• Đội này sẽ thắng hay hòa, nhưng không thua.

The listener naturally understands that sẽ still applies to the later verbs.

This is similar to English:

• This team will win or draw, but not lose.

You do not need to repeat will every time.

Because không is the standard word for negation, meaning not.

In Vietnamese, không usually comes before the verb or adjective it negates:

• không thua = not lose
• không biết = not know
• không đúng = not correct

So:

• thua = lose
• không thua = not lose

That is the normal Vietnamese word order for negation.

Yes, logically it does. The phrase nhưng không thua adds emphasis.

The sentence is not just giving options; it is stressing a strong prediction:

• the team may win
• or it may draw
• but it definitely won’t lose

So nhưng không thua makes the statement sound more forceful and confident.

In natural speech, people often say things that are slightly redundant in order to emphasize a point. English does this too:

• They’ll win or at least draw — they won’t lose.

So the Vietnamese sentence is perfectly natural.

Yes. Hòa in sports can be translated as either draw or tie, depending on the variety of English you are using.

• British English often prefers draw
• American English often uses tie

So:

• Đội này sẽ thắng hay hòa
  = This team will win or draw.
  = This team will win or tie.

Both are fine translations.

The sentence is natural and easy to understand.

A very common alternative would be:

• Đội này sẽ thắng hoặc hòa, chứ không thua.

Here, chứ không can sound a little more idiomatic for strong contrast: rather than / certainly not.

But your original sentence:

• Đội này sẽ thắng hay hòa, nhưng không thua.

is still correct and natural. It sounds like a straightforward prediction.

Here is the breakdown:

• Đội này = this team
• sẽ = will
• thắng = win
• hay = or
• hòa = draw
• nhưng = but
• không = not
• thua = lose

So the structure is:

• This team
  • will
    • win or draw, but not lose

That makes the Vietnamese sentence quite close to the English structure, except for này coming after đội.

A learner will usually want to pay attention to these words:

• đội — has a dipping-rising tone shape in standard Northern pronunciation
• sẽ — also has a marked tone; do not pronounce it like plain se
• thắng — short vowel, final -ng
• hòa — two vowel sounds flowing together
• không — final -ng
• thua — starts with th, not plain t

A very rough pronunciation guide:

• đội này ≈ doy nay
• sẽ ≈ seh (with a marked tone)
• thắng ≈ thung/thunguh (very rough)
• hòa ≈ hwah
• không ≈ khohng
• thua ≈ thoo-uh

That said, rough English-style spelling can only help a little. For Vietnamese, it is especially important to learn:

1. the consonants accurately
2. the vowels accurately
3. the tones accurately

If you want, I can also break the whole sentence down syllable by syllable with tone notes.