Vietnam U22 team and Vietnam women's team are in the number 1 seed group at SEA Games 33

Accordingly, the 33rd SEA Games men's football will have 11 participating teams, divided into 3 groups: Group A with 3 teams, Group B and C with 4 teams each. The teams are divided into seed groups based on their achievements and hosting rights as follows: Group 1 includes Thailand (host team), Indonesia and Vietnam; Group 2 includes Myanmar, Malaysia, Cambodia; Group 3 includes Timor Leste, Philippines, Laos; Group 4 includes Singapore and Brunei. The teams will compete in a round robin to calculate points, the three group winners and the second-placed team with the best achievements will advance to the semi-finals.

The group stage will take place from December 3 to December 12; the semi-finals on December 15; and the third-place match and final on December 18. Three stadiums have been chosen as the competition venues: Rajamangala (Bangkok), Tinsulanonda (Songkhla) and 700th Anniversary of Chiangmai (Chiangmai), with Rajamangala also hosting the semi-finals, third-place match and final.

At the meeting, members of the AFF Competition Committee agreed to propose to the SEA Games Organizing Committee to organize the final matches of the group stage at the same time to ensure professionalism and fairness.

For women's football, the 9 participating teams are divided into 3 groups, each group has 3 teams. Group 1 includes Thailand (host team), Vietnam and Myanmar; Group 2 includes Cambodia, Philippines, Singapore; Group 3 includes Malaysia, Laos, Indonesia. The competition format of women's football is similar to men's football with group stage matches taking place from December 4 to December 13; semi-finals on December 14; third place match and final on December 17.

The two stadiums chosen to host the women’s group stage matches are Chonburi and TNSU Chonburi. Chonburi Stadium will also be the venue for the semi-finals, third-place match and final.

In addition to the plan to organize football at the 33rd SEA Games, the AFF Competition Committee also approved the schedule for important football tournaments in the region, including: the 2025 Southeast Asian Women's Football Championship hosted by Vietnam from August 6 to August 19; the 2025 Southeast Asian U23 Championship in Indonesia from July 15 to 29; the 2026 Southeast Asian Championship scheduled to be held from July 25 to August 26, 2026, and the 2025/26 Southeast Asian Club Championship from August 2025 to May 2026.

Looking forward to the above key tournaments, especially the 33rd SEA Games to be held in 2025, the VFF has proactively developed a plan to prepare very early for the U22 team and the national women's team. Since 2024, the Vietnam U22 team has been synchronously trained with the national team during the FIFA Days, participating in two international friendly tournaments U22 CFA Team China 2024 and 2025 with many quality opponents. In addition, potential young players have also been given the opportunity to compete, in which a number of excellent players have had the opportunity to test themselves at the national team level and make their mark at the ASEAN Cup 2024.

With the National Women's Team, coach Mai Duc Chung and his team recently had a quality international friendly match with the Werder Bremen Women's Club (Germany) to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Germany. The team is maintaining training at the Vietnam Youth Football Training Center and will go to Japan for training in early June, before participating in the 2026 Asian Women's Qualifiers, while continuing to prepare for the 2025 Southeast Asian Women's Championship and the 33rd SEA Games.

Source: https://bvhttdl.gov.vn/doi-tuyen-u22-viet-nam-va-doi-tuyen-nu-viet-nam-thuoc-nhom-hat-giong-so-1-tai-sea-games-33-20250521144017613.htm