Vietnam U23 team in an easy group at the 2023 Southeast Asian U23 Football Tournament

14:54, 29/05/2023

On the afternoon of May 29, the Southeast Asian Football Federation (AFF) held a draw to divide the groups for the 2024 Southeast Asian U23 tournament. As a result, the Vietnam U23 team is in Group C with the Philippines and Laos.

Vietnam U23 team in an easy group at the 2023 Southeast Asian U23 Football Tournament.

There are 10 teams participating in the 2023 Southeast Asian U23 Championship and they are divided into 3 groups, of which Group A has 4 teams, Group B and C each has 3 teams. The teams are divided into 3 seed groups based on their performance in last year's tournament. Accordingly, seed group 1 includes U23 Vietnam (reigning champion), Thailand (reigning runner-up) and Timor Leste (third place). Seed group 2 includes Cambodia, Malaysia and the Philippines. Group 3 includes Brunei, Indonesia, Laos and Myanmar.

According to the draw results, the U23 Vietnam team is in Group C with the Philippines and Laos. Host Thailand is in Group A with Cambodia, Brunei and Myanmar. Meanwhile, Group B will be a competition between Timor Leste, Malaysia and Indonesia.

Overall, the groups appear to be fairly balanced as the championship candidates are evenly divided among the three groups. The top spot in Group A is unlikely to escape the hands of U23 Thailand. Similarly, U23 Vietnam is expected to have no difficulty winning the top spot in Group C as the two opponents are rated much lower. Meanwhile, Group B appears to be more intense with the presence of Indonesia and Malaysia.

The teams will compete in a single round robin format. The top three teams from each group, along with the second-placed team with the best record, will advance to the semi-finals. The tournament will take place in Thailand from August 17 to 26.

The Vietnam U23 team participated in the tournament as the defending champion. In the 2022 tournament held in Cambodia, coach Dinh The Nam and his team overcame the "Covid-19 adversity" to win the championship after defeating Thailand U23 in the final with a score of 1-0. It is known that in the 2023 tournament, the Vietnam U23 team with its core members will participate in the tournament.

According to hanoimoi.vn

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