Latest match schedule of Vietnam U.19 women's team: Goal to win the championship, break the curse against Thailand

The 2025 Southeast Asian U.19 Women's Championship has 8 participating teams, divided into 2 groups. The teams compete in a round-robin format to calculate points and rank. The first and second place teams in each group will advance to the semi-finals. Accordingly, the U.19 Vietnam women's team is in Group A with Myanmar, Laos and Timor Leste. Group B has Thailand, Indonesia, Cambodia and Malaysia.

Head coach of Vietnam U.19 women's team: "Want the audience to celebrate with the team"

In the opening match taking place at 6:30 p.m. on June 9 at Thong Nhat Stadium (HCMC), the U.19 Vietnam women's team will face Myanmar. Myanmar is considered a direct competitor to coach Okiyama Masahiko and his team in Group A.

At the press conference before the tournament, coach Okiyama Masahiko of the Vietnam U.19 women's team emphasized: "Coming to this tournament, we have 3 goals. The first is to prepare for the Asian U.20 women's qualifying round. The second is to try our best in each match to win and finally win the championship. This tournament is held at home, so I want the Vietnamese audience to celebrate with the team."

Lịch thi đấu đội nữ U.19 Việt Nam mới nhất: Mục tiêu vô địch, phá dớp trước người Thái- Ảnh 1. — Schedule of the group stage of the 2025 Southeast Asian Women's U.19 tournament

Evaluating the opponent in the opening match, the Japanese captain said: "We don't have much information about the Myanmar U.19 women's team, what their strength is, what formation they usually play with or who their key players are... However, we will prepare ourselves best and be in the best condition. Next, we will analyze the direct opponent in the match to come up with appropriate tactics at certain times to achieve the best results."

On the other hand, the head coach of the Myanmar U.19 women's team - Ms. Thet Thet Win shared: "Our first match in this tournament will be very difficult. The Vietnam U.19 women's team has home field advantage, and they are a strong team. However, we will try our best to achieve the best result in the opening match."

3 times runner-up...

At the Southeast Asian U.19 Women's Championship, the Vietnam U.19 women's team has reached the finals three times (2014, 2022 and 2023), but all finished as runners-up. So in this tournament, the Vietnam U.19 women's team is determined to break the second-place streak. Coach Masahiko said: "Currently, the team has good players who meet the training program and have modern thinking in football. The players' understanding of tactics is very good and they are showing rapid progress. The current Vietnam U.19 women's team has quality and the goal of winning the championship is reasonable."

Lịch thi đấu đội nữ U.19 Việt Nam mới nhất: Mục tiêu vô địch, phá dớp trước người Thái- Ảnh 2. — Coach Okiyama Masahiko wants to win the championship at home with the U.19 Vietnam women's team.

In the 3 runner-up finishes mentioned above, the U.19 Vietnam women's team lost to Thailand twice in the final (in 2014 and 2023). In this tournament, Thailand is in Group B and is considered the number 1 candidate for the championship. Therefore, the scenario of host Vietnam facing Thailand is very likely to happen, possibly in the semi-finals (in case both teams pass the group stage). According to the regulations of the 2025 Southeast Asian U.19 Women's Championship, in the semi-finals, the first team in Group A will meet the second team in Group B, and the first team in Group B will meet the second team in Group A.