The Vietnamese women's team aims to defend their gold medal at the 33rd SEA Games.
Photo: VFF
The Vietnamese women's team will face their rivals again.
The Vietnamese women's team arrived at the SEA Games 33 as the defending champions, holding the record for winning 4 consecutive gold medals in women's football in the last 4 SEA Games since 2009.
At the upcoming SEA Games 33, the women's football tournament will take place from December 4th to 12th, with Coach Mai Duc Chung's team in Group B along with two very strong opponents, the Philippines and Myanmar, and Malaysia.
The Philippines has never been an easy opponent for the Vietnamese women's national team, who won the ASEAN Cup 2022 after defeating Thailand 3-0. That was also the tournament where coach Mai Duc Chung's team came away empty-handed after losing to Myanmar 3-4 in the bronze medal match.
Coach Mai Duc Chung is currently training with the Vietnamese women's national team in Hanoi.
Photo: VFF
In the most recent ASEAN Cup 2025 tournament held at Lach Tray Stadium, Myanmar defeated Thailand to reach the final, narrowly losing to Australia 0-1 and receiving the silver medal.
In the 30th and 31st SEA Games held in the Philippines and Vietnam, Myanmar and the Philippines respectively won bronze medals. In the most recent SEA Games 32 in Cambodia, Myanmar reached the final before losing to the Vietnamese women's team 0-2.
Those statistics foreshadow a very difficult match for our girls at IPE Chonburi Stadium in Chonburi City (Thailand).
Schedule advantage
Young midfielder Hai Linh is gradually establishing himself in the midfield of the Vietnamese national team.
Photo: VFF
One advantage is that coach Mai Duc Chung and his team will start with a "warm-up" match against Malaysia, the weakest team in Group B, at 7:30 PM on December 4th, while before that they will have time to "scout" Myanmar's crucial match against the Philippines at 4 PM on the same day.
In the second round, the Vietnamese women's team will face the Philippines at 7:30 PM on December 7th, while Myanmar will play Malaysia in their earlier match at 4 PM. The final round will see the Vietnamese women's team meet Myanmar while the Philippines face Malaysia.
A huge advantage for coach Mai Duc Chung and his team, and perhaps a privilege of the reigning champions, is that all three group stage matches will take place in the evening at 7:30 PM, avoiding the fatigue of having to play in the 4 PM sun.
Source: https://thanhnien.vn/lich-thi-dau-sea-games-33-moi-nhat-doi-tuyen-nu-viet-nam-da-o-dau-khi-nao-185251023115543462.htm
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