Vietnam national team and U22 team set meeting date, which team will coach Kim Sang Sik lead?

(Dan Tri) - The Vietnam national team and U22 Vietnam will gather in November 2025 to prepare for the 2027 Asian Cup qualifiers and the SEA Games. Coach Kim Sang Sik is likely to lead the national team.

According to the plan, the Vietnamese team will gather from November 10 to November 19. After gathering in Hanoi , the team will move to Viet Tri (Phu Tho) to practice from November 11 to November 14. From November 15 to November 19, coach Kim Sang Sik and his team will go to Laos to compete in the 5th round of the final qualifying round of the 2027 Asian Cup against the host team.

Thus, coach Kim Sang Sik will directly lead the Vietnam national team, while the U22 Vietnam team will be assigned to assistant Dinh Hong Vinh. The Korean strategist can only lead the U22 Vietnam team when he finishes his duties with the national team during the FIFA Days in November.

Vietnam national team and U22 Vietnam team set training date in November (Photo: VFF).

Meanwhile, U22 Vietnam has two consecutive training sessions. First, the team will participate in the 2025 Panda Cup International Friendly Tournament in China, with the participation of quality teams including U22 China, U22 Uzbekistan and U22 Korea. In this training session, the U22 Vietnam team is expected to call up about 26 players.

Immediately after the tournament in China, U22 Vietnam entered the next training session from November 23 to December 19. This is also considered the rehearsal period before the 33rd SEA Games. The team trained in Vung Tau from November 23 to 29, then moved to Ho Chi Minh City and left for Thailand on December 2 to attend the SEA Games.

At the 33rd SEA Games, men's football has 10 participating teams, divided into 3 groups: Group A and B have 3 teams each, Group C has 4 teams. The teams compete in a round robin to calculate points; the three group winners and the second-placed team with the best record will advance to the semi-finals.

According to the schedule, the group stage will take place from December 3 to December 12, the semi-finals on December 15 and the bronze medal matches and the final on December 18, 2025. Three stadiums have been selected to host the tournament, including Rajamangala (Bangkok), Tinsulanonda (Songkhla) and 700th Anniversary of Chiangmai (Chiangmai), with Rajamangala hosting the semi-finals and finals.

In the group stage, U22 Vietnam will meet U22 Laos on December 5 and U22 Malaysia on December 11, 2025. Both matches will take place at the 700th Anniversary Stadium, Chiangmai.

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