U22 Vietnam in the same group with Malaysia and Laos at SEA Games 33

VHO - The lucky draw put the U22 Vietnam team in a group with U22 Malaysia and U22 Laos in the men's football event of the 33rd SEA Games, taking place next December in Thailand.

Men's football at the 33rd SEA Games has 11 participating teams, divided into 3 groups, in which groups A and B each have 3 pairs, group C has 4 teams.

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The teams are seeded based on their performance and hosting rights as follows: Pot 1 includes Thailand (host team), Indonesia and Vietnam; Pot 2 includes Myanmar, Malaysia, Cambodia; Pot 3 includes Philippines, Laos, Singapore.

As a result, U22 Vietnam is in Group B with U22 Malaysia and U22 Laos. Meanwhile, defending champion U22 Indonesia is in Group C with Myanmar, Philippines, and Singapore.

As host, runner-up U22 Thailand fell into an extremely "easy" group with Timor Leste and Cambodia.

The teams will compete in a round robin, the three group winners and the second-placed team with the best record will advance to the semi-finals.

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This year's tournament continues to apply the U22 squad rule (players born from January 1, 2003 onwards) and there are no spots for over-age players.

As planned, the group stage will take place from December 3 to 12; the semi-finals on December 15; the third-place match and the final on December 18.

Three stadiums were chosen as competition venues: Rajamangala (Bangkok), Tinsulanonda (Songkhla) and 700th Anniversary of Chiangmai (Chiangmai).

Rajamangala Stadium will also be the venue for the semi-finals, third place match and final.

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