U22 Vietnam has more chances to win SEA Games 33 gold medal

On May 21, the Competition Committee of the Southeast Asian Football Federation (AFF) held a meeting in Bangkok, Thailand to discuss and approve the plan to organize football tournaments in the remaining period of 2025 and important tournaments in 2026, focusing on men's and women's football at the 33rd SEA Games.

The 33rd SEA Games men's football event will have 11 participating teams, divided into 3 groups: Group A with 3 teams, Group B and C with 4 teams each. The teams are seeded based on their achievements and hosting rights as follows: Group 1 includes Thailand (host team, code A1), Indonesia and Vietnam; Group 2 includes Myanmar, Malaysia, Cambodia; Group 3 includes Timor Leste, Philippines, Laos; Group 4 includes Singapore and Brunei.

The teams will compete in a round robin format, with the top three teams in each group and the best runner-up advancing to the semi-finals. The group stage will take place from December 3 to 12; the semi-finals will take place on December 15; and the third-place match and final will take place on December 18.

Three stadiums have been chosen as the 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.

Women's football has 9 participating teams, divided equally into 3 groups. Group 1 includes Thailand (host team, code A1), Vietnam and Myanmar; group 2 includes Cambodia, Philippines, Singapore; group 3 includes Malaysia, Laos, Indonesia.

The women's football competition format is similar to the men's football competition, with group stage matches taking place from December 4 to 13; semi-finals on December 14; third place match and final on December 17.

The two stadiums chosen as the venues for the women's group stage matches are Chonburi and TNSU Chonburi. Chonburi Stadium will host the semi-finals, third-place match and final.

In addition to the plan to organize football at the 33rd SEA Games, the AFF Competition Committee also approved the schedule for important football tournaments in the region, including: the 2025 Southeast Asian Women's Football Championship hosted by Vietnam from August 6 to 19; the 2025 Southeast Asian U23 Championship in Indonesia from July 15 to 29; the 2026 Southeast Asian Championship scheduled to be held from July 25 to August 26, 2026, and the 2025-2026 Southeast Asian Club Championship from August 2025 to May 2026.

Towards the above mentioned key tournaments, VFF has proactively built a plan to prepare very early for the U22 team and the national women's team. Since 2024, the Vietnam U22 team has been synchronously trained with the national team during the FIFA Days, participating in two international friendly tournaments U22 CFA Team China 2024 and 2025 with many quality opponents.

In addition, potential young players are also given the opportunity to compete, in which some excellent players have had the opportunity to test themselves at the national team level and make their mark at the ASEAN Cup 2024.

As for the National Women's Team, Coach Mai Duc Chung and his team recently had an international friendly match with the Werder Bremen Women's Club (Germany) at Hang Day Stadium on May 16. The team is maintaining training at the Vietnam Youth Football Training Center ( Hanoi ) and will go to Japan for training in early June 2025, before participating in the 2026 Asian Women's Qualifiers, while continuing to prepare for the 2025 Southeast Asian Women's Championship and the 33rd SEA Games.

Source: https://nld.com.vn/u22-viet-nam-co-them-co-hoi-doat-hcv-sea-games-33-196250521160312896.htm