U22 Vietnam receives huge advantage before SEA Games 33

The men's football event of SEA Games 33 has 11 participating teams, divided into 3 groups. Group A has 3 teams, groups B and C each have 4 teams.

According to the seed grouping results, after a meeting between members of the Competition Committee of the Southeast Asian Football Federation (AFF) held in Bangkok (Thailand) today (May 21), the U22 Vietnam team is in the number one seed group.

Vietnam's men's and women's football teams are both in the top seed group at SEA Games 33 (Photo: VFF).

In the same seed group as the U22 Vietnam team are the defending champion Indonesia and host Thailand. The host U22 Thailand will be the team with code A1 in group A.

Seed pot number two includes Myanmar, Malaysia and Cambodia. Seed pot number three includes Timor Leste, Philippines and Laos. Meanwhile, Singapore and Brunei are in seed pot number four.

With this seeding method, the U22 Vietnam team will certainly avoid host Thailand and defending champion Indonesia in the group stage.

The toughest group for coach Kim Sang Sik's team at the 33rd SEA Games is the group with Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore. The easiest group we could have would be Cambodia, Timor Leste and Brunei.

U22 Vietnam determined to win SEA Games (Photo: VFF).

The group stage of the men's football event at the 33rd SEA Games will take place from December 3 to December 12. The semi-finals will take place on December 15. The final and bronze medal matches will take place on December 18.

Meanwhile, the football event has 9 participating teams, also divided into 3 groups. The Vietnamese women's football team, as the defending champions, is also in the top seed group, along with host Thailand and Myanmar.

Pot two includes Cambodia, Philippines and Singapore. Pot three includes Malaysia, Laos and Indonesia.

The most difficult group that the Vietnamese women's football team could face at this year's SEA Games is the group with the Philippines and Malaysia. The easiest group that coach Mai Duc Chung's team could face is the group with Cambodia and Indonesia.

The women's football group stage will take place from December 4 to December 12. The semi-finals will take place on December 14. The final and bronze medal match will take place on December 17.

Before attending the 33rd SEA Games, the Vietnam U22 team will participate in the Southeast Asian U23 tournament in July. The Vietnam women's football team will participate in the regional football championship in August.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/the-thao/u22-viet-nam-nhan-uu-the-cuc-lon-truoc-sea-games-33-20250521143730988.htm