Vietnam is in the same group with Malaysia in men's football at SEA Games 33 - 2025

(NLDO) - The results of the draw for men's football at the 33rd SEA Games at noon on October 19 put the U22 Vietnam team in group B with U22 Malaysia and U22 Laos.

SEA Games 33 will take place in Thailand at the end of 2025. The gold medal in men's football is the goal that coach Kim Sang-sik's team is aiming for. Previously, U22 Vietnam successfully completed two tasks in 2025: winning the Southeast Asian U23 championship and winning a place in the 2026 Asian U23 Championship.

The 33rd SEA Games men's football competition will take place from December 3 to 18, 2025. The group stage matches will be held in Songkhla and Chiang Mai. The two semi-finals will be held at Rajamangala Stadium (Bangkok, Thailand). The men's football competition requires teams to use an U22 squad (players born from January 1, 2003 onwards) and there will be no slots for overage players.

Thailand U23 is the most successful team in the history of men's football at the SEA Games with 16 gold medals. Vietnam U23 has won twice in 2019 and 2022. In the most recent tournament in 2023, Vietnam U23 won the bronze medal while Indonesia U23 won the gold medal.

The results of the draw for men's football at the 33rd SEA Games put Thailand in Group A, along with Cambodia and Timor Leste. Group B includes Vietnam, Malaysia and Laos. Group C has 4 teams: Indonesia, Myanmar, the Philippines and Singapore.

Source: https://nld.com.vn/viet-nam-lai-chung-bang-voi-malaysia-o-mon-bong-da-nam-sea-games-33-2025-196251019134117641.htm