U.23 Southeast Asia Final Match Schedule: U.23 Vietnam Aims for a Historic Hat-trick

Dinh Bac and Xuan Bac both scored, the U.23 Vietnam team will enter the final match against U.23 Indonesia or U.23 Thailand to aim for a historic hat-trick of championships.

Dinh Bac scored to help the Vietnam U.23 team enter the final of the 2025 Southeast Asian U.23 tournament.

Photo: Dong Nguyen Khang

Dinh Bac - Xuan Bac both scored, U.23 Vietnam defeated U.23 Philippines

In the first semi-final match of the U.23 Southeast Asia tournament, Dinh Bac scored, with a diving tap-in after his previous shot had bounced off the post, helping the U.23 Vietnam team tie the score 1-1 in the 41st minute, after unexpectedly letting the U.23 Philippines open the score in the 36th minute.

But this was the match where coach Kim Sang-sik's players attacked better, with 4 shots hitting the goal. Then in the 54th minute, Xuan Bac headed in a goal from Phi Hoang's cross, sealing a 2-1 victory for the U.23 Vietnam team.

This victory helped coach Kim Sang-sik and his team secure their first ticket to the final of the U.23 Southeast Asian Championship, for the third consecutive time. The U.23 Vietnam team will have the opportunity to make history with the third consecutive championship!

100% winning rate of U.23 Vietnam

Xuan Bac celebrates leading 2-1

Photo: Dong Nguyen Khang

At this point, the U.23 Vietnam team is leading with 2 championships of the U.23 Southeast Asia tournament (2022, 2023) compared to only 1 of U.23 Thailand (2005) or U.23 Indonesia (2019). If we have another victory, we will widen the gap with the remaining teams in the highest tournament in the Southeast Asian youth football system.

In particular, we are the only team in Southeast Asia to have achieved a 100% winning rate in the finals of the U.23 Southeast Asian tournaments, when we defeated U.23 Thailand and U.23 Indonesia in the finals in Cambodia in 2022 and Thailand in 2023.

Meanwhile, the Thais have reached the finals 3 times but only enjoyed victory once 20 years ago, then lost twice to the U.23 Vietnam team and U.23 Indonesia in 2019 and 2022.

Coach Kim Sang-sik stands before the first official title with U.23 Vietnam

Photo: Dong Nguyen Khang

The U.23 Indonesia team was the most recent defeat of the U.23 Vietnam team in the tense final match in 2023, with a score of 5-6 in the 11m penalty shootout after a 0-0 draw in regular time.

With Dinh Bac, Van Khang and Cong Phuong being withdrawn early in the second half, the U.23 Vietnam team is very ready for the final match of the U.23 Southeast Asia tournament at 8:00 p.m. on July 29 at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, with the opponent being the winner of the match between U.23 Thailand and U.23 Indonesia.

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Source: https://thanhnien.vn/lich-thi-dau-chung-ket-u23-dong-nam-a-u23-viet-nam-nham-den-cu-hat-trick-lich-su-185250725174137626.htm