Evaluating the strength of Vietnam Women vs Cambodia Women: Total domination
Evaluating the strength of the Vietnam Women's vs Cambodia Women's squad before the opening match of Group A of the 2025 Southeast Asian Women's Championship at Lach Tray Stadium.

Vietnamese Women: Outstanding Experience and Depth
As the host of the 2025 Southeast Asian Championship, the Vietnamese women's team entered the tournament with the strongest force, led by veteran coach Mai Duc Chung. The current squad is an ideal combination of experienced players and talented young faces. Names like Huynh Nhu, Tuyet Dung, Chuong Thi Kieu and Duong Thi Van create a stable backbone with international experience, while Minh Chuyen and Van Su bring freshness and speed to the front line.
The team’s strengths lie in its flexibility in tactical operations, thanks to its ability to coordinate well in the middle, its mobility on both wings, and its effective finishing skills. With home advantage and careful preparation (training in Japan and Quang Ninh), the Vietnamese women’s team clearly has the ability to aim for the top spot.

Cambodian Women: Unstable, limited depth
In contrast to their opponents, the Cambodian women's team brought to the tournament a young force in terms of both expertise and international competition experience. The sudden appointment of coach Koji Gyotoku - who was the head coach of the men's team - to lead the women's team just a few days before the tournament made the team's tactical system unclear.
In terms of personnel, the Cambodian squad consists of many young players who are still in the learning stage, lacking experienced leaders. Although they just won 2-1 against Saudi Arabia in the most recent match, it was a rare match where they showed relative organization. When facing a Vietnam team that is superior in all aspects, Cambodia will have a lot of difficulties in deploying the ball, defending and maintaining the team's distance.
With the depth of the squad, experience and current form, the Vietnamese women's team clearly has a much more complete and balanced squad than Cambodia. The team from the land of pagodas has almost no outstanding strengths, while Vietnam has more than enough options to control the match and aim for a big win.