AFF Cup 2024 draw results: Vietnam team to face Indonesia again
(Baonghean.vn) - AFF Cup 2024 draw results, Vietnam team is in the same group with Indonesia, Philippines, Myanmar and Laos, at AFF Cup 2024 (ASEAN Cup).
On the afternoon of May 21, in Hanoi, the draw ceremony for the 2024 Southeast Asian Football Championship (ASEAN Cup) took place. According to the draw results, the Vietnam team of coach Kim Sang-sik will be in Group B with Indonesia, the Philippines, Myanmar and Laos.
Thus, the Vietnamese team will have a rematch with the Indonesian team, the opponent that Vietnamese football fans are most eager to meet. The team from the archipelago has won 3 matches against the Vietnamese team since the beginning of 2024, including 1 win at the 2023 Asian Cup (taking place in January 2024) and 2 wins at the 2026 World Cup qualifiers in Asia (taking place in March).
Meanwhile, Group A includes Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Cambodia and the winner of the match between Brunei and Timor Leste.
Based on the achievements in the last two AFF Cups, the Southeast Asian Football Federation (AFF) ranks the teams to classify them into seed groups for the group draw and match schedule.
Accordingly, the Vietnam team and the Indonesia team both got 19 points (both won the runner-up position twice), but the Vietnam team ranked higher thanks to a better sub-index than the opponent. Therefore, the team of coach Kim Sang Sik is in the number 1 seed group with the Thailand team - the reigning champion of the tournament.
This also means that Vietnam and Thailand are in two different groups. The opponents of the "Golden Star Warriors" in the group stage are in the remaining seed groups.
Specifically, Indonesia is in the second seed group along with Malaysia. The third seed group includes Singapore and the Philippines. Myanmar and Cambodia are in the fourth seed group. Finally, the fifth seed group includes Laos and the winner of the play-off match between Brunei and Timor Leste.
According to the regulations, 10 teams are divided into 2 groups, each group of 5 teams will compete in a round-robin format with 2 home matches and 2 away matches according to the draw code. The top two teams in each group will qualify for the semi-finals. The semi-finals and finals will be played in a home and away format.
The 2024 AFF Cup will take place from November 23 to December 21. The 10 teams participating in the group stage will be divided into 2 groups of 5 teams each. The teams will compete in a round-robin format in the group stage (each team will play 2 home matches and 2 away matches), scoring points and ranking.
The top two teams in each group advance to the semi-finals. From the semi-finals onwards, matches will be played in a knockout format over two legs, home and away.
