Recently, the Southeast Asian Football Federation (AFF) Council officially approved the proposal of the AFF Competition Committee, on adjusting the time for organizing the Southeast Asian Football Championship - ASEAN Cup 2024.
Specifically, group stage matches will start from December 8, 2024, instead of November 23, 2024 as originally scheduled.
After finishing the group stage, the 2024 ASEAN Cup semi-finals will take place from December 26-30, 2024 in the home-away format of first and second legs.
In addition, the first leg of the ASEAN Cup 2024 final will take place on January 2, 2024 and the second leg of the final will take place on January 5, 2025.
Previously, the play-off round match schedule between Brunei and Timor-Leste still took place as scheduled on October 8, 2024 and October 15, 2024. The final winning team will be placed in Group A - which includes Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Cambodia.
Meanwhile, Group B has the presence of Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines, Myanmar and Laos.
In preparation for the 2024 ASEAN Cup, the Vietnamese team with 26 players will reunite on August 30, within the framework of FIFA Days in September.
During this reunion, coach Kim Sang-sik and his team will compete in the 2024 LPBank Cup international friendly tournament with the participation of the Thai team and the Russian team. The tournament will take place from September 5 to September 10, 2024 at My Dinh Stadium.
