This afternoon (September 21), the Indonesian Football Federation - the host country of the 2025 Southeast Asian U16 Women's Championship - held an online draw ceremony.
As a result, U16 Vietnam is in Group B with two teams U16 Myanmar and U16 Cambodia. Meanwhile, Group A includes host U16 Indonesia, U16 Malaysia, U16 Timor-Leste. Group C is considered attractive with opponents U16 Thailand, U16 Singapore and U16 Australia.
Based on the results of the most recent U16 Women's Southeast Asian Championship (2019), the U16 Vietnam team was ranked in the number 1 seed group with host U16 Indonesia and U16 Thailand. The second seed group includes U16 Malaysia, U16 Myanmar and U16 Singapore.
The remaining seed group includes U16 Cambodia and the two first-time participating teams, U16 Timor Leste and U16 Australia, replacing the absence of two representatives of U16 Laos and U16 Philippines.
Returning after 5 years of absence, the 2025 Southeast Asian U16 Women's Football Tournament still maintains 9 participating teams (the tournament was held in 2017, 2018, 2019). Another difference compared to the previous 3 seasons is that 9 teams are divided into 3 groups instead of 2 groups, competing in a round-robin to calculate ranking points.
The top three teams and the second-placed teams with the best results will enter the semi-finals. The 2025 Southeast Asian U16 Women's Football Tournament will take place from August 18 to August 30 in Indonesia.
To prepare for this tournament, the U16 Vietnam team will officially gather from July 23 at the Vietnam Youth Football Training Center, under the leadership of Japanese head coach Okiyama Masahiko.
List of 30 athletes who have been called up from 4 localities of Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Ha Nam, Thai Nguyen and 2 athletes from the military team to participate in the youth women's team of the Vietnam Football Federation.
