The two second leg play-off matches of the 2024-2025 Southeast Asian Club Championship ended without any surprises.
Shan United (Myanmar) defeated Kasuka (Brunei) 3-1 in the second leg to win 4-2 on aggregate. Meanwhile, Svay Rieng (Cambodia) despite being behind in the second leg, still won 5-1 against Young Elephants (Laos) thanks to the excellence of two Brazilian players. The final victory of 8-3 after 2 matches helped Svay Rieng enter the group stage.
Notably, both Svay Rieng and Shan United are in Group A. This is the group with the appearance of Thanh Hoa club along with other teams such as BG Pathum United (Thailand), Terengganu (Malaysia) and PSM ( Indonesia).
Group B of this tournament also has the appearance of another Vietnamese representative, Hanoi Police Club . The remaining teams participating in this group are Borneo FC Samarinda (Indonesia), Lion City Sailor FC (Singapore), Kaya - Iioilo (Philippines), Buriram United (Thailand) and Kuala Lumpur City (Malaysia).
The 2024-2025 Southeast Asian Club Championship takes place from July 17, 2024 to May 21, 2025.
The 12 participating teams are divided into 2 groups. Teams will compete in a round robin at home or away in the group stage to calculate ranking points, select the top two teams from each group to compete in the semi-finals and then the final.