Mr. Somporn Chaibangyang, President of the Thai Volleyball Federation, responded to the national press on August 11 to reassure fans.
He affirmed: The loss to the Vietnam team in the second stage of the 2025 SEA V.League had a negative media impact. Our team lost the match.
The Vietnam women's team played well and was commendable. However, this result is not too serious for Thai women's volleyball. Because the above match is not the SEA Games final or the ASIAD final.
The President continued: "The goal of Thai women's volleyball is to reach world class. The Federation's professional department will sit together after the 2025 SEA V.League to learn from experience because we will be the host of the upcoming 2025 World Championship.
Vietnamese volleyball has been developing a lot recently. Thai volleyball is trying to develop better so that Vietnamese volleyball cannot catch up, but we aim to catch up with the top European teams".
The 2-3 loss in the second phase of the 2025 SEA V.League (closed on August 10) was Thailand's first loss to the Vietnam Women's Volleyball Team in an official tournament.
This year, the two teams have met twice and the score is 1-1. We lost 2-3 to Thailand in the first leg of the 2025 SEA V.League and won 3-2 in the second leg.
The Vietnam women's volleyball team will participate in the 2025 World Championship in Phuket (Thailand) from August 22 to September 7. We are not in the same group as host Thailand.
The Vietnamese women's volleyball team lost to Thailand in the last three SEA Games finals, so they received a silver medal.
At the 32nd SEA Games in Cambodia, coach Nguyen Tuan Kiet's team lost 1-3 to the Thai team. That was the first time the Vietnam Women's Volleyball Team won a game at the SEA Games against Thailand.
