According to the draw results, in Group A, U17 Vietnam is in the same group as U17 Indonesia, U17 Malaysia and U17 Timor-Leste. Meanwhile, Group B includes U17 Thailand, U17 Myanmar, U17 Laos and U17 Philippines. Group C has the participation of U17 Australia, U17 Cambodia, U17 Singapore and U17 Brunei.
According to the schedule, U17 Vietnam starts their journey with a match against U17 Malaysia on April 13. After that, coach Cristiano Roland's team will successively face U17 Timor-Leste on April 16 before facing host U17 Indonesia on April 19.
At the end of the group stage, the 3 first-placed teams in each group and a second-placed team with the best results will win the right to enter the semi-finals.
Group A's situation is considered the most difficult at this year's tournament. Accordingly, U17 Vietnam when facing 2 highly competitive opponents, U17 Indonesia and U17 Malaysia.
Notably, U17 Indonesia has home advantage, and also sets a goal to go deep, so it will put great pressure in the race to win tickets to continue. Meanwhile, U17 Malaysia is still an unpredictable opponent for Vietnamese football at many youth levels.
