The Vietnamese women's volleyball team has excellently won Group B, with a record of 3 consecutive wins against Myanmar, Malaysia and Indonesia. Despite not having opposite Bich Tuyen, the Vietnamese team still showed stable performance, thanks to a good playing lineup, with other excellent players such as Tran Thi Thanh Thuy, Bich Thuy...
Meanwhile, the Philippines women's volleyball team is in 2nd place in Group A, behind the host team Thailand. According to Spin, the upcoming semi-final match between the Vietnamese women's volleyball team and the Philippines will be the 4th time the two teams have met in 2025. The Vietnamese women's volleyball team has won 3 previous matches.
The most notable match between the two teams will take place in June 2025 in the 2025 AVC Cup final. At that time, the Philippine women's volleyball team lost to the Vietnamese women's team with a score of 0-3 (15-25, 17-25, 14-25).
In the SEA V.League, the Vietnamese women's volleyball team continued to beat the Philippines after 4 sets in the first leg and 3 sets in the second leg. With the Vietnamese women's volleyball team not having Bich Tuyen - a very good player when the two teams met before, the Philippine women's volleyball team is determined to win the semi-finals of the 33rd SEA Games.
The last time the Philippine women's volleyball team entered the SEA Games finals was in 1997.
The opportunity for the Philippine women's volleyball team to create a surprise for the Vietnamese women's volleyball team was further strengthened when hitter Eya Laure was allowed to return to play.
Laure said she is dealing with abdominal tightness she encountered during her training in her home country. The flank attacker missed two of her team's group stage games but said she was still on track to return to play as planned.
She said: "The coach doesn't want to risk anything. There are still more important matches ahead. We are focusing on the goals and recovery plans that the coaches have given me.
Laure, who has been with the national team since the 2019 SEA Games and helped the team win medals at the AVC Nations Cup and SEA V.League, is eager to return and contribute to the team in the journey to conquer the first medal at the SEA Games in 20 years.
The semi-final match of Vietnam vs Philippines women's volleyball will take place at 15:00 on December 14.
