Stress about achievements
Head coach of the Women's Volleyball Team, and also Head of the Thai Volleyball Federation's professional department, Mr. Kiattipong Radchatagriengkai, affirmed that the home team is aiming to win the Gold Medal at the 33rd SEA Games. The Thai men's volleyball team strives to reach the finals at this year's tournament.
Meanwhile, the Cambodian press said that the Cambodian Volleyball Federation expects this national men's volleyball team to enter the finals of the 33rd SEA Games to compete for the Gold Medal. One of the reasons for the Cambodian men's volleyball team to aim for the above target is that they have reached the finals of the 32nd SEA Games in 2023 and won a Silver Medal.
Currently, the Philippine men's volleyball team also set a goal of reaching the finals of the 33rd SEA Games. The last time the Philippine men's volleyball team entered the final of the Southeast Asian Games was the 30th SEA Games in 2019, held at home. Similar to her male counterpart, the Philippine Women's Volleyball Team received a quota to strive for the 33rd SEA Games final.
The Indonesian men's volleyball team is the earliest team to announce 14 official players to participate in the 33rd SEA Games. The team's achievement target is to defend the No. 1 position at this year's SEA Games. The Indonesian men's volleyball team won the Gold Medal at the 3 recent Southeast Asian Games including the 30, 31 and 32 SEA Games. The Indonesian women's volleyball team aims to have a minimum of a place in the semi-finals of the 33rd SEA Games.
A representative of the Vietnam Volleyball Federation once said: Before each SEA Games, the teams set goals. We see that the professional gap between teams is narrowing significantly. This year, each of our men's and women's teams competed in the 2025 SEA V.League, so we know more about the professional forces of the other teams. The teams also know our forces. However, in reality, the expertise on the field at the 33rd SEA Games will determine the result".
The goal of winning medals for Vietnamese volleyball
Before entering the professional training session to prepare for the 33rd SEA Games, head coaches Nguyen Tuan Kiet and Tran Dinh Tien carefully calculated the personnel plan.
Head coach of the Vietnam Women's Volleyball Team, Mr. Nguyen Tuan Kiet once analyzed: "At the 33rd SEA Games, host Thailand will definitely be the team with the biggest advantage. The remaining teams, including us, are all focusing on preparing to ensure expertise. Before the match, the players and I could not say anything. But with the draw results, we know which team the opponents are in the group stage.
Head coach of the Vietnam Men's Volleyball Team, Mr. Tran Dinh Tien, also had discussions right at the end of the 2025 National Championship: "The training session to prepare for the 33rd SEA Games will be very important for each member. We aim to strive for medals at the 33rd SEA Games. But everyone knows that the pressure to achieve results on each player is not small. The coaching staff and the players will do their best to achieve the best results.
In the current period, each coaching staff will keep the work of selecting the official participants to participate in the 33rd SEA Games confidential. All players trained at this time have the same chance to win an official spot.
There have been many analysis that the goal of winning the Gold Medal in the final of the Vietnam Women's Volleyball Team has been affected because former player Nguyen Thi Bich Tuyen did not gather this time.Regarding this, the coaching staff of the Vietnam Women's Volleyball Team said that the 20 players currently training are those with the highest performance, so the selection of human resources for each position will be guaranteed.
