The Vietnam men's volleyball team has concluded the first phase of the 2025 SEA V.League with a bronze medal after a series of somewhat unpredictable matches in terms of situation and results.
After 4 matches, the Vietnam team won 2 and suffered 2 losses. In the final match on the afternoon of July 12, coach Tran Dinh Tien's students played hard but lost to Indonesia with a score of 2-3.
With the completion of all matches early, the chance of Ngoc Thuan and his teammates competing for medals at that time was considered very low.
However, new developments occurred in the following confrontations. The Philippines only beat Cambodia with a close score of 3-2, causing their secondary index to decline. Meanwhile, Thailand easily won 3-0 against Cambodia to win the championship. Cambodia did not win any match and is at the bottom of the table.
The direct match between Indonesia and the Philippines on the afternoon of July 13 was the key match that decided the situation of the medal group. Both teams have had 2 wins and 1 loss before facing each other. The winning team will definitely surpass Vietnam to win the silver medal. The losing team will be surpassed by Vietnam in terms of points, because Vietnam has a total of 7 points, higher than the maximum of 6 points that the losing team can achieve.
With that situation, the Vietnamese men's volleyball team officially finished in third place, winning the bronze medal. This is a meaningful result in the journey to rebuild the squad after a turbulent 2024 year. Last year, the team lost all 6 matches in both stages of the SEA V.League.
After the first round, the whole team will have a few days off before entering the second round held in Indonesia from July 16. With positive signals, fans have reason to expect the improvement of Vietnamese men's volleyball in the upcoming phase 2.
