ASEAN U-23 Championship: Cambodia to face Thailand, Brunei and Myanmar in Group A
Cambodia’s Under-23 football team will compete in Group A with Brunei, Myanmar, and Thailand for the ASEAN Football Federation Championship (also known as AFF Championship) 2023. Photo screenscrab from AFF Championship YouTube
- By Meng Seavmey
- May 29, 2023 3:08 PM
PHNOM PENH – Cambodia’s Under-23 football team will compete in Group A with Brunei, Myanmar, and Thailand for the ASEAN Football Federation Championship (also known as AFF Championship) 2023.
The regional football competition will be held in Chonburi, Thailand, from Aug. 17 to 26.
The results of the official draw were released on May 29. Group B includes Timor-Leste, Malaysia, and Indonesia, and Group C consists of Vietnam, the Philippines, and Lao.
Teams coming first of each group will reach the semi-finals along with the best second-ranked team.
Since the AFF U-23 Championship establishment in 2005, Cambodia has failed in the group stage twice: once in 2005 and the other in 2022. But the country finished in fourth place in 2019 during the tournament in Cambodia.
Thailand won the championship in 2005 and later on got the runners-up place twice in 2019 and 2022. Vietnam, who ended up in third place in 2019, won the championship in 2022.
Indonesia was crowned regional champion in 2019.
