Kongsak believes the rising stars of the War Elephants are ready to hunt for a gold medal in men’s football at the SEA Games.
Football competition movement in the 33rd SEA Games. Which Thailand will host from December 9-20, with all 4 categories of competition: men’s football, women’s football, men’s futsal, and women’s futsal.

In the men’s football section, the Thai national team was successful in winning the เว็บพนันออนไลน์ UFABET สมัครง่าย โปรโมชั่นมากมาย gold medal for the last time at the 29th SEA Games hosted by Malaysia in 2017, or 8 years ago. The best results after that were reaching the finals in the last 2 times. At the 31st SEA Games in Vietnam, they lost in extra time to Vietnam 0-1 in the final round, and at the 32nd SEA Games in Cambodia, they lost in extra time to Indonesia 2-5.
Regarding the preparation for the SEA Games football competition. “Big Kong” Dr. Kongsak Yodmanee, the governor of the Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT), revealed that he had not talked much with the Football Association of Thailand. But as far as he knew. At that time we focused on using young players anyway. And he believed that many Thai players had potential and were still young.
Reporters asked whether the competition system will be changed from the original 2 groups of 5-6 teams to 3 groups of 3-4 teams to reduce the number of players and maintain physical condition. Dr. Kongsak said that the SAT. As the technical department, has assigned the sports association to consider and plan the various competitions. If they want to compete in any format, and if they want the Thai national team to travel less. The association will be given the opportunity to fully manage.
“It’s not just the Football Association, but now every association has the right to plan the competition fully. After all the events to be competed in have been planned. They can plan the competition to make Thai athletes. As ready as possible so that they have a chance to win all of them.”
Dr. Kongsak concluded by saying that regarding the competition venues. There have been some discussions. Although the first round had a plan to spread the competition to other provinces. The association requested that in the final rounds. It would return to play at Rajamangala National Stadium. And the SAT has a duty to prepare the competition venues to be ready.
In this regard, the reporter reported that for the organization of the men’s football competition system, the Football Association of Thailand will have to wait for information from the National Olympic Committee of Thailand about the number of teams competing. Before being able to make a plan to propose the competition management system, which format will be used. However, it will depend on the budget for organizing the competition. However, from the latest meeting of the Football Association of Thailand’s board of directors at the beginning of January. It was confirmed that for the men’s football, players under the age of 22 will be used. Without any over-age quota.