{"id":72,"date":"2026-07-28T14:05:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T07:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thaivb.com\/?p=72"},"modified":"2026-07-28T14:08:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T07:08:06","slug":"vietnam-beat-thailand-3-2-to-win-the-2026-sea-v-cup-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thaivb.com\/?p=72&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Vietnam beat Thailand 3-2 to win the 2026 SEA V Cup final"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The context:<\/strong>\u00a0This was the first edition of the men&#8217;s Southeast Asian volleyball championship held in a &#8220;cup&#8221; format (replacing the old SEA V League), and it was Vietnam&#8217;s first time ever reaching the final. The final took place July 26 at Velodrome Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia, capping off Stage 2 of the tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Revenge match:<\/strong>\u00a0Vietnam and Thailand had already met earlier in the group stage, where Thailand fought back from two sets down to beat Vietnam. That loss set up the final as a rematch Vietnam was eager to settle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Set-by-set breakdown:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Set 1:<\/strong>\u00a0Thailand made the stronger start, edging the opening set 25-22 despite trailing by two or three points on several occasions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Set 2:<\/strong>\u00a0Vietnam&#8217;s Italian head coach Federico Rampazzo made sharp tactical adjustments, helping Vietnam regain control at key moments and level the match 25-23.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Set 3:<\/strong>\u00a0Vietnam seized the initiative early and played impressively to take the set 25-19.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Set 4:<\/strong>\u00a0Thailand hit back hard, winning 25-15 to force a decisive fifth set.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Set 5:<\/strong>\u00a0Vietnam held their nerve to close it out 15-10, sealing the 3-2 win.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Why it mattered:<\/strong>\u00a0This was Vietnam&#8217;s first-ever SEA V Cup title after four years of competition and eight editions of the tournament. Thailand and Indonesia had been the tournament&#8217;s dominant teams historically, with three titles each across the previous seven editions, while Vietnam&#8217;s best prior finishes were runner-up in 2023 and 2025 \u2014 so this breakthrough ended a long title drought for the Vietnamese program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thailand had looked like the tournament favorite heading in \u2014 they hadn&#8217;t lost a single match since the start of Stage 2 and were considered the leading candidate for the championship \u2014 which makes the final&#8217;s back-and-forth, five-set nature even more notable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The context:\u00a0This was the first edition of the men&#8217;s Southeast Asian volleyball championship held in a &#8220;cup&#8221; format (replacing the old SEA V League), and it was Vietnam&#8217;s first time ever reaching the final. The final took place July 26 at Velodrome Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia, capping off Stage 2 of the tournament. Revenge match:\u00a0Vietnam [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaivb.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaivb.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaivb.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaivb.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaivb.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=72"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thaivb.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73,"href":"https:\/\/thaivb.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72\/revisions\/73"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaivb.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaivb.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaivb.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}