Fans queued at Pleiku Arena on the morning of 6 November as in-person sales opened for the 2026 Gia Lai VTV Cup international U23 tournament. The Vietnam Football Federation reported that supporters arrived early to buy tickets for the three matchdays in Gia Lai.
Vietnam U23 are joined by Thailand, Singapore and Qatar. The VFF schedule lists Vietnam’s games against Thailand on 10 November, Singapore on 12 November and Qatar on 14 November, each at 19:00 local time.
Prices and counter hours
Tickets cost 400,000 đồng for stand A, 300,000 for stand B and 200,000 for stands C and D, according to the VFF. Counter sales at the stadium cover all three matchdays.
Tuổi Trẻ reported morning hours of 08:30–11:30 and afternoon hours of 14:00–16:30. It said sales would continue until 19:00 on 14 November or until tickets sold out, whichever came first. Online sales had opened on the Techcombank OneU app on 28 October.
The reports of queues do not establish an official number sold or the number still available.
Vietnam’s squad
SGGP said coach Đinh Hồng Vinh would lead a 26-player Vietnam U23 squad. Tuổi Trẻ identified seven players from the team that reached the 2026 Asian Games quarter-finals, including goalkeeper Cao Văn Bình and midfielder Lê Đình Long Vũ.
The newspaper also named overseas Vietnamese players Trần Thành Trung, Williams Minh Hoàng and Ngô Đăng Khoa in the squad. It said Minh Hoàng and Đăng Khoa had played for the senior side at the ASEAN Cup in Indonesia in October. The U23 tournament in Pleiku is separate from the senior team’s Casper Cup in Ninh Bình. See Vietnam national team fixtures.