Indonesia U22: SEA Games Failure & Potential Sanctions

KOMPAS.com – The Indonesian U22 national team experienced failure at the 2025 SEA Games which took place in Thailand.

Initially, the Minister of Youth and Sports, Erick Thohir, set a silver medal target for the Indonesian U22 National Team coached by Indra Sjafri.

However, the U22 National Team departed with confidence in winning a gold medal, including players like Hokky Caraka.

However, these high ambitions did not materialize, because the Indonesian U22 National Team did not make it past the group phase.

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In Group C, Garuda Muda competes with the Philippines and Myanmar.

The Indonesian U22 national team suffered defeat against the Philippines with a score of 0-1. However, they managed to win over Myanmar with a score of 3-1.

The Indonesian U22 National Team is stuck in the 2025 SEA Games Group Phase

With these results, they were only able to collect three points and had to settle for finishing in second place in Group C.

What’s worse, the Indonesian U22 National Team also couldn’t advance to the semifinals runner-up best after losing goal productivity to Malaysia.

Evaluation from the Ministry of Youth and Sports

In the midst of this problem, the Indonesian U22 National Team, more broadly the sport of football, is now facing the possibility of punishment.

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Deputy for Sports Achievement Improvement, Surono, revealed that the Ministry of Youth and Sports will carry out an evaluation regarding the results at the 2025 SEA Games. Reward And punishment implemented.

Sports branches that successfully meet targets will receive awards.

Meanwhile, those who fail, one of which is football, may be subject to punishment.

He revealed that one of the potential punishments given is to no longer finance national training (pelatnas) for sports that fail to meet these targets.

“We have mapped out several sports, one of which does not meet the target, the second is a branch that meets the target,” said Surono.

“In fact, if there are branches that exceed the target, there will be rewards and punishments and so on,” he added.

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