Posted: 5:03pm 17/12/2025
(Bangkok Comprehensive News on the 17th) The Malaysian women’s basketball team successfully reported to the team after beating Vietnam 83-44 in the play-offs.SEA GamesThe top four of the 5-a-side basketball competition will compete with the host Thailand for tickets to the gold medal match tomorrow.
At the beginning of today’s play-off match, both teams had low shooting percentages. It was not until the second quarter that the Malaysian women’s basketball team successfully expanded its lead to nearly double digits and entered the halftime break with a score of 36-27.
The 3rd quarter ends the suspense of the game
After changing sides, Ye Foyi continued his hot touch before halftime and joined hands with his teammates to hit a 16-0 climax. Soon after, the difference between the two sides reached about 30 points, and the score was 62-36 after three quarters.
Considering the tough battle in the semi-finals, Malaysian coach Chen Yuxia replaced young players to deal with the last 10 minutes of the game, but Yue Mei still had no power to fight back. In the end, Malaysia won with an advantage of nearly 40 points.
Ye Foyi scored 18 points, 6 interceptions and 5 rebounds. 20-year-old Zhang Huilin had 23 points. Qiu Kaili also contributed 10 points and 5 rebounds.
Previously, Malaysia first lost to the Philippines, the 2019 and 2021 tournament champions, in the group stage, and then easily defeated Singapore, qualifying as a secondary league with a record of 1 win and 1 loss.
Although the Thai women’s basketball team failed to reach the top three in the past two tournaments, they won silver medals in the 2017 and 2019 tournaments and had home court advantage against Malaysia.
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