| Fadhil Yunus |
BRUNEI Darussalam’s football team scheduled to play in the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia this August have been seeded in Pot 3 alongside Cambodia, Laos, Philippines and Timor Leste after the format of the draw has been revised.
Football web portal Goal reported that according to a press statement released by the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM), a meeting held between the association, the Malaysian Olympic Council (MOM) and the 2017 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia SEA Games Organising Committee (MASOC) has agreed to tweak the draw after competing nations expressed disappointment over the initial mechanism that had been proposed.
The draw will be submitted to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and if it is approved the draw will be held on July 8.
Under the new process, tournament hosts Malaysia will be placed in the A1 position in Group ‘A’ which means they avoid facing defending champions Thailand who will be placed in the B1 position in Group ‘B’.
Pot 1 will contain 2015 silver medallists Myanmar and second runners-up Vietnam with the first team to be drawn in A2 and the second team in B2.
Pot 2 will contain 2015 fourth-placed visitors Indonesia and Singapore, who finished the edition in third place in Group ‘A’ and the first team, will be drawn in A3 with the second team in B3.
Brunei could be drawn in A4, A5, B4, B5 or B6 depending on which order they are being called out.
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