Vietnam's U17 team leads the Southeast Asian tournament rankings and is positioned above the youth teams of Australia, Thailand, and Indonesia.

Vietnam's U17 squad is the top goal-scoring team in the 2026 Southeast Asian U17 Championship.

Vietnam's U17 team continued to demonstrate dominant strength by defeating U17 Timor-Leste 10-0 in their second Group A match of the 2026 Southeast Asian U17 Championship. With this result, Vietnam's U17 team secured 6 points after two matches, while also gaining a significant advantage in goal difference (+14) in the race for a semifinal spot. In the final match, Coach Cristiano Roland's team will face host Indonesia in a decisive match for the top position in Group A.

According to statistics, Vietnam's U17 team is currently the highest-scoring team in the tournament. Coach Cristiano Roland's players have scored a total of 14 goals and have not conceded any after 2 matches. Specifically, Vietnam's U17 team successively defeated U17 Malaysia 4-0 and overcame U17 Timor-Leste 10-0.

The team closely trailing Vietnam's U17 in scoring is Australia's U17. The team from the land of kangaroos has scored 13 goals after 2 matches in Group C and also hasn't conceded any goals. Australia's U17 won 12-0 against U17 Brunei in their opening match and then defeated U17 Singapore with a score of 1-0.

U17 Timor-Leste is the team that has conceded the most goals in the tournament with 14 goals lost after 2 matches, followed by U17 Brunei with 13 goals conceded.

U17 Thailand disappointed by unexpectedly losing 0-1 to U17 Myanmar after they had defeated U17 Philippines 5-1 in their opening match. The "War Elephants" have only scored 5 goals in this tournament.

Host U17 Indonesia also performed unconvincingly, losing 0-1 to U17 Malaysia after winning 4-0 against U17 Timor-Leste in their opening match. The team from the archipelago has only scored 4 goals.