Football at the 2021 SEA Games – Men's tournament

The men's football tournament at the 2021 SEA Games was held from 6 – 22 May 2022 in Vietnam. Ten Southeast Asian nations participated in the men's tournament. The group stage and semi-finals were played in Việt Trì and Nam Định, while Hanoi hosted the bronze and gold medal matches. Men's teams are restricted to under-23 players (born on or after 1 January 1999) with a maximum of three over-aged players allowed.[1]

2021 SEA Games
Men's Football Tournament
Tournament details
Host countryVietnam
Dates6–22 May 2022
Teams10 (from 10 associations)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Vietnam (3rd title)
Runners-up Thailand
Third place Indonesia
Fourth place Malaysia
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored74 (3.08 per match)
Top scorer(s)7 players
(3 goals each)
2019
2023

The tournament was won by Vietnam, who won their second title as a unified nation, having previously won it in 2019, and their third title in total, by beating Thailand 1–0 in the final. This victory also let Vietnam became the Gold Medal team that never concede any goal in the tournament for the first (and also the only team) time ever. Indonesia won the bronze medal after defeating Malaysia on penalties.

Competition schedule edit

The following is the competition schedule for the men's football competition:[2]

GGroup stage½SemifinalsB3rd place play-offFFinal
EventFri 6Sat 7Sun 8Mon 9Tue 10Wed 11Thu 12Fri 13Sat 14Sun 15Mon 16Tue 17Wed 18Thu 19Fri 20Sat 21Sun 22
MenGGGGGGGGGG½BF

Venues edit

Three venues were used during the tournament, two of them outside of Hanoi at cities around Vietnam. Mỹ Đình National Stadium hosted the Bronze medal match and the Gold medal Match.

Football at the 2021 SEA Games – Men's tournament (Vietnam)
Hà NộiPhú ThọNam Định
Mỹ Đình National StadiumViệt Trì StadiumThiên Trường Stadium
Capacity: 40,192Capacity: 16,000Capacity: 30,000

Participating nations edit

Draw edit

The draw for the tournament was held on 6 April 2022. 10 teams were seeded into 5 pots based on their performance in the previous two editions. The host, also the defending champion, Vietnam was automatically assigned into position A1. Thailand, as the champion in 2017, was assigned into position B1.[2]

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4Pot 5
 Vietnam (H), (C)
 Thailand
 Indonesia
 Malaysia
 Myanmar
 Cambodia
 Philippines
 Singapore
 Laos
 East Timor

Squads edit

The men's tournament is an under-23 international tournament, with a maximum of three overage players allowed.

Group stage edit

Group A edit

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1  Vietnam (H)431060+610Advance to Semi-finals
2  Indonesia4301115+69
3  Myanmar420278−16
4  Philippines411267−14
5  East Timor4004313−100
Source: FIFA
(H) Hosts
Philippines  4–0  East Timor
Report
Vietnam  3–0  Indonesia
Report
Attendance: 16,188
Referee: Choi Hyun-jai (South Korea)

East Timor  2–3  Myanmar
Report
Attendance: 3,568
Referee: Mohammad Issa (Lebanon)
Vietnam  0–0  Philippines
Report
Attendance: 16,585
Referee: Feras Taweel (Syria)

Myanmar  3–2  Philippines
Report
Attendance: 1,268
Referee: Mohammad Arafah (Jordan)
Indonesia  4–1  East Timor
Report
Attendance: 3,133
Referee: Ammar Ashkanani (Kuwait)

Philippines  0–4  Indonesia
Report
Attendance: 2,661
Referee: Mahmood Al-Majarafi (Oman)
Myanmar  0–1  Vietnam
Report

Indonesia  3–1  Myanmar
Report
Attendance: 2,519
Referee: Mohammad Arafah (Jordan)
East Timor  0–2  Vietnam
Report
Attendance: 14,160
Referee: Mohammad Issa (Lebanon)

Group B edit

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1  Thailand4301122+109Advance to Semi-finals
2  Malaysia422096+38
3  Singapore412159−45
4  Cambodia411269−34
5  Laos4013410−61
Source: FIFA
Singapore  2–2  Laos
Report
Attendance: 10,152
Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)
Thailand  1–2  Malaysia
Report
Attendance: 29,985
Referee: Nasrullo Kabirov (Tajikistan)

Laos  1–4  Cambodia
Report
Attendance: 6,044
Referee: Mohammad Ghabayen (Jordan)
Thailand  5–0  Singapore
Report
Attendance: 28,998
Referee: Adam Fazeel (Maldives)

Cambodia  0–1  Singapore
Report
Attendance: 11,578
Referee: Ngô Duy Lân (Vietnam)
Malaysia  3–1  Laos
Report
Attendance: 25,623
Referee: Yahya Ali Al Mulla (United Arab Emirates)

Singapore  2–2  Malaysia
Report
Attendance: 1,149
Referee: Venkatesh Ramachandran (India)
Cambodia  0–5  Thailand
Report
Attendance: 5,623
Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)

Malaysia  2–2  Cambodia
Report
Referee: Nasrullo Kabirov (Tajikistan)
Laos  0–1  Thailand
Report
Referee: Mohammad Ghabayen (Jordan)

Knockout stage edit

 
Semi-finalsGold medal match
 
      
 
19 May – Phú Thọ
 
 
 Vietnam (a.e.t.)1
 
22 May – Hà Nội
 
 Malaysia0
 
 Vietnam1
 
19 May – Nam Định
 
 Thailand0
 
 Thailand (a.e.t.)1
 
 
 Indonesia0
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
22 May – Hà Nội
 
 
 Malaysia1 (3)
 
 
 Indonesia (p)1 (4)

Semi-finals edit

Thailand  1–0 (a.e.t.)  Indonesia
Report
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Yahya Ali Al Mulla (United Arab Emirates)
Vietnam  1–0 (a.e.t.)  Malaysia
Report
Referee: Feras Taweel (Syria)

Bronze medal match edit

Gold medal match edit

Vietnam  1–0  Thailand
Report
Referee: Mahmood Al-Majarafi (Oman)

Winners edit

2021 SEA Games Men's Tournament

Vietnam
Third title

Goalscorers edit

There were 74 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 3.08 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Final ranking edit

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsFinal result
1  Vietnam (H)651080+816Gold Medal
2  Thailand6402133+1012Silver Medal
3  Indonesia6312127+510Bronze Medal
4  Malaysia6231108+29Fourth place
5  Myanmar420278−16Eliminated in
group stage
6  Singapore412159−45
7  Philippines411267−14
8  Cambodia411269−34
9  Laos4013410−61
10  East Timor4004313−100
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Hữu Vượng. "Bóng đá nam SEA Games 31 chốt độ tuổi tham dự: HLV Park Hang Seo có thêm lựa chọn". Thể Thao (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  2. ^ a b Nhật Duy; Đăng Khoa (22 March 2022). "Việt Nam và Thái Lan là hạt giống của SEA Games 31". Thanh Niên Online (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 22 March 2022.