Football_at_the_2021_Southeast_Asian_Games_–_Men's_tournament
Football at the 2021 SEA Games – Men's tournament
International football competition
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]
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Vietnam |
| Dates | 6–22 May 2022 |
| Teams | 10 (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 played | 24 |
| Goals scored | 74 (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.
The following is the competition schedule for the men's football competition:[2]
| G | Group stage | ½ | Semifinals | B | 3rd place play-off | F | Final |
| Event | Fri 6 | Sat 7 | Sun 8 | Mon 9 | Tue 10 | Wed 11 | Thu 12 | Fri 13 | Sat 14 | Sun 15 | Mon 16 | Tue 17 | Wed 18 | Thu 19 | Fri 20 | Sat 21 | Sun 22 | ||
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| Men | G | G | G | G | G | G | G | G | G | G | ½ | B | F | ||||||
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.
| Hà Nội | Phú Thọ | Nam Định | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mỹ Đình National Stadium | Việt Trì Stadium | Thiên Trường Stadium | |
| Capacity: 40,192 | Capacity: 16,000 | Capacity: 30,000 | |
Cambodia
Indonesia
Laos
Malaysia
Myanmar
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
East Timor
Vietnam (hosts)
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 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 | Pot 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vietnam (H), (C) Thailand |
Indonesia Malaysia |
 Myanmar Cambodia |
 Philippines Singapore |
 Laos East Timor |
The men's tournament is an under-23 international tournament, with a maximum of three overage players allowed.
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnam (H) |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 10 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| 2 | Indonesia |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 9 | |
| 3 | Myanmar |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 6 | |
| 4 | Philippines |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 4 | |
| 5 | East Timor |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 0 |
(H) Hosts
| Vietnam | 3–0 | Indonesia |
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| East Timor | 2–3 | Myanmar |
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| Myanmar | 3–2 | Philippines |
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| Indonesia | 4–1 | East Timor |
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| East Timor | 0–2 | Vietnam |
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Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thailand |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 9 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| 2 | Malaysia |
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 8 | |
| 3 | Singapore |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 5 | |
| 4 | Cambodia |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 4 | |
| 5 | Laos |
4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 1 |
| Semi-finals | Gold medal match | |||||
| 19 May – Phú Thọ | ||||||
| Vietnam (a.e.t.) | 1 | |||||
| 22 May – Hà Nội | ||||||
| Malaysia | 0 | |||||
| Vietnam | 1 | |||||
| 19 May – Nam Định | ||||||
| Thailand | 0 | |||||
| Thailand (a.e.t.) | 1 | |||||
| Indonesia | 0 | |||||
| Bronze medal match | ||||||
| 22 May – Hà Nội | ||||||
| Malaysia | 1 (3) | |||||
| Indonesia (p) | 1 (4) | |||||
Semi-finals
| Vietnam | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | Malaysia |
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Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
| 2021 SEA Games Men's Tournament |
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 Vietnam Third title |
There were 74 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 3.08 goals per match.
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Choun Chanchav- Im Somoun
- Ky Rina
- Sa Ty
- Sieng Chanthea
Fachruddin Aryanto- Ronaldo Kwateh
- Rizky Ridho
- Muhamad Ridwan
Visith Bounpaserth- Phouvieng Phounsavath
- Ekkamai Ratxachak
- Chony Waenpaseuth
Danial Asri- Syahir Bashah
- Faiz Amer Runnizar
Aung Wunna Soe- Htet Phyo Wai
- Lwin Moe Aung
- Soe Moe Kyaw
Dennis Chung- Oskari Kekkonen
- Christian Rontini
Saifullah Akbar- Jordan Emaviwe
- Glenn Kweh
- Shah Shahiran
- Harhys Stewart
Chonnapat Buaphan- Ben Davis
- Worachit Kanitsribampen
- Weerathep Pomphan
Jaimito Soares
Hồ Thanh Minh- Lê Văn Đô
- Nguyễn Văn Tùng
- Nhâm Mạnh Dũng
1 own goal
- Anusak Jaiphet (against Malaysia)
- Anantaza Siphongphan (against Cambodia)
- At Viengkham (against Thailand)
- Harhys Stewart (against Thailand)
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnam (H) |
6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 16 | Gold Medal |
| 2 | Thailand |
6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 12 | Silver Medal |
| 3 | Indonesia |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 10 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | Malaysia |
6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 9 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Myanmar |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 6 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 6 | Singapore |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 5 | |
| 7 | Philippines |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 4 | |
| 8 | Cambodia |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 4 | |
| 9 | Laos |
4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 1 | |
| 10 | East Timor |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 0 |
- 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.
- 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.