Football at the 2021 SEA Games – Men's tournament


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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

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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
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.

Football at the 2021 SEA Games – Men's tournament (Vietnam)

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
 
   

Participating nations

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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.

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

Source: FIFA
(H) Hosts





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

Source: FIFA





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)
2021 SEA Games Men's Tournament
 
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

1 own goal

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
  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.