Football at the Southeast Asian Games

Football at the Southeast Asian Games

Founded	1959 (men) 1985 (women)
Region	Southeast Asia (AFF)
Number of teams	at most 11 (men) at most 11 (women)
Current champions	Vietnam (men; 2nd title)  Vietnam (women; 6th title)
Most successful team(s)	Thailand (men; 16 titles)  Vietnam (women; 6 titles)
2019 Southeast Asian Games

Football has been part of the Southeast Asian Games sport since the 1959 edition. The women's football competition was held for the first time in 1985 in Thailand.

From the 2001 Southeast Asian Games to the 2015 Southeast Asian Games, the age limit for men's teams was under-23 plus up to three over-aged players for each squad.

Since the 2017 Southeast Asian Games, the age limit for men's teams is under-22. At the 2019 Southeast Asian Games, two over-aged players were allowed for each team.

Thailand and Vietnam are the only two nations have won both Gold medals of Men's and Women's tournament in a Southeast Asian Games.

Results[]

Men's tournament[]

Southeast Asian Peninsular Games[]

Year	Host		Gold medal match				Bronze medal match
			Gold Medal	Score	Silver Medal		Bronze Medal	Score	Fourth Place
1959 Details	Bangkok		South Vietnam	3–1	Thailand		Malaya	1	Myanmar
1961 Details	Rangoon		Malaya	2–0	Burma		South Vietnam Thailand	1–1 2
1965 Details	Kuala Lumpur		Burma Thailand	2–2 2	(shared gold)2		South Vietnam	2–0	Malaysia
1967 Details	Bangkok		Burma	2–1	South Vietnam		Thailand	5–2	Laos
1969 Details	Rangoon		Burma	3–0	Thailand		Laos Malaysia	3
1971 Details	Kuala Lumpur		Burma	2–1	Malaysia		Thailand South Vietnam	0–0 2
1973 Details	Singapore		Burma	3–2	South Vietnam		Malaysia	3–0	Singapore
1975 Details	Bangkok		Thailand	2–1	Malaysia		Burma Singapore	2–2 (a.e.t.)2

¹ Decided by round-robin standings.
² The title was shared.
³ There was no bronze medal game held.

Southeast Asian Games[]

Year	Host		Gold medal match				Bronze medal match
			Gold Medal	Score	Silver Medal		Bronze Medal	Score	Fourth Place
1977 Details	Kuala Lumpur		Malaysia	2–0	Thailand		Burma	Walkover4	Indonesia
1979 Details	Jakarta		Malaysia	1–0	Indonesia		Thailand	(RR)5	Singapore
1981 Details	Manila		Thailand	2–1	Malaysia		Indonesia	2–0	Singapore
1983 Details	Singapore		Thailand	2–1	Singapore		Malaysia	5–0	Brunei
1985 Details	Bangkok		Thailand	2–0	Singapore		Malaysia	1–0	Indonesia
1987 Details	Jakarta		Indonesia	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Malaysia		Thailand	4–0	Burma
1989 Details	Kuala Lumpur		Malaysia	3–1	Singapore		Indonesia	1–1 (a.e.t.) 9–8 (p)	Thailand
1991 Details	Manila		Indonesia	0–0 (a.e.t.) 4–3 (p)	Thailand		Singapore	2–0	Philippines
1993 Details	Singapore		Thailand	4–3	Myanmar		Singapore	3–1	Indonesia
1995 Details	Chiang Mai		Thailand	4–0	Vietnam		Singapore	1–0	Myanmar
1997 Details	Jakarta		Thailand	1–1 (a.e.t.) 4–2 (p)	Indonesia		Vietnam	1–0	Singapore
1999 Details	Bandar Seri Begawan		Thailand	2–0	Vietnam		Indonesia	0–0 (a.e.t.) 4–2 (p)	Singapore
2001 Details	Kuala Lumpur		Thailand	1–0	Malaysia		Myanmar	1–0	Indonesia
2003 Details	Hanoi / Ho Chi Minh City		Thailand	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Vietnam		Malaysia	1–1 (a.e.t.) 4–2 (p)	Myanmar
2005 Details	Bacolod		Thailand	3–0	Vietnam		Malaysia	1–0	Indonesia
2007 Details	Nakhon Ratchasima		Thailand	2–0	Myanmar		Singapore	5–0	Vietnam
2009 Details	Vientiane		Malaysia	1–0	Vietnam		Singapore	3–1	Laos
2011 Details	Jakarta		Malaysia	1–1 (a.e.t.) 4–3 (p)	Indonesia		Myanmar	4–1	Vietnam
2013 Details	Naypyidaw / Yangon		Thailand	1–0	Indonesia		Singapore	2–1	Malaysia
2015 Details	Singapore		Thailand	3–0	Myanmar		Vietnam	5–0	Indonesia
2017 Details	Kuala Lumpur		Thailand	1–0	Malaysia		Indonesia	3–1	Myanmar
2019 Details	Manila / Biñan / Imus		Vietnam	3–0	Indonesia		Myanmar	2–2 5–4 (p)	Cambodia

⁴ Indonesia did not turn up at the appointed time. After waiting for 15 minutes the referee called off the game and reported to the technical committee which awarded the bronze to Burma.
⁵ Decided by round-robin standings.

Women's tournament[]

Southeast Asian Games[]

Year	Host		Gold medal match				Bronze medal match
			Gold Medal	Score	Silver Medal		Bronze Medal	Score	Fourth Place
1985 Details	Bangkok		Thailand	(RR)1	Singapore		Philippines
1995 Details	Chiang Mai		Thailand	1–0	Malaysia		Myanmar	No play-off	Philippines
1997 Details	Jakarta		Thailand	5–1	Myanmar		Vietnam	2–0	Indonesia
2001 Details	Kuala Lumpur		Vietnam	4–0	Thailand		Myanmar	3–0	Indonesia
2003 Details	Hai Phong / Nam Dinh		Vietnam	2–1	Myanmar		Thailand	6–1	Malaysia
2005 Details	Marikina		Vietnam	1–0	Myanmar		Thailand	No play-off	Philippines
2007 Details	Nakhon Ratchasima		Thailand	2–0	Vietnam		Myanmar	5–0	Laos
2009 Details	Vientiane		Vietnam	0–0 (a.e.t.) 3–0 (p)	Thailand		Myanmar	No play-off	Laos
2013 Details	Mandalay		Thailand	2–1	Vietnam		Myanmar	6–0	Malaysia
2017 Details	Kuala Lumpur		Vietnam	(RR)1	Thailand		Myanmar	(RR)1	Philippines
2019 Details	Manila / Biñan		Vietnam	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Thailand		Myanmar	2–1	Philippines
1 Played as round-robin.

Medal tally[]

Men's tournament[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Thailand	16	4	5	25
2	Malaysia[1]	6	6	7	19
3	Myanmar[2]	5	4	5	14
4	Vietnam[3]	2	7	5	14
5	Indonesia	2	5	4	11
6	Singapore	0	3	7	10
7	Laos	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 nations)		31	29	34	94

Women's tournament[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Vietnam	6	2	1	9
2	Thailand	5	4	2	11
3	Myanmar	0	3	7	10
4	Malaysia	0	1	0	1
	Singapore	0	1	0	1
6	Philippines	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 nations)		11	11	11	33

All tournaments[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Thailand	21	8	7	36
2	Vietnam	8	9	6	23
3	Malaysia	6	7	7	20
4	Myanmar	5	7	12	24
5	Indonesia	2	5	4	11
6	Singapore	0	4	7	11
7	Laos	0	0	1	1
	Philippines	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 nations)		42	40	45	127

See also[]

• ASEAN Football Championship
• Football at the East Asian Games
• Football at the West Asian Games
• Football at the Asian Games

References[]

External links[]

• ASEANfootball.org – SEA Games
• RSSSF – Football at the Southeast Asian Games (Men's Tournament)
• RSSSF – Football at the Southeast Asian Games (Women's Tournament)