Football at the 2019 SEA Games – Men's tournament

The men's football tournament at the 2019 SEA Games was held from November 25 to December 10, 2019 in the Philippines. All eleven Southeast Asian nations participated in the men's tournament. Matches were played in Manila, Biñan and Imus. Men's teams were restricted to under-22 players (born on or after January 1, 1997).

2019 SEA Games
Men's Football Tournament
Tournament details
Host countryPhilippines
DatesNovember 25 – December 10
Teams11 (from 11 associations)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Vietnam[1] (2nd title)
Runners-up Indonesia
Third place Myanmar
Fourth place Cambodia
Tournament statistics
Matches played29
Goals scored111 (3.83 per match)
Attendance52,039 (1,794 per match)
Top scorer(s)Indonesia Osvaldo Haay
Vietnam Hà Đức Chinh
(8 goals each)
2017
2021

Thailand were the defending champions but were eliminated in the group stage. Vietnam won their first title as unified country, having won the gold medal in 1959 previously as South Vietnam.[2]

Competition schedule edit

The following was the competition schedule for the men's football competitions:[3]

G Group stage ½ Semifinals B Bronze medal match F Gold medal match
Mon 25 Tue 26 Wed 27 Thu 28 Fri 29 Sat 30 Sun 1 Mon 2 Tue 3 Wed 4 Thu 5 Fri 6 Sat 7 Sun 8 Mon 9 Tue 10
G G G G G G G G G G ½ B F

Venues edit

The matches were played across three venues. The renovated Rizal Memorial Stadium in Manila was the primary venue,[4] while some matches in the group stage were held at the Biñan Football Stadium in Biñan, Laguna[5] and the City of Imus Grandstand in Imus, Cavite.[6]

Manila Biñan Imus
 
 
Manila
 
Biñan
 
Imus
Football at the 2019 SEA Games – Men's tournament (Luzon)
Rizal Memorial Stadium Biñan Football Stadium City of Imus Grandstand
Capacity: 12,873 Capacity: 3,000 Capacity: 4,800
     

Squads edit

The men's tournament was an under-22 international tournament (born on or after January 1, 1997), with a maximum of two overage players allowed.[7] Each participating nation's squad were composed of maximum of 20 players.[8]

Summary edit

The men's tournament began with Malaysia meeting Myanmar. Soe Moe Kyaw's goal opened the scoring, later Hadi from Malaysia equalized. From there, the match would end as a draw, temporarily putting both teams on the top of the table. Also, Vietnam defeated Brunei 6–0 to start their campaign on a high, while Philippines held Cambodia to a shock draw, title holders Thailand suffered a shock defeat against Indonesia. Both Laos and Singapore were held by a goalless draw. Vietnam scored another six goals, but conceded one against Laos, with a dominant 6–1 victory. Myanmar edged past hosts Philippines thanks to a late goal by Win Naing Tun. Brunei also lost 7–0 to Thailand, conceding 13 in 2 games. Cambodia would ease past Timor-Leste, while Indonesia defeated Singapore 2–0. Goals from Aung Kaung Mann, Htet Phyo Wai and Hlaing Bo Bo, Myanmar earned a 3–1 win, with 7 points in three games. While Thailand and Laos earned wins over Singapore and Brunei respectively, Philippines defeated Malaysia 1–0, which was considered a shock, while Vietnam earned a late goal from Nguyễn Hoàng Đức put them on the top of the table. While Malaysia got their first win, the first team qualified to the knockout stage was Myanmar. A very late 86 minute goal by Aung Kaung Mann put him on 3 goals in 4 games. Thailand scored two late goals against Laos to potentially eliminate them, while Indonesia battered Brunei 8–0. Vietnam would get lucky with a late goal yet again, while Hà Đức Chinh scored a late winner against Singapore, putting them in the next round. The loss for Singapore meant that they were yet to score a goal. Cambodia earned a shock win against Malaysia, who earned only 4 points. Philippines defeated Timor-Leste, but nonetheless, they went out on goal difference. Singapore would get their first goals, all coming against Brunei. Indonesia would also beat Laos 4–0, while Vietnam were held by Thailand with two early goals by Supachai Chaided and Suphanat Mueanta. Myanmar, Indonesia, Vietnam and Cambodia earned spots in the semi-finals, while holders Thailand and runners-up of 2017 tournament Malaysia were eliminated early. Hosts Philippines showed signs of impressiveness, only failing to go past Cambodia by goal difference.

The first semi-final saw Indonesia win 4-2 after extra time against Myanmar, with Evan Dimas scoring a brace. Despite this, the bronze medal was still likely to be in Myanmar's hands. Hà Đức Chinh scored a hat-trick against Cambodia, while Nguyễn Tiến Linh scored one to earn Vietnam a final spot against Indonesia.

In the bronze medal match, Sieng Chanthea scored a shock early goal. But eight minutes later, Aung Kaung Mann scored his fifth goal of the tournament. Myat Kaung Khant scored in the 35th minute, but Keo Sokpheng scored in the 71st minute. The match went goalless for the final parts of regular time, and extra time. All of Myanmar's 5 penalty takers scored, while Keo Sokpheng's penalty hit the post, Myanmar won bronze, their first medal since 2015, when they failed to beat Thailand in the final. In the gold medal match, midfielder Đỗ Hùng Dũng scored a goal while 20-year old Đoàn Văn Hậu scored a brace, giving Vietnam their first gold medal as a unified country. They managed to retain their status as a gold medallist and won the 2021 tournament.

Draw edit

The draw was held on October 15, 2019 at Sofitel Hotel in Manila, Philippines.[9][10] The 11 teams in the men's tournament were drawn into two groups of five and six teams. Four pots will be used for the draw with teams seeded according to their previous performance in the 2017 Southeast Asian Games. Defending champions Thailand and hosts Philippines are seeded in Pot 1.[11]

The Vietnam Football Federation filed a complaint regarding the seeding of the Vietnam national team in Pot 4 for the men's football tournament questioning the fact that their national team, who collected ten points in the group stage of the 2017 edition of the games, was seeded lower than the two teams who collected less points and were seeded Pot 3 (Myanmar with nine points and Singapore with six points).[12] Vietnam was later elevated to Pot 3 and Singapore was relegated to Pot 4.[13]


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

Officials edit

Group stage edit

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Myanmar 4 3 1 0 8 4 +4 10 Semi-finals
2   Cambodia 4 2 1 1 10 4 +6 7
3   Philippines (H) 4 2 1 1 9 4 +5 7
4   Malaysia 4 1 1 2 6 5 +1 4
5   East Timor 4 0 0 4 2 18 −16 0
Source: 2019 SEAG (archived)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(H) Hosts
Malaysia  1–1  Myanmar
Hadi   24' Report Soe Moe Kyaw   13'
Referee: Chen Hsin-chuan (Chinese Taipei)
Philippines  1–1  Cambodia
Chung   90+4' Report Sokpheng   41'

Myanmar  2–1  Philippines
Aung Kaung Mann   17'
Win Naing Tun   79'
Report Baas   45+1'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Feras Taweel (Syria)
Cambodia  5–0  East Timor
Kakada   8'
Bunheing   70', 90+2'
Chanthea   78'
Sokpheng   82'
Report
Attendance: 1,600
Referee: Yousif Hassan (Iraq)

East Timor  1–3  Myanmar
Mesquita   40' Report Aung Kaung Mann   10'
Htet Phyo Wai   36'
Hlaing Bo Bo   54'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Khash-Erdene Bold (Mongolia)
Philippines  1–0  Malaysia
Schröck   74' Report
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Salman Falahi (Qatar)

Malaysia  4–0  East Timor
Filomeno   6' (o.g.)
Hadi   34', 43'
Akhyar   81'
Report
Attendance: 419
Referee: Khaled Al-Shaqsi (Oman)
Myanmar  2–1  Cambodia
Lwin Moe Aung   27'
Aung Kaung Mann   86'
Report Sophanat   21'
Attendance: 387
Referee: Ismaeel Habib Ali (Bahrain)

Cambodia  3–1  Malaysia
Sodavid   56'
Chanthea   57'
Sokpheng   68'
Report Quentin   89'
East Timor  1–6  Philippines
Reis   90+3' Report Schröck   4'
Aguinaldo   42', 85', 90'
Diano   54'
De Bruycker   75'
Attendance: 3,300
Referee: Khash-Erdene Bold (Mongolia)

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Vietnam 5 4 1 0 17 4 +13 13 Semi-finals
2   Indonesia 5 4 0 1 17 2 +15 12
3   Thailand 5 3 1 1 14 4 +10 10
4   Singapore 5 1 1 3 7 6 +1 4
5   Laos 5 1 1 3 4 12 −8 4
6   Brunei 5 0 0 5 0 31 −31 0
Source: 2019 SEAG (archived)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Vietnam  6–0  Brunei
Hà Đức Chinh   10', 23', 48', 66'
Triệu Việt Hưng   59'
Nguyễn Trọng Hùng   83'
Report
Attendance: 550
Referee: Khalid Al-Shaqsi (Oman)

Thailand  0–2  Indonesia
Report Egy   4'
Osvaldo   87'
Attendance: 520
Referee: Ismaeel Habib Ali (Bahrain)
Laos  0–0  Singapore
Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Salman Falahi (Qatar)

Vietnam  6–1  Laos
Nguyễn Tiến Linh   3', 17', 57'
Đỗ Hùng Dũng   54'
Nguyễn Trọng Hoàng   83'
Nguyễn Quang Hải   90+3'
Report Phetsivilay   60'
Brunei  0–7  Thailand
Report Supachai   43'
Jaroensak   44'
Anon   53', 87'
Sarayut   72'
Suphanat   74'
Supachok   89'
Attendance: 140
Referee: Ammar Ashkanani (Kuwait)
Indonesia  2–0  Singapore
Osvaldo   64'
Asnawi   74'
Report
Attendance: 840
Referee: Majed Al-Shamrani (Saudi Arabia)

Thailand  3–0  Singapore
Jaroensak   8'
Suphanat   19'
Peerawat   36'
Report
Attendance: 770
Referee: Chen Hsin-chuan (Chinese Taipei)
Laos  3–0  Brunei
Vongchiengkham   18'
Bounkong   52', 67'
Report
Attendance: 458
Referee: Yousif Hassan (Iraq)
Vietnam  2–1  Indonesia
Nguyễn Thành Chung   64'
Nguyễn Hoàng Đức   90+1'
Report Sani   23'
Attendance: 4,610
Referee: Majed Al-Shamrani (Saudi Arabia)

Laos  0–2  Thailand
Report Suphanat   90', 90+4'
Attendance: 94
Referee: Feras Taweel (Syria)
Indonesia  8–0  Brunei
Osvaldo   11', 45+2', 72'
Egy   40', 80'
Saddil   50'
Witan   68'
Andy   77'
Report
Attendance: 132
Referee: Clifford Daypuyat (Philippines)
Singapore  0–1  Vietnam
Report Hà Đức Chinh   85'
Attendance: 2,508
Referee: Ammar Ashkanani (Kuwait)

Brunei  0–7  Singapore
Report Irfan   4'
Ikhsan   68', 90+2', 90+3'
Saifullah   72'
Faris   84', 87'
Attendance: 220
Referee: Linjun Talaver (Philippines)
Indonesia  4–0  Laos
Saddil   5'
Osvaldo   47', 90+4'
Bagas   74'
Report
Attendance: 550
Referee: Clifford Daypuyat (Philippines)
Vietnam  2–2  Thailand
Nguyễn Tiến Linh   15', 72' (pen.) Report Supachai   5'
Suphanat   10'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Ismaeel Habib Ali (Bahrain)

Knockout stage edit

 
Semi-finalsGold medal match
 
      
 
December 7 – Manila
 
 
  Myanmar2
 
December 10 – Manila
 
  Indonesia (a.e.t.)4
 
  Indonesia0
 
December 7 – Manila
 
  Vietnam3
 
  Vietnam4
 
 
  Cambodia0
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
December 10 – Manila
 
 
  Myanmar (p)2 (5)
 
 
  Cambodia2 (4)

Semi-finals edit

Myanmar  2–4 (a.e.t.)  Indonesia
Aung Kaung Mann   79'
Win Naing Tun   80'
Report Evan   57', 113'
Egy   72'
Osvaldo   102'
Vietnam  4–0  Cambodia
Nguyễn Tiến Linh   20'
Hà Đức Chinh   25', 45+2', 69'
Report
Attendance: 5,100
Referee: Salman Falahi (Qatar)

Bronze medal match edit

Myanmar  2–2  Cambodia
Aung Kaung Mann   9'
Myat Kaung Khant   35'
Report Chanthea   1'
Sokpheng   71'
Penalties
5–4
Attendance: 512
Referee: Chen Hsin-chuan (Chinese Taipei)

Gold medal match edit

Indonesia  0–3  Vietnam
Report Đoàn Văn Hậu   39', 73'
Đỗ Hùng Dũng   59'
Attendance: 11,500
Referee: Majed Al-Shamrani (Saudi Arabia)

Winners edit

2019 SEA Games Men's Tournament
 
Vietnam
Second title

Goalscorers edit

There were 111 goals scored in 29 matches, for an average of 3.83 goals per match.

8 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Notes edit

  1. ^ Venue was changed to the Biñan Football Stadium from Imus Grandstand and Track Oval in Imus.[15]

Final ranking edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1   Vietnam 7 6 1 0 24 4 +20 19 Gold Medal
2   Indonesia 7 5 0 2 21 7 +14 15 Silver Medal
3   Myanmar 6 3 2 1 12 10 +2 11 Bronze Medal
4   Cambodia 6 2 2 2 12 10 +2 8 Fourth place
5   Thailand 5 3 1 1 17 4 +13 10 Eliminated in
group stage
6   Philippines (H) 4 2 1 1 9 4 +5 7
7   Singapore 5 1 1 3 7 6 +1 4
8   Malaysia 4 1 1 2 6 5 +1 4
9   Laos 5 1 1 3 4 12 −8 4
10   East Timor 4 0 0 4 2 18 −16 0
11   Brunei 5 0 0 5 0 31 −31 0
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts

See also edit

References edit

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