Football at the 2021 SEA Games – Women's tournament

The women's football tournament at the 2021 SEA Games was held from 9–21 May 2022 in Vietnam. Seven Southeast Asian nations participated in the women's tournament. All matches were played in Quảng Ninh. There was no age limit for this tournament. Indonesia withdrew from the competition after the draw. Malaysia withdrew from the competition before the draw. Timor-Leste did not take part in the competition.

2021 SEA Games
Women's Football Tournament
Tournament details
Host countryVietnam
Dates9–21 May 2022
Teams7 (from 7 associations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Vietnam (7th title)
Runners-up Thailand
Third place Philippines
Fourth place Myanmar
Tournament statistics
Matches played13
Goals scored38 (2.92 per match)
Top scorer(s)Myanmar Win Theingi Tun
Thailand Taneekarn Dangda
(4 goals each)
2019
2023

Vietnam won the tournament for the third time in a row, and the seventh time in total, successfully defending their titles in 2017 and 2019, by beating Thailand 1–0 in the final.

Competition schedule edit

The following is the competition schedule for the women's football competition:[1]

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
Women G G G G G G ½ B F

Venues edit

Football at the 2021 SEA Games – Women's tournament (Vietnam)
Quảng Ninh
Cẩm Phả Stadium
Capacity: 16,000

Participating nations edit

On 15 April 2022, Indonesia announced that they will withdraw from the tournament.[2]

Draw edit

The draw for the tournament will be held on 6 April 2022. 8 teams were seeded into 3 pots based on their performance in the previous two editions. The host, also the two time defending champion, Vietnam was automatically assigned into position A1. Thailand, as the runners-up in both of the previous two editions, was assigned into position B1.[1]

On 15 April 2022, Indonesia announced that they will withdraw from the tournament.[2]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
  Vietnam (H), (C)
  Thailand
  Myanmar
  Philippines
  Indonesia (W)
  Laos
  Singapore
  Cambodia

Squads edit

Unlike the men's tournament which is an under-23 international tournament, the women's football tournament is for senior national teams.

Group stage edit

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Vietnam (H) 2 2 0 0 9 1 +8 6 Advance to Semi-finals
2   Philippines 2 1 0 1 6 2 +4 3
3   Cambodia 2 0 0 2 0 12 −12 0
4   Indonesia[a] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
Source: FIFA
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ On 15 April 2022, Indonesia announced that they will withdraw from the tournament.[2]
Philippines  5–0  Cambodia
Report
Attendance: 5,120
Referee: Haruna Kanematsu (Japan)
Vietnam  2–1  Philippines
Report
Attendance: 16,100
Referee: Rebecca Durcau (Australia)
Cambodia  0–7  Vietnam
Report
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Anna Sidorova (Uzbekistan)

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Thailand 3 2 1 0 9 1 +8 7 Advance to Semi-finals
2   Myanmar 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7
3   Singapore 3 1 0 2 1 4 −3 3
4   Laos 3 0 0 3 0 9 −9 0
Source: FIFA
Myanmar  3–0  Laos
Report
Thailand  3–0  Singapore
Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Lê Thị Ly (Vietnam)
Laos  0–1  Singapore
Report
Referee: Esra'a Mahmoud (Jordan)
Thailand  1–1  Myanmar
Report
Referee: Sultanat Norouzi (Iran)
Singapore  0–1  Myanmar
Report
Referee: Esra'a Mahmoud (Jordan)
Laos  0–5  Thailand
Report

Knockout stage edit

 
Semi-finalsGold medal match
 
      
 
18 May – Quảng Ninh
 
 
  Vietnam1
 
21 May – Quảng Ninh
 
  Myanmar0
 
  Vietnam1
 
18 May – Quảng Ninh
 
  Thailand0
 
  Thailand3
 
 
  Philippines0
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
21 May – Quảng Ninh
 
 
  Myanmar1
 
 
  Philippines2

Semi-finals edit

Thailand  3–0  Philippines
Report
Attendance: 3,565
Referee: Rebecca Durcau (Australia)
Vietnam  1–0  Myanmar
Report
Attendance: 15,950
Referee: Haruna Kanematsu (Japan)

Bronze medal match edit

Myanmar  1–2  Philippines  
Report
Attendance: 11,635
Referee: Lê Thị Ly (Vietnam)

Gold medal match edit

  Vietnam  1–0  Thailand  
Report
Attendance: 16,020
Referee: Om Choki (Bhutan)

Winners edit

 2021 SEA Games Women's Tournament 
 
Vietnam
Seventh title

Goalscorers edit

There were 38 goals scored in 13 matches, for an average of 2.92 goals per match.

4 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Final ranking edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1   Vietnam (H) 4 4 0 0 11 1 +10 12 Gold Medal
2   Thailand 5 3 1 1 12 2 +10 10 Silver Medal
3   Philippines 4 2 0 2 8 6 +2 6 Bronze Medal
4   Myanmar 5 2 1 2 6 4 +2 7 Fourth place
5   Singapore 3 1 0 2 1 4 −3 3 Eliminated in
group stage
6   Laos 3 0 0 3 0 9 −9 0
7   Cambodia 2 0 0 2 0 12 −12 0
8   Indonesia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Originally to be played at 16:00, the match was postponed and rescheduled due to heavy rain.

References edit

  1. ^ a b Nhật Duy; Đăng Khoa. "Việt Nam và Thái Lan là hạt giống của SEA Games 31". Thanh Niên Online (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Ngọc Lê. "Tuyển nữ Indonesia rút khỏi SEA Games 31". Zing News (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 15 April 2022.