Football at the 2017 SEA Games

Football at the 2017 SEA Games
Tournament details
Host countryMalaysia
Dates14–29 August
Teams11 (men) + 5 (women) (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Thailand (men; 16th title)[note 1]
 Vietnam (women; 5th title)
Runners-up Malaysia (men)
 Thailand (women)
Third place Indonesia (men)
 Myanmar (women)
Fourth place Myanmar (men)
 Philippines (women)
Tournament statistics
Matches played39
Goals scored119 (3.05 per match)
Top scorer(s)Malaysia Thanabalan Nadarajah
Myanmar Aung Thu
Vietnam Nguyễn Công Phượng (men; 4 goals each)
Myanmar Win Theingi Tun
(women; 6 goals)
2015
2019

The football tournament at the 2017 SEA Games was in Kuala Lumpur. In addition matches were played in Kuala Lumpur, Shah Alam and Selayang.[1]

Associations affiliated with FIFA might send teams to participate in the tournament. Men's teams were restricted to under-22 players (born on or after 1 January 1995) with a maximum of three overage players allowed, while there were no age restrictions on women's teams.

In the men's tournament, Thailand continued their title as a defending champion after they won their sixteenth SEA Games men's gold medal in the tournament by beating Malaysia with a score 1–0,[2] while Indonesia got bronze for the fourth time after beating Myanmar with a score 3–1.[3] Meanwhile, in the women's tournament, Vietnam pipped Thailand for their fifth SEA Games women's gold medal after they scored a 6–0 win over Malaysia in a round-robin format that subsequently gave them a superior goal difference.[4][5] Myanmar defended the bronze after losing to the two favourites: Vietnam and Thailand.[6]


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  1. ^ "KL 2017: Football". KL 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  2. ^ "KL2017: Thais make it three in a row". ASEAN Football Federation. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Thailand's reign continues, SEA Games heartbreak for Malaysia". Asian Football Confederation. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Vietnam edge Thailand for 2017 SEA Games women's football gold". Asian Football Confederation. 24 August 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  5. ^ "KL2017: Vietnam pip Thais to Women's Football Gold". ASEAN Football Federation. 24 August 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  6. ^ "KL2017: Myanmar retain women's football bronze". ASEAN Football Federation. 24 August 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.