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.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Vietnam |
| Dates | 9–21 May 2022 |
| Teams | 7 (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 played | 13 |
| Goals scored | 38 (2.92 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Win Theingi Tun Taneekarn Dangda (4 goals each) |
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
The following is the competition schedule for the women's football competition:
| 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 | ||
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| Women | G | G | G | G | G | G | ½ | B | F | ||||||||||
Venues
Football at the 2021 SEA Games – Women's tournament (Vietnam) | Quảng Ninh |
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| Cẩm Phả Stadium | |
| Capacity: 16,000 |
Participating nations
On 15 April 2022, Indonesia announced that they will withdraw from the tournament.
Draw
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.
On 15 April 2022, Indonesia announced that they will withdraw from the tournament.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Vietnam (H), (C) Thailand | Myanmar Philippines |  Indonesia Laos Singapore Cambodia |
Squads
Unlike the men's tournament which is an under-23 international tournament, the women's football tournament is for senior national teams.
Group stage
Group A
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |
(H) Hosts
Notes:
| Philippines | 5–0 | Cambodia |
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| Vietnam | 2–1 | Philippines |
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| Indonesia | Cancelled | Philippines |
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| Cambodia | 0–7 | Vietnam |
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Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 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 |
| Myanmar | 3–0 | Laos |
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| Singapore | 0–1 | Myanmar |
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| Laos | 0–5 | Thailand |
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Knockout stage
| Semi-finals | Gold medal match | |||||
| 18 May – Quảng Ninh | ||||||
| Vietnam | 1 | |||||
| 21 May – Quảng Ninh | ||||||
| Myanmar | 0 | |||||
| Vietnam | 1 | |||||
| 18 May – Quảng Ninh | ||||||
| Thailand | 0 | |||||
| Thailand | 3 | |||||
| Philippines | 0 | |||||
| Bronze medal match | ||||||
| 21 May – Quảng Ninh | ||||||
| Myanmar | 1 | |||||
| Philippines | 2 | |||||
Semi-finals
| Thailand | 3–0 | Philippines |
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| Report |
Bronze medal match
| Myanmar | 1–2 | Philippines  |
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| Report |
Gold medal match
Winners
| 2021 SEA Games Women's Tournament |
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 Vietnam Seventh title |
Goalscorers
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
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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| 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 |