Football at the 2025 SEA Games

Football at the 2025 SEA Games
Event details
Games	2025 SEA Games
Host country	Thailand
Dates	3–18 December
Venues	4 (in 3 host cities)
Competitors	368 from 9 nations
Men's tournament
Teams	9 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Medalists Gold   Vietnam Silver   Thailand Bronze   Malaysia
Women's tournament
Teams	7 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Medalists Gold   Philippines Silver   Vietnam Bronze   Thailand
Editions
← 2023 2027 →

The football tournament at the 2025 SEA Games were held from 3 to 18 December in Thailand. The men's matches were held in Bangkok and Chiang Mai city, while the women's matches was held in Chonburi. The draw took place in Bangkok on 19 October 2025. ^[1]

Associations affiliated with the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) might send teams to participate in the tournament. There were no age restrictions on women's teams. For men's teams, the age limit were under-22 (born on or after 1 January 2003) with no overage players being allowed like the 2023 tournament.

Vietnam were the four-time women's defending champions, but got defeated by the Philippines in the gold medal match. Indonesia were the men's defending champions but didn't get past in the group stage.

Competition schedule

The competition schedule was announced on 3 November 2025. ^[2] The final match schedule was confirmed by the AFF on 2 December 2025. ^{[3] [4]}

GS

Group stage

½

Semi-finals

B

Bronze medal match

F

Gold medal match

Date Event	Wed 3	Thu 4	Fri 5	Sat 6	Sun 7	Mon 8	Tue 9	Wed 10	Thu 11	Fri 12	Sat 13	Sun 14	Mon 15	Tue 16	Wed 17		Thu 18
Men	GS		GS	GS		GS			GS	GS			½				B	F
Women		GS	GS		GS	GS		GS	GS			½			B	F

Venues

A total of 4 venues in Thailand was used to host the football matches. Chiang Mai (the 1995 main venue) will host the men's group C match, Bangkok (the first time in Rajamangala Stadium, which before hosted in Supachalasai Stadium) will host the group A and B and knockout stages, while Chonburi will host the women's tournament. Notably, no matches will be played in Nakhon Ratchasima (venue of 2007), due to the city will host the Para Games the next year.

Originally, Tinsulanon Stadium in Songkhla was scheduled to hosted the Group B of men's tournament, but due to the floods caused by Cyclone Senyar, all group B matches have to move to Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok as replacement.

Men's tournament		Bangkok Chiang Mai Chonburi class=notpageimage| Location of the host cities of the football at the 2025 SEA Games.
Group A and B matches and Knockout Stage	Group C matches
Bangkok	Chiang Mai
Rajamangala Stadium [5]	700th Anniversary Stadium [6]
Capacity: 51,560	Capacity: 17,909
Women's tournament
Group Stage and Knockout Stage
Chonburi
IPE Chonburi Stadium [7]	Chonburi Stadium [7]
Capacity: 11,000	Capacity: 8,680

Participating nations

Nation	Men's	Women's	Athletes
Brunei			0
Cambodia			0
Indonesia			46
Laos			23
Malaysia			46
Myanmar			46
Philippines			46
Singapore			46
Thailand			46
Timor-Leste			23
Vietnam			46
Total: 9 NOCs	9/11	7/11	368/368

Men's tournament

Main article: Football at the 2025 SEA Games – Men's tournament

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Thailand (H)	2	2	0	0	9	1	+8	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Timor-Leste	2	1	0	1	4	7	−3	3
3	Singapore	2	0	0	2	1	6	−5	0

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Vietnam	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Malaysia	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	3
3	Laos	2	0	0	2	2	6	−4	0

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Philippines	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Indonesia	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	3
3	Myanmar	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	0

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Ranking of second-placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	B	Malaysia	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	3	Advance to knockout stage
2	C	Indonesia	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	3
3	A	Timor-Leste	2	1	0	1	4	7	−3	3

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Wins; 5) Lower disciplinary points total; 6) Drawing of lots.

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Gold medal match
	15 December – Bangkok
	Thailand	1
					18 December – Bangkok
	Malaysia	0
					Thailand	2
	15 December – Bangkok
					Vietnam (a.e.t.)	3
	Vietnam	2
	Philippines	0
					Bronze medal match
					18 December – Bangkok
					Philippines	1
					Malaysia	2

Women's tournament

Main article: Football at the 2025 SEA Games – Women's tournament

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Thailand (H)	2	2	0	0	10	0	+10	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Indonesia	2	1	0	1	3	9	−6	3
3	Singapore	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	0
4	Cambodia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

Source: Soccerway
(H) Hosts

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Vietnam	3	2	0	1	9	1	+8	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Philippines	3	2	0	1	8	2	+6	6
3	Myanmar	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
4	Malaysia	3	0	0	3	0	16	−16	0

Source: Soccerway

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Gold medal match
	14 December – Chonburi
	Thailand	1 (2)
					17 December – Chonburi
	Philippines (p)	1 (4)
					Philippines (p)	0 (6)
	14 December – Chonburi
					Vietnam	0 (5)
	Vietnam	5
	Indonesia	0
					Bronze medal match
					17 December – Chonburi
					Thailand	2
					Indonesia	0

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Thailand)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Vietnam  (VIE)	1	1	0	2
2	Philippines  (PHI)	1	0	0	1
3	Thailand  (THA)*	0	1	1	2
4	Malaysia  (MAS)	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 entries)		2	2	2	6

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's tournament details	Vietnam	Thailand	Malaysia
Women's tournament details	Philippines	Vietnam	Thailand

References

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