# Football at the 2021 SEA Games – Men's tournament

The men's football tournament at the 2021 SEA Games was held from 6 – 22 May 2022 in Vietnam. Ten Southeast Asian nations participated in the men's tournament. The group stage and semi-finals were played in Việt Trì and Nam Định, while Hanoi hosted the bronze and gold medal matches. Men's teams are restricted to under-23 players (born on or after 1 January 1999) with a maximum of three over-aged players allowed.
The tournament was won by Vietnam, who won their second title as a unified nation, having previously won it in 2019, and their third title in total, by beating Thailand 1–0 in the final. This victory also let Vietnam became the Gold Medal team that never concede any goal in the tournament for the first time since the 1979 tournament (and also the only team in U–23). Indonesia won the bronze medal after defeating Malaysia on penalties.

## Competition schedule

The following is the competition schedule for the men'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 | Sat 21 | Sun 22 | Sun 22 |
| Men | G | G | G | G | G | G | | G | G | G | G | | | ½ | | | | B | F |

## Venues

Three venues were used during the tournament, two of them outside of Hanoi at cities around Vietnam. Mỹ Đình National Stadium hosted the Bronze medal match and the Gold medal Match.
| Hà NộiPhú ThọNam ĐịnhFootball at the 2021 SEA Games – Men's tournament (Vietnam) | Hà Nội | Phú Thọ | Nam Định |
| Hà NộiPhú ThọNam ĐịnhFootball at the 2021 SEA Games – Men's tournament (Vietnam) | Mỹ Đình National Stadium | Việt Trì Stadium | Thiên Trường Stadium |
| Hà NộiPhú ThọNam ĐịnhFootball at the 2021 SEA Games – Men's tournament (Vietnam) | Capacity: 40,192 | Capacity: 16,000 | Capacity: 30,000 |

## Participating nations

* Cambodia
* Indonesia
* Laos
* Malaysia
* Myanmar
* Philippines
* Singapore
* Thailand
* Timor-Leste
* Vietnam (hosts)

## Draw

The draw for the tournament was held on 6 April 2022. 10 teams were seeded into 5 pots based on their performance in the previous two editions. The host, also the defending champion, Vietnam was automatically assigned into position A1. Thailand, as the champion in 2017, was assigned into position B1.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 | Pot 5 |
| Vietnam (H), (C) Thailand | Indonesia Malaysia | Myanmar Cambodia | Philippines Singapore | Laos East Timor |

## Squads

The men's tournament is an under-23 international tournament, with a maximum of three overage players allowed.

## Group stage
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Vietnam (H) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 10 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| 2 | Indonesia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 9 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| 3 | Myanmar | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 6 | |
| 4 | Philippines | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 4 | |
| 5 | East Timor | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Thailand | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 9 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| 2 | Malaysia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 8 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| 3 | Singapore | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 5 | |
| 4 | Cambodia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 4 | |
| 5 | Laos | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 1 | |

## Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 19 May – Phú Thọ | 19 May – Phú Thọ |
| Vietnam (a.e.t.) | 1 |
| Vietnam (a.e.t.) | 1 | 22 May – Hà Nội | 22 May – Hà Nội |
| Malaysia | 0 | 22 May – Hà Nội | 22 May – Hà Nội |
| Malaysia | 0 | Vietnam | 1 |
| 19 May – Nam Định | 19 May – Nam Định | | Vietnam | 1 |
| 19 May – Nam Định | 19 May – Nam Định | Thailand | 0 |
| Thailand (a.e.t.) | 1 | Thailand | 0 |
| Indonesia | 0 | | |
| Indonesia | 0 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | 22 May – Hà Nội | 22 May – Hà Nội |
| | | Malaysia | 1 (3) |
| | | Indonesia (p) | 1 (4) |

### Gold medal match
## Winners

* 2021 SEA Games Men's Tournament
* Vietnam Third title

## Goalscorers

There were 74 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 3.08 goals per match.
3 goals
* Witan Sulaeman
* Egy Maulana Vikri
* Hadi Fayyadh
* Luqman Hakim Shamsudin
* Win Naing Tun
* Jovin Bedic
* Patrik Gustavsson
2 goals
* Marselino Ferdinan
* Ekanit Panya
* Korawich Tasa
* Mouzinho
* Đỗ Hùng Dũng
* Nguyễn Tiến Linh
1 goal
* Choun Chanchav
* Im Somoun
* Ky Rina
* Sa Ty
* Sieng Chanthea
* Fachruddin Aryanto
* Ronaldo Kwateh
* Rizky Ridho
* Muhamad Ridwan
* Visith Bounpaserth
* Phouvieng Phounsavath
* Ekkamai Ratxachak
* Chony Waenpaseuth
* Danial Asri
* Syahir Bashah
* Faiz Amer Runnizar
* Aung Wunna Soe
* Htet Phyo Wai
* Lwin Moe Aung
* Soe Moe Kyaw
* Dennis Chung
* Oskari Kekkonen
* Christian Rontini
* Saifullah Akbar
* Jordan Emaviwe
* Glenn Kweh
* Shah Shahiran
* Harhys Stewart
* Chonnapat Buaphan
* Ben Davis
* Worachit Kanitsribampen
* Weerathep Pomphan
* Jaimito Soares
* Hồ Thanh Minh
* Lê Văn Đô
* Nguyễn Văn Tùng
* Nhâm Mạnh Dũng
1 own goal
* Anusak Jaiphet (against Malaysia)
* Anantaza Siphongphan (against Cambodia)
* At Viengkham (against Thailand)
* Harhys Stewart (against Thailand)

## Final ranking

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| 1 | Vietnam (H) | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 16 | Gold Medal |
| 2 | Thailand | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 12 | Silver Medal |
| 3 | Indonesia | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 10 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | Malaysia | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 9 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Myanmar | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 6 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 6 | Singapore | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 5 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 7 | Philippines | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 4 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 8 | Cambodia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 4 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 9 | Laos | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 1 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 10 | East Timor | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 0 | Eliminated in group stage |