# 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.
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 | Sat 21 | Sun 22 | Sun 22 |
| Women | | | | G | G | G | | G | G | G | | | ½ | | | B | F | | |

## Venues

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

## Participating nations

* Cambodia
* Indonesia (W)
* Laos
* Myanmar
* Philippines
* Singapore
* Thailand
* Vietnam (host)
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 (W) 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 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| 3 | Cambodia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | −12 | 0 | |
| 4 | Indonesia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |
* ↑ On 15 April 2022, Indonesia announced that they will withdraw from the tournament.

### Group B

| 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 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| 3 | Singapore | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Laos | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0 | |

## Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 18 May – Quảng Ninh | 18 May – Quảng Ninh |
| Vietnam | 1 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 21 May – Quảng Ninh | 21 May – Quảng Ninh |
| Myanmar | 0 | 21 May – Quảng Ninh | 21 May – Quảng Ninh |
| Myanmar | 0 | Vietnam | 1 |
| 18 May – Quảng Ninh | 18 May – Quảng Ninh | | Vietnam | 1 |
| 18 May – Quảng Ninh | 18 May – Quảng Ninh | Thailand | 0 |
| Thailand | 3 | Thailand | 0 |
| Philippines | 0 | | |
| Philippines | 0 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | 21 May – Quảng Ninh | 21 May – Quảng Ninh |
| | | Myanmar | 1 |
| | | Philippines | 2 |

### Gold medal match
## Winners

* 2021 SEA Games Women's Tournament
* Vietnam Seventh title

## Goalscorers

There were 38 goals scored in 13 matches, for an average of 2.92 goals per match.
4 goals
* Win Theingi Tun
* Taneekarn Dangda
2 goals
* Khin Marlar Tun
* Sarina Bolden
* Quinley Quezada
* Chatchawan Rodthong
* Ploychompoo Somnuek
* Huỳnh Như
* Nguyễn Thị Tuyết Dung
* Nguyễn Thị Vạn
1 goal
* Tahnai Annis
* Anicka Castañeda
* Isabella Flanigan
* Eva Madarang
* Nur Izzati Rosni
* Irravadee Makris
* Kanyanat Chetthabutr
* Nutwadee Pram-nak
* Silawan Intamee
* Dương Thị Vân
* Ngân Thị Vạn Sự
* Phạm Hải Yến
* Trần Thị Thu
* Trần Thị Thùy Trang

## Final ranking

| 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 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 7 | Cambodia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | −12 | 0 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 8 | Indonesia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |