# Football at the 2023 SEA Games – Women's tournament

The women's football tournament at the 2023 SEA Games was held from 3–15 May 2023 in Cambodia. Eight Southeast Asian nations participated in the women's tournament. All matches are played in Phnom Penh. There is no age limit for this tournament. Indonesia withdrew from the competition after the draw. Timor-Leste did not take part in the competition.
Vietnam made history by becoming the first nation to win the tournament four times in a row, and eight times in total, successfully defending their titles in 2017, 2019, and 2021, by beating Myanmar 2–0 in the final.

## Competition schedule

The following is the competition schedule for the football competitions:
| G | Group stage | ½ | Semifinals | B | 3rd place play-off | F | Final |
| Event | Sat 29 | Sun 30 | Mon 1 | Tue 2 | 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 | Mon 15 | Tue 16 | Tue 16 |
| Women | | | | | G | | | G | | | G | | | ½ | | | B | F | |

## Venues

Three venues were used during the tournament. Olympic Stadium hosted the Bronze medal match and the Gold medal Match.
| Phnom PenhFootball at the 2023 SEA Games – Women's tournament (Cambodia) |
| Phnom PenhFootball at the 2023 SEA Games – Women's tournament (Cambodia) | RCAF Old Stadium | RSN Stadium | Olympic Stadium |
| Phnom PenhFootball at the 2023 SEA Games – Women's tournament (Cambodia) | Capacity: 8,000 | Capacity: 5,000 | Capacity: 50,000 |

## Participating nations

* Cambodia (host)
* Indonesia (W)
* Laos
* Malaysia
* Myanmar
* Philippines
* Singapore
* Thailand
* Vietnam

## Draw

The draw for the tournament was held on 5 April 2023 at the Morodok Techo National Stadium. 9 teams were seeded into five pots based on their performance in the 2021 edition. The hosts were allocated in Pot 1. Indonesia withdrew after the draw.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 | Pot 5 |
| Cambodia (H) Vietnam (C) | Thailand Philippines | Myanmar Singapore | Laos | Indonesia (W) Malaysia |

## Squads

Unlike the men's tournament which is an under-22 international tournament, the women's football tournament is for senior national teams.

## Group stage

* All times are Cambodia Standard Time (UTC+7).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Vietnam | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 6 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| 2 | Myanmar | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| 3 | Philippines | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 6 | |
| 4 | Malaysia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 | |
| 5 | Indonesia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Thailand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | +13 | 9 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| 2 | Cambodia (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| 3 | Singapore | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 3 | |
| 4 | Laos | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 0 | |

## Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 12 May – Phnom Penh | 12 May – Phnom Penh |
| Vietnam | 4 |
| Vietnam | 4 | 15 May – Phnom Penh | 15 May – Phnom Penh |
| Cambodia | 0 | 15 May – Phnom Penh | 15 May – Phnom Penh |
| Cambodia | 0 | Vietnam | 2 |
| 12 May – Phnom Penh | 12 May – Phnom Penh | | Vietnam | 2 |
| 12 May – Phnom Penh | 12 May – Phnom Penh | Myanmar | 0 |
| Thailand | 2 | Myanmar | 0 |
| Myanmar | 4 | | |
| Myanmar | 4 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | 15 May – Phnom Penh | 15 May – Phnom Penh |
| | | Cambodia | 0 |
| | | Thailand | 6 |

### Gold medal match
## Goalscorers

There were 55 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 3.44 goals per match.
6 goals
* Jiraporn Mongkoldee
5 goals
* Saowalak Peng-ngam
3 goals
* San Thaw Thaw
* Orapin Waenngoen
* Huỳnh Như
2 goals
* Yon Yoeurn
* July Kyaw
* Win Theingi Tun
* Sarina Bolden
* Panittha Jeeratanapavibul
* Pattaranan Aupachai
* Nguyễn Thị Bích Thùy
* Nguyễn Thị Thanh Nhã
* Phạm Hải Yến
* Trần Thị Thùy Trang
1 goal
* Poeurn Kunthea
* Dalavone Sophapmixay
* Intan Sarah
* Khin Marlar Tun
* Myat Noe Khin
* Naw Htet Htet Wai
* Yu Per Khine
* Hali Long
* Nicole Lim
* Nur Izzati Rosni
* Nipawan Panyosuk
* Nualanong Muensri
* Thanchanok Jansri
* Ngân Thị Vạn Sự
1 own goal
* Jaciah Jumilis (against Vietnam)

## Final ranking

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| 1 | Vietnam | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 12 | Gold Medal |
| 2 | Myanmar | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 9 | Silver Medal |
| 3 | Thailand | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 4 | +17 | 12 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | Cambodia (H) | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 6 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Philippines | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 6 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 6 | Singapore | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 3 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 7 | Malaysia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 8 | Laos | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 0 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 9 | Indonesia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |