# Football at the 2001 SEA Games

The football tournament at the 2001 SEA Games was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It included a men's tournament, and was also the fourth Southeast Asian Games to include a women's tournament, but the first permanently. The men's competition was held from 1 to 15 September 2001, while the women's tournament was held from 4 to 14 September 2001. The men's tournament was the first of the Southeast Asian Games to have an age limit, and has been played by U-23 (under 23 years old) national teams since then, while the women's tournament has no age limit. All matches were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

## Venues

| Kuala Lumpur | Kuala Lumpur | Shah Alam | Petaling Jaya |
| Bukit Jalil National Stadium | KLFA Stadium | Shah Alam Stadium | MPPJ Stadium |
| Capacity: 100,000 | Capacity: 18,000 | Capacity: 80,000 | Capacity: 25,000 |

## Medal winners

| Division | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's Division | Thailand | Malaysia | Myanmar |
| Women's Division | Vietnam | Thailand | Myanmar |

## Men's tournament
### Participants

* Brunei
* Cambodia
* Indonesia
* Laos
* Malaysia
* Myanmar
* Singapore
* Thailand
* Vietnam

### Group stage
#### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Thailand | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | +11 | 12 |
| Myanmar | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 7 |
| Singapore | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 6 |
| Laos | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 3 |
| Cambodia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 14 | −14 | 1 |

#### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Malaysia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 9 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 6 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 |
| Brunei | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 19 | −18 | 0 |

### Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 13 September | 13 September |
| Thailand (g.g.) | 2 |
| Thailand (g.g.) | 2 | 15 September | 15 September |
| Indonesia | 1 | 15 September | 15 September |
| Indonesia | 1 | Thailand | 1 |
| 13 September | 13 September | | Thailand | 1 |
| 13 September | 13 September | Malaysia | 0 |
| Malaysia | 1 | Malaysia | 0 |
| Myanmar | 0 | | |
| Myanmar | 0 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 15 September | 15 September |
| | | Indonesia | 0 |
| | | Myanmar | 1 |

#### Final match
### Winners

* 2001 SEA Games Men's Tournament
* Thailand Tenth title

### Final ranking

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| 1 | Thailand | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 18 | Gold Medal |
| 2 | Malaysia (H) | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 12 | Silver Medal |
| 3 | Myanmar | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 10 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | Indonesia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 6 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Singapore | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 6 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 6 | Vietnam | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 7 | Laos | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 3 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 8 | Cambodia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 14 | −14 | 1 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 9 | Brunei | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 19 | −18 | 0 | Eliminated in group stage |

## Women's tournament
### Participants

* Indonesia
* Malaysia
* Myanmar
* Philippines
* Singapore
* Thailand
* Vietnam

### Group stage
#### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Thailand | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 7 |
| Myanmar | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 7 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 3 |
| Philippines | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 |

#### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Vietnam | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | +11 | 6 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 3 |
| Singapore | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 |

### Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 12 September | 12 September |
| Thailand | 2 |
| Thailand | 2 | 14 September | 14 September |
| Indonesia | 0 | 14 September | 14 September |
| Indonesia | 0 | Vietnam | 4 |
| 12 September | 12 September | | Vietnam | 4 |
| 12 September | 12 September | Thailand | 0 |
| Vietnam (p) | 1 (6) | Thailand | 0 |
| Myanmar | 1 (5) | | |
| Myanmar | 1 (5) | Third place | Third place |
| | | 14 September | 14 September |
| | | Myanmar | 3 |
| | | Indonesia | 0 |

#### Gold medal match
### Winners

* 2001 SEA Games Women's Tournament
* Vietnam First title

### Final ranking

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| 1 | Vietnam | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | +15 | 10 | Gold Medal |
| 2 | Thailand | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 10 | Silver Medal |
| 3 | Myanmar | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 11 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | Indonesia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 3 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Malaysia (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 3 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 6 | Philippines | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 7 | Singapore | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 | Eliminated in group stage |