Football at the 2023 SEA Games – Women's tournament

2023 SEA Games
Women's Football Tournament
Tournament details
Host countryCambodia
Dates3–15 May
Teams8 (from 8 associations)
Venue(s)3 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Vietnam (8th title)
Runners-up Myanmar
Third place Thailand
Fourth place Cambodia
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored55 (3.44 per match)
Top scorer(s)Thailand Jiraporn Mongkoldee
(6 goals)
2021
2025

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.[1]

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

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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 Tue 16
Women G G G ½ B F

Venues

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Three venues were used during the tournament. Olympic Stadium hosted the Bronze medal match and the Gold medal Match.

Football at the 2023 SEA Games – Women's tournament (Cambodia)
RCAF Old Stadium RSN Stadium Olympic Stadium
Capacity: 8,000 Capacity: 5,000 Capacity: 50,000

Participating nations

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Draw

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The draw for the tournament was held on 5 April 2023 at the Morodok Techo National Stadium.[1] 9 teams were seeded into five pots based on their performance in the 2021 edition. The hosts were allocated in Pot 1.[2][3][4] Indonesia withdrew after the draw.[5]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5
 Cambodia (H)
 Vietnam (C)
 Thailand
 Philippines
 Myanmar
 Singapore
 Laos  Indonesia (W)
 Malaysia

Squads

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

Group stage

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Group A

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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
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
Source: FIFA
Vietnam 3–0 Malaysia
Attendance: 1,806
Philippines 0–1 Myanmar
Attendance: 847
Referee: Lara Lee (Australia)

Myanmar 1–3 Vietnam
Attendance: 1,568
Malaysia 0–1 Philippines
Attendance: 1,126

Vietnam 1–2 Philippines
Attendance: 1,658
Myanmar 5–1 Malaysia
Attendance: 432
Referee: Ranjita Devi Tekcham (India)

Group B

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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
3  Singapore 3 1 0 2 2 6 −4 3
4  Laos 3 0 0 3 1 10 −9 0
Source: FIFA
(H) Hosts
Thailand 4–0 Singapore
Attendance: 931
Cambodia 2–0 Laos
Attendance: 4,530

Laos 0–6 Thailand
Attendance: 1,028
Singapore 0–1 Cambodia
Attendance: 4,725
Referee: Mahnaz Zokaee (Iran)

Singapore 2–1 Laos
Cambodia 0–3 Thailand
Attendance: 5,525

Knockout stage

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Semi-finalsGold medal match
 
      
 
12 May – Phnom Penh
 
 
 Vietnam4
 
15 May – Phnom Penh
 
 Cambodia0
 
 Vietnam2
 
12 May – Phnom Penh
 
 Myanmar0
 
 Thailand2
 
 
 Myanmar4
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
15 May – Phnom Penh
 
 
 Cambodia0
 
 
 Thailand6

Semi-finals

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Vietnam 4–0 Cambodia
Attendance: 9,849
Referee: Mahnaz Zokaee (Iran)
Thailand 2–4 Myanmar
Attendance: 607
Referee: Lara Lee (Australia)

Bronze medal match

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Cambodia 0–6 Thailand
Attendance: 1,107
Referee: Tian Jin (China)

Gold medal match

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Vietnam 2–0 Myanmar
Attendance: 5,063
Referee: Plong Pichakara (Cambodia)

Goalscorers

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There were 55 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 3.44 goals per match.

6 goals

5 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Final ranking

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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
7  Malaysia 3 0 0 3 1 9 −8 0
8  Laos 3 0 0 3 1 10 −9 0
9  Indonesia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Ngay, Nai (5 April 2023). "Cambodia to miss Thailand, Vietnam in football group stage - Khmer Times". Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  2. ^ Pedralvez, Bong (4 April 2023). "Draw for Cambodia football tourney today". Malaya Business Insight. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  3. ^ "SEA Games 2023: Draws to be made on 5 April for men and women's football". Cambodia 2023. 2 April 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  4. ^ "ช้างศึก-ชบาแก้ว อยู่โถ 2 บอลซีเกมส์ จับสลากเย็นวันนี้" [Changsuek and Chaba Kaew in Pot 2 for SEA Games football draw tonight]. PPTVHD36 (in Thai). PPTV. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Indonesian women's team withdraws from SEA Games 32". VietnamPlus. Vietnam News Agency. 7 April 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2023.