Football at the 2025 SEA Games – Women's tournament

The women's football tournament at the 2025 SEA Games (Thai: การแข่งขันฟุตบอลหญิงซีเกมส์ 2568) was held from 4 to 17 December 2025.[1] It was the fourteenth edition of the women's SEA Games football tournament.

2025 Women's SEA Games Football Tournament
Tournament details
Host countryThailand
Dates4–17 December
Teams7 (from 7 associations)
Venues2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Philippines (1st title)
Runners-up Vietnam
Third place Thailand
Fourth place Indonesia
Tournament statistics
Matches played13
Goals scored45 (3.46 per match)
Top scorer(s)Thailand Jiraporn Mongkoldee
Vietnam Nguyễn Thị Bích Thùy
Vietnam Phạm Hải Yến
(4 goals each)
2023
2027

Vietnam are the four-time defending champions, having won the last four editions, but failed to secured their fifth title to Philippines, their first ever gold medal. And with Thailand, this is the first time ever they failed to achieved gold medal in their home soil.

Schedule

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The schedule will be as follows.

GGroup stage ½Semi-finals BBronze medal match FGold medal match
Thu 4Fri 5Sat 6Sun 7Mon 8Tue 9Wed 10Thu 11Fri 12Sat 13Sun 14Mon 15Tue 16Wed 17
GSGSGSGSGSGSSFBF

Venues

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Squads

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The women's tournament will be a full sub-confederational tournament with no restrictions on age. Each team had to submit a squad of 23 players, two of whom had to be goalkeepers. Each team could also name a list of four alternate players, who could replace any player in the squad in case of injury during the tournament.[3]

Draw

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The draw for the tournament was held on 19 October 2025, 13:15 ICT (UTC+7), at the Devalux Resort & Spa in Bangkok, Thailand.

The 8 teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. The hosts Thailand were automatically seeded into Pot 1 and assigned to position A1 while the remaining teams were seeded into their respective pots based on their previous results.

Cambodia originally were drawn to Group A but withdrew citing safety reasons raised by Cambodian officials.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Group stage

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The competing countries will be divided into two groups of four teams, denoted as groups A and B. Teams in each group played one another in a round-robin basis, with the top two teams of each group advancing to the semi-finals.

All times are local, ICT (UTC+7).

Tiebreakers

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The ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows:[3]

  1. Points obtained in all group matches (three points for a win, one for a draw, none for a defeat);
  2. Goal difference in all group matches;
  3. Number of goals scored in all group matches;
  4. Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
  5. Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
  6. Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
  7. Fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction could be applied to a player in a single match):
    • Yellow card: −1 point;
    • Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points;
    • Direct red card: −4 points;
    • Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points;
  8. Drawing of lots.

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Thailand (H) 2 2 0 0 10 0 +10 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Indonesia 2 1 0 1 3 9 6 3
3  Singapore 2 0 0 2 1 5 4 0
4  Cambodia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
Source: Soccerway
(H) Hosts
Thailand 8–0 Indonesia
Report
Referee: Azusa Sugino (Japan)

Singapore 1–3 Indonesia
Report
Referee: Esra'a Almbaidin (Jordan)

Thailand 2–0 Singapore
Report
Referee: Rebecca Durcau (Australia)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Vietnam 3 2 0 1 9 1 +8 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Philippines 3 2 0 1 8 2 +6 6
3  Myanmar 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6
4  Malaysia 3 0 0 3 0 16 16 0
Source: Soccerway
Myanmar 2–1 Philippines
Report
Referee: Sunita Thongthawin (Thailand)
Vietnam 7–0 Malaysia
Report
Referee: Rawdha Almansoori (United Arab Emirates)

Malaysia 0–3 Myanmar
Report
Referee: Alesar Baddour (Syria)
Philippines 1–0 Vietnam
Report
Referee: Gulshoda Saidqulova (Uzbekistan)

Philippines 6–0 Malaysia
Report
Referee: Sunita Thongthawin (Thailand)
Vietnam 2–0 Myanmar
Report
Referee: Esra'a Almbaidin (Jordan)

Knockout stage

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In the knockout stage, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time, extra time was played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner.

Bracket

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Semi-finalsGold medal match
 
      
 
14 December – Chonburi
 
 
 Thailand1 (2)
 
17 December – Chonburi
 
 Philippines (p)1 (4)
 
 Philippines (p)0 (6)
 
14 December – Chonburi
 
 Vietnam0 (5)
 
 Vietnam5
 
 
 Indonesia0
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
17 December – Chonburi
 
 
 Thailand2
 
 
 Indonesia0

Semi-finals

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Vietnam 5–0 Indonesia
Report
Referee: Alesar Baddour (Syria)

Thailand 1–1 (a.e.t.) Philippines
Report
Penalties
2–4
Referee: Esra'a Almbaidin (Jordan)

Bronze medal match

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Thailand 2–0 Indonesia
Report
Referee: Gulshoda Saitkulova (Uzbekistan)

Gold medal match

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Statistics

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Final ranking

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As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1  Philippines 5 2 2 1 9 3 +6 8 Gold medal
2  Vietnam 5 3 1 1 14 1 +13 10 Silver medal
3  Thailand 4 3 1 0 13 1 +12 10 Bronze medal
4  Indonesia 4 1 0 3 3 16 13 3 Fourth place
5  Myanmar 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6 Eliminated in
group stage
6  Singapore 2 0 0 2 1 5 4 0
7  Malaysia 3 0 0 3 0 16 16 0
Source: SEA Games

See also

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References

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  1. "SEA GAMES 2025- WOMEN'S Football - Draw Pots". ASEAN Football. 19 October 2025. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
  2. 1 2 ส่องสนามแข่งซีเกมส์2025 กทม.-ชลบุรี-สงขลาจัดกีฬาไหนบ้าง? [Exploring the 2025 SEA Games Venues: Which Sports Will Be Hosted in Bangkok, Chonburi, and Songkhla?]. Matichon (in Thai). 22 February 2025. Archived from the original on 22 February 2025. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Technical Handbook (Football & Futsal): The 33rd SEA Games Thailand 2025" (PDF). nocindonesia.ap-south-1.linodeobjects.com. Souteast Asian Games Federation.
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