Football at the 2019 SEA Games
Football at the 2019 SEA Games were held across three venues in the Philippines; the Rizal Memorial Stadium in Manila, Biñan Football Stadium in Biñan, Laguna, and the City of Imus Grandstand, Imus for the men's tournament. The women's tournament was held in Manila and Biñan.
Vietnam won gold in both men's and women's tournaments, beating Indonesia and Thailand respectively. The 2019 SEA Games also witnessed surprisingly amazing performances of Cambodia football.
Participating nations
A total of 336 athletes from 11 nations were scheduled to participate. Teams from Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and hosts the Philippines entered both the men's and women's competition. All other teams played in men's tournament.| Nation | Men's | Women's | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Brunei|2021|yanaCompetition scheduleThe men's tournament is being held from November 25 to December 10, 2019 while the women's tournament was held from November 26 to December 8, 2019.
VenuesThe men's tournament is primarily held in the Rizal Memorial Stadium in Manila. Individual seats and roofing were installed in the spectator's area outside the main grandstand for the Manila stadium. The Biñan Football Stadium in Biñan, Laguna, which hosted select men's football group matches, was the main venue for the women's tournament's group stage, with the latter matches played at Manila as well.Aside from the two venues, the University of Makati Stadium as well as the pitches at the University of the Philippines, Far Eastern University Diliman, and Carmona are also designated as practice venues for the participating teams. All venues used artificial turfs which caused a lot of injuries for football players during the tournaments.
Men's competitionGroup stage
Group AGroup BKnockout stageWomen's competitionGroup stage
Group AGroup BKnockout stage |
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