Football at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games – Men's tournament

2017 Southeast Asian Games
Men's Football Tournament
Tournament details
Host country	Malaysia
Dates	14–29 August 2017
Teams	11 (from 11 associations)
Venue(s)	4 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Thailand (16th title)
Runners-up	Malaysia
Third place	Indonesia
Fourth place	Myanmar
Tournament statistics
Matches played	29
Goals scored	79 (2.72 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Thanabalan Nadarajah; Aung Thu; Nguyễn Công Phượng; (4 goals each)

The men's football tournament at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games was held from 14 to 29 August in Malaysia in August 2017. In this tournament, all 11 Southeast Asian teams played in the men's competition.[1] In addition to the host city of Kuala Lumpur, matches were also played in Shah Alam and Selayang. Associations affiliated with FIFA might send teams to participate in the tournament. Men's teams were restricted to under-22 players (born on or after 1 January 1995).

Thailand won the tournament for the sixteenth time, since their victory in the 2015 Southeast Asian Games.[2]

Competition schedule

The following was the competition schedule for the men's football competitions:[1]

G	Group stage	½	Semifinals	B	3rd place play-off	F	Final

Mon 14	Tue 15	Wed 16	Thu 17	Fri 18	Sat 19	Sun 20	Mon 21	Tue 22	Wed 23	Thu 24	Fri 25	Sat 26	Sun 27	Mon 28	Tue 29
G	G	G	G	G		G	G	G	G	G		½			B	F

Participating nations

The following eleven teams participated for the competition.

Venues

Shah Alam Stadium, Selangor, venue for final matches.

The tournament was held in four venues across three cities:

Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam
UiTM Stadium, Shah Alam
UM Arena Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
Selayang Municipal Council Stadium, Selayang

The Kuala Lumpur Football Stadium was one of the original venue for the football tournament, until it was replaced by Selayang Municipal Council Stadium in July 2017 due to unsatisfactory conditions in the stadium renovations.[3] The Bukit Jalil National Stadium were also originally planned for the final matches before it was changed to Shah Alam Stadium due to several factors.[4]

Squads

The men's tournament was an under-22 international tournament (born on or after 1 January 1995), with a maximum of three overage players allowed, while there were no age restrictions on women's teams.[1]

Draw

The draw for the tournament was held on 8 July 2017, 10:00 MST (UTC+8), at the Renaissance Kuala Lumpur Hotel, Kuala Lumpur. The 11 teams in the men's tournament were drawn into two groups of five and six teams. The teams were seeded into four pots based on their performances in the previous Southeast Asian Games.[5][6]

The hosts Malaysia were automatically assigned into position A1, and the defending champions Thailand were automatically assigned into position B1.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Malaysia (assigned to A1) Thailand (assigned to B1)	Myanmar Vietnam	Indonesia Singapore	Cambodia Laos Philippines Timor-Leste Brunei

Group stage

All times are Malaysia Standard Time (UTC+8).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Malaysia (H)	4	4	0	10	4	+6	12	Semi-finals
2	Myanmar	4	3	1	12	4	+8	9	Semi-finals
3	Singapore	4	2	2	4	4	0	6
4	Laos	4	1	3	5	8	−3	3
5	Brunei	4	0	4	1	12	−11	0

Updated to match(es) played on 23 August 2017. Source: KL2017 Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(H) Host.

14 August 2017