Sea Game Football Final
Indonesia and vietnam will square off for the 2019 sea games men s football gold after seeing off their respective semi final opponents in contrasting fashion on saturday.
Sea game football final. Since the 2017 southeast asian games the age limit for men s teams is under 22. All eleven southeast asian teams played in the men s competition. Indonesia needed extra time to overcome a fighting myanmar 4 2 while vietnam strolled to a 4 0 win over surprise semi finalists cambodia. 27 aug 2017 time.
From the 2001 southeast asian games to the 2015 southeast asian games the age limit for men s teams was under 23 plus up to three over aged players for each squad. Men s teams were restricted to under 22 players. 9 00 am singapore time delay. The men s football tournament at the 2019 southeast asian games was held from 25 november to 10 december 2019 in the philippines.
Thailand were the defending champions but were eliminated in the group stage. Vietnam won their first title as unified country having won the gold medal in 1959 as south vietnam. Hà nội the dreams of millions of vietnamese football fans came true after decades of hurt and false dawns tonight as the men s team won their first ever gold medal at the southeast asian games. Vietnam cruised their way to the southeast asian games men s football with a routine 3 0 win in the final over indonesia in manila.
Matches were played in manila biñan and imus. The malaysian fa fam and the 2017 kuala lumpur malaysia sea games organising committee masoc have finally revealed the complete fixtures and venue list for the men s football tournament. Football has been part of the southeast asian games sport since the 1959 edition. A chenrop samphaodi header in the fifth minute of injury time gave thailand a 1 0 victory over myanmar on saturday and a ticket to the sea games men s football final.
The u22 team made history by thrashing indonesia 3 0 in the final at the rizal memorial stadium in manila the philippines.