Football at the 2025 SEA Games – Women's tournament final
 Chonburi Stadium in Chonburi will host the final | |||||||
| Event | Football at the 2025 SEA Games – Women's tournament | ||||||
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| After extra time Philippines won 6–5 on penalties | |||||||
| Date | 17 December 2025 | ||||||
| Venue | Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi | ||||||
| Referee | Rebecca Anne Durcau (Australia) | ||||||
| Weather | Partly cloudy 29 °C (84 °F) 56% humidity | ||||||
The 2025 SEA Games women's football gold medal match (Thai: การแข่งขันฟุตบอลหญิงชิงเหรียญทองซีเกมส์ 2568) was a football match to determine the winners of the women's football tournament at the 2025 SEA Games. The match was the twelfth final of the women's football tournament at the Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games), a biennial tournament contested by the women's national teams of the member associations of the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) to decide the SEA Games champions. The match took place at Chonburi Stadium in Chonburi, Thailand, on 17 December 2025.[1]
Background
This was Vietnam's eleventh Southeast Asian Games final, having lost both the 2007 and 2013 finals to Thailand. Overall, this was their eleventh major tournament final, having won 8 gold medals in 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2023 and currently the most gold medals in SEA Games women's football tournament in history.[2]
For the Philippines, this is their first ever appearance in the SEA Games final, having won over Thailand in the semifinals via a penalty shoot-out.[3][4] Their prior best result were bronze medals in 1985 and 2021. However, there were only three teams participated in the 1985 edition.[5]
Filipino goalkeeper Inna Palacios announced her retirement shortly prior to the final in a bid to encourage her teammates.[6]
Venue
The final was held at the Chonburi Stadium in Chonburi.
The stadium first opened in 2010, and it previously hosted the 2010 Thailand National Games. The stadium is currently used by a Thai football club Chonburi F.C. for Thai League 1 and AFC Cup (now AFC Champions League Two). On the 2012 AFC Cup, the football club used the stadium for all the matches to led the team until semi-finals.[7]
Route to the final
 Philippines
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Round |  Vietnam
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| Opponent | Result | Group stage | Opponent | Result |
 Myanmar
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1–2 | Match 1 |  Malaysia
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7–0 |
| Vietnam
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1–0 | Match 2 | Philippines
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0–1 |
| Malaysia
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6–0 | Match 3 | Myanmar
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2–0 |
| Group B runner-up
Advance to knockout stage |
Final standings | Group B winners
Advance to knockout stage | ||
| Opponent | Result | Knockout stage | Opponent | Result |
 Thailand
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1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p) |
Semi-finals |  Indonesia
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5–0 |
Match
Details
Nguyễn Thị Bích Thùy appeared to have scored first goal of the match for Vietnam in the 29th minute converting an assist from the right flank by Ngân Thị Vạn Sự but was overruled by the referee after Bích Thùy was judged to be offside.[8][9] Both teams failed to make a goal after regulation time which led to added extra time.
A penalty shootout was held to determine the gold medalists; with the first five players successfully making their respective penalties, the shootout went sudden death. Jaclyn Sawicki converted the Philippines' sixth attempt, but Olivia McDaniel denied Trần Thị Thu's penalty, sealing the Philippines' first-ever SEA Games football gold medal.[10]
| Philippines | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Vietnam |
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| Penalties | ||
| 6–5 |
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Match rules[11]
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Post-match
The Philippines' win resulted to their first-ever SEA Games football gold medal.[8] The women's tournament was historically dominated by Thailand and Vietnam.[12]
The disallowed goal in the first half was met with controversy. Vietnam coach Mai Đức Chung criticized the overall standard of officiating in the women's football tournament also remarking a disallowed penalty in a group stage match.[13] Assistant referee Chanthavong Phutsavan of Laos was flooded with angry reaction by Vietnamese fans on her social media posts.[14] The Asian Football Confederation reportedly acknowledged as a "serious mistake" saying it will be reviewed to prevent similar incidents in the future.[15]
See also
References
- ^ "03112025-Match-Schedule-33rd-SEA-Games-2025-Football-Futsal.pdf" (pdf). vff.org.vn. Vietnam Football Federation. 3 November 2025. p. 2. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
- ^ "Tuyển nữ Việt Nam vô địch SEA Games lần thứ 4 liên tiếp". Báo Công An Đà Nẵng (Đà Nẵng police newspaper) (in Vietnamese). cadn.com.vn. 15 May 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2025.
- ^ Naredo, Camille (14 December 2025). "SEAG: Filipinas beat Thailand in thriller, to play for gold medal". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 14 December 2025.
- ^ Terrado, Reuben (14 December 2025). "Filipinas beat Thais on penalties, make first-ever SEAG final". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved 14 December 2025.
- ^ Agcaoili, Lance (21 May 2022). "Filipinas make history anew with SEA Games football bronze". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 14 December 2025.
- ^ del Carmen, Lorenzo (19 December 2025). "SEA Games triumph marks perfect send-off for Inna Palacios". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
- ^ "ประวัติสโมสร" [Club History (Chonburi F.C.)]. katopar1330.wordpress.com. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ^ a b "Philippines women win historic SEA Games football gold". ESPN.com. 17 December 2025. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
- ^ Hoang Nguyen (17 December 2025). "Philippines beat Vietnam on penalties to win first-ever SEA Games women's football gold". VnExpress International. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
- ^ del Carmen, Lorenzo (17 December 2025). "Filipinas topple Vietnam in epic shootout to win SEA Games gold". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
- ^ "Technical Handbook (Football & Futsal): The 33rd SEA Games Thailand 2025" (PDF). nocindonesia.ap-south-1.linodeobjects.com. Southeast Asian Games Federation. p. 16.
- ^ "Filipinas win first-ever SEA Games gold, dethroning Vietnam". Philstar Life. 18 December 2025. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
- ^ "Refereeing controversies deepen chaos at SEA Games in Thailand". Tuoi tre News (in Vietnamese). 19 December 2025. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
- ^ Hoang Nguyen (18 December 2025). "Referee who disallowed Vietnam's legit goal in SEA Games women's final runs away from social media amid backlash". VnExpress International. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
- ^ Rajan, K. (19 December 2025). "Referee blunder costs Vietnam valid goal and gold in SEA Games final". New Straits Times. Retrieved 19 December 2025.