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


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

Competition schedule

The following was the competition schedule for the men's football competitions:
GGroup stage½SemifinalsB3rd place play-offFFinal

Participating nations

The following eleven teams participated for the competition.
The tournament was held in four venues across three cities:
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. 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.

Squads

The men's tournament was an under-22 international tournament, with a maximum of three overage players allowed, while there were no age restrictions on women's teams.

Draw

The draw for the tournament was held on 8 July 2017, 10:00 MST, 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.
The hosts Malaysia were automatically assigned into position A1, and the defending champions Thailand were automatically assigned into position B1.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4







Group stage

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Winners

Goalscorers

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