Football
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at the
2019 SEA Games
The 2019 Southeast Asian Games, officially known as the 30th Southeast Asian Games, or the 30th SEA Games, and commonly known as Philippines 2019, was the 30th edition of the Southeast Asian Games, a biennial regional multi-sport event which ...
were held across three venues in the Philippines; the
Rizal Memorial Stadium in
Manila,
Biñan Football Stadium in
Biñan,
Laguna
Laguna (Italian and Spanish for lagoon) may refer to:
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* Abe Laguna (born 1992), American DJ known as Ookay
* Andrés Laguna (1499–1559), Spanish physician, pharmacologist, and botanist
* Ana Laguna (born 1955), Spanish-Swedish ballet d ...
, 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
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tournaments, beating Indonesia and Thailand respectively. The
2019 SEA Games
The 2019 Southeast Asian Games, officially known as the 30th Southeast Asian Games, or the 30th SEA Games, and commonly known as Philippines 2019, was the 30th edition of the Southeast Asian Games, a biennial regional multi-sport event which ...
also witnessed surprisingly amazing performances of Cambodia football.
Participating nations
A total of 336 athletes from 11 nations were scheduled to participate (the numbers of athletes are shown in parentheses). 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.
Competition schedule
The 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.
Venues
The 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
Laguna (Italian and Spanish for lagoon) may refer to:
People
* Abe Laguna (born 1992), American DJ known as Ookay
* Andrés Laguna (1499–1559), Spanish physician, pharmacologist, and botanist
* Ana Laguna (born 1955), Spanish-Swedish ballet d ...
, 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
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, and
Carmona
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* Carmona District, Nandayure, a district in Guanacaste Province
India
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...
are also designated as practice venues for the participating teams.
[
All venues used ]artificial turf
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s which caused a lot of injuries for football players during the tournaments.
Men's competition
Group stage
*All times are Philippine Standard Time ( UTC+8).
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
Winners
Women's competition
Group stage
*All times are Philippine Standard Time ( UTC+8).
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
Winners
Medal summary
Medal table
Medalists
References
External links
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Southeast Asian Games
2019 SEA Games events
International association football competitions hosted by the Philippines
Southeast Asian Games