Football at Southeast Asian Games 2023: Format, groups, full schedule and where to watch live

The Southeast Asian Games 2023 will be held from May 5 to 17 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Also known as the SEA Games, the 32nd edition of the biennial multi-sport event will feature 11 nations competing in 37 sports.

This will be the first time Cambodia will be hosting the SEA Games, which will have 581 events - 304 for men, 229 for women and 48 mixed. The programme includes two football tournaments - one each for men and women.

The men’s football tournament, featuring 10 nations, will be only for Under-22 players.

The teams have been divided into two groups of five teams each. After the group stages, the top two teams from each group will progress to the semi-finals. The two losing semi-finalists will play in the bronze medal match while the winning teams from the last four will battle it out in the final.

Southeast Asian Games 2023: Men’s football groups and venues

In the men’s football tournament, the group games will be hosted at two venues - the Olympic National Stadium and the Prince Stadium. The semi-finals and both medal matches will be played at the Olympic National Stadium.

Group A: Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Philippines, Timor-Leste

Group B: Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Laos

Southeast Asian Games 2023: Women’s football groups and venues

The women’s football tournament will feature eight senior national teams divided into two groups of four. Similar to the men’s format, the top two teams from the two groups will advance to the last four with the losing teams playing the bronze medal match while the winning teams advance to the final.

Three venues - the Army Stadium, the Smart RSN Stadium and the Olympic National Stadium - will host all the women’s matches.

Group A: Vietnam, Philippines, Myanmar, Malaysia

Group B: Cambodia, Thailand, Singapore, Laos

The men’s football tournament at the 2023 SEA Games will start on April 29, a week before the official opening ceremony, and run till May 16. The women’s event will be played from May 3 to 15.

Vietnam are the defending champions in both the men’s and women’s division, having won the gold medals at the last edition in Hanoi.

Thailand are the most successful team in SEA Games men’s football with 16 gold medals while Vietnam dominate the women’s category with seven golds.

Where to watch football matches at the Southeast Asian Games 2023 live

The host broadcaster in Cambodia is Cambodia Sports Television (CSTV).

Matches in Singapore will be available to watch on their dedicated mewatch channels for the SEA Games.

In Thailand, SEA Games coverage is via the TV Pool 3HD, 5HD, 7HD, MCOT HD, NBT2HD, GMM25, PPTV HD and T Sports.

More information to follow when available.

SEA Games 2023: Men’s football schedule and live match start times

All times in Indochina Time (ICT). ICT is one hour behind MYT (Malaysia Time).

April 29, Saturday

Group A: Indonesia vs Philippines - 4:00 PM

Group A: Cambodia vs Timor-Leste - 7:00 PM

April 30, Sunday

Group B: Thailand vs Singapore - 4:00 PM

Group B: Vietnam vs Laos - 7:00 PM

May 2, Tuesday

Group A: Myanmar vs Timor-Leste - 4:00 PM

Group A: Philippines vs Cambodia - 7:00 PM

May 3, Wednesday

Group B: Singapore vs Vietnam - 4:00 PM

Group B: Malaysia vs Laos - 7:00 PM

May 4, Thursday

Group A: Indonesia vs Myanmar - 4:00 PM

Group A: Timor-Leste vs Philippines - 7:00 PM

May 6, Saturday

Group B: Thailand vs Malaysia - 4:00 PM

Group B: Laos vs Singapore - 7:00 PM

May 7, Sunday

Group A: Timor-Leste vs Indonesia - 4:00 PM

Group A: Myanmar vs Cambodia - 7:00 PM

May 8, Monday

Group B: Laos vs Thailand - 4:00 PM

Group B: Malaysia vs Vietnam - 7:00 PM

May 10, Wednesday

Group A: Philippines vs Myanmar - 4:00 PM

Group A: Cambodia vs Indonesia - 7:00 PM

May 11, Thursday

Group B: Singapore vs Malaysia - 4:00 PM

Group B: Vietnam vs Thailand - 7:00 PM

May 13, Saturday

Semi-final 1 - Indonesia vs Vietnam - 4:00 PM

Semi-final 2 - Thailand vs Myanmar - 8:00 PM

May 16, Tuesday

Bronze medal match - Vietnam vs Myanmar - 4:00 PM

Gold medal match - Indonesia vs Thailand - 7:30 PM

SEA Games 2023: Women’s football schedule and live match start times

All times in Indochina Time (ICT). ICT is one hour behind MYT (Malaysia Time).

May 3, Wednesday

Group A: Vietnam vs Malaysia - 4:00 PM

Group B: Thailand vs Singapore - 4:00 PM

Group A: Philippines s Myanmar - 8:00 PM

Group B: Cambodia vs Laos - 8:00 PM

May 6, Saturday

Group A: Myanmar vs Vietnam - 4:00 PM

Group B: Laos vs Thailand - 4:00 PM

Group A: Malaysia vs Philippines - 8:00 PM

Group B: Singapore vs Cambodia - 8:00 PM

May 9, Tuesday

Group A: Vietnam vs Philippines - 4:00 PM

Group A: Myanmar vs Malaysia - 4:00 PM

Group B: Singapore vs Laos - 8:00 PM

Group B: Cambodia vs Thailand - 8:00 PM

May 12, Friday

Semi-final 1 - Vietnam vs Cambodia - 4:00 PM

Semi-final 2 - Myanmar vs Thailand - 4:00 PM

May 15, Monday

Bronze medal match - Thailand vs Cambodia - 4:00 PM

Gold medal match - Vietnam vs Myanmar - 7:30 pm