Football at the 1965 SEAP Games

Football
at the 1965 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games
Venue1 (in 1 host city)
Dates15 December - 21 December 1965
Nations5

The football tournament at the 1965 SEAP Games was held from 15 December to 21 December 1965 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Teams

Venues

Kuala Lumpur
Stadium Merdeka
Capacity: 25,000

Results

Group stage

Thailand 2–1 South Vietnam
Report
  • Nguyễn Ngọc Thanh 23'

Burma 1–0 Singapore

South Vietnam 5–1 Singapore
  • Nguyễn Văn Long 15', 41', 72'
  • Trần Chánh 32'
  • Quang Kim Phụng 78'
Report Omar 27'

Singapore withdrew from the event after their second match. Four teams were left in the competition and the remaining seven group matches were scratched. Burma, Malaysia, South Vietnam and Thailand all automatically qualified for the semi-finals.

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Thailand 2–0 South Vietnam
Report

Burma 2–0 Malaysia
  • Maung Myint (?)
  • Than Nwin (?)

Bronze medal match

Malaysia 0–2 South Vietnam
Report
  • Nguyễn Ngọc Thanh 30'
  • Đỗ Thới Vinh 36'

Gold medal match

Burma 2–2 (a.e.t)
(Title shared)
 Thailand
  • Aung Khin 60', 68'
Report
Referee: Patrick Nice (Malaysia)

Winners

 1965 SEAP Games Men's Tournament 

Burma

First title
 1965 SEAP Games Men's Tournament 

Thailand

First title

Final ranking

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1  Thailand 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 5 Gold Medal
2  Burma 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 5
3  South Vietnam 4 2 0 2 8 5 +3 4 Bronze Medal
4  Malaysia (H) 2 0 0 2 0 4 −4 0 Fourth place
5  Singapore 2 0 0 2 1 6 −5 0 Withdrew
Source:
(H) Hosts

Medal winners

Gold Silver Bronze
 Burma
 Thailand
None  South Vietnam

Goalscorers

There were 20 goals scored in 7 matches, for an average of 2.86 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

  • Myanmar Aung Khin
  • South Vietnam Nguyễn Ngọc Thanh

1 goal

  • Myanmar Maung Myint
  • Myanmar Than Nwin
  • Singapore Rahim Omar
  • South Vietnam Đỗ Thới Vinh
  • South Vietnam Quang Kim Phụng
  • South Vietnam Trần Chánh
  • Thailand Asdang Panikabutr
  • Thailand Vichit Yamboonruang
  • Thailand Yanyong Nanongkai

Notes

References