The 2025 SEA Games women's football gold medal match () 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.
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.
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. Their prior best result were bronze medals in 1985 and 2021. However, there were only three teams participated in the 1985 edition.
Filipino goalkeeper Inna Palacios announced her retirement shortly prior to the final in a bid to encourage her teammates.
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.
Route to the final Round Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result Match 1 Match 2 Match 3 Group B runner-up Final standingsGroup B winners Opponent Result Knockout stage Opponent Result Semi-finals
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. 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. <onlyinclude>
GK 1 Olivia McDanielDF 3 Jessika Cowart DF 5 Hali Long (c)DF 13Angela BeardDF 16 Sofia Harrison Wunsch MF 6 Jaclyn Sawicki MF 8Sara Eggesvik MF 15Isabella Pasion MF 19 Alessandrea Carpio MF 23 Alexa Pino FW 21Mallie RamirezSubstitutes:DF 9 Ariana Markey DF 7 Jael-Marie Guy DF 2 Malea Cesar DF 20 Janae DeFazio FW 10 Megan Murray FW 14 Meryll Serrano Manager: Mark Torcaso GK 14 Trần Thị Kim ThanhDF 2 Lương Thị Thu Thương DF 5 Hoàng Thị LoanDF 13 Lê Thị Diễm MyDF 15Trần Thị DuyênDF 18Cù Thị Huỳnh NhưMF 11Thái Thị Thảo MF 19 Nguyễn Thị Thanh NhãMF 21 Ngân Thị Vạn Sự MF 23Nguyễn Thị Bích Thùy FW 12 Phạm Hải Yến (c) Substitutes:DF 6 Trần Thị Thu FW 9 Huỳnh Như DF 10 Trần Thị Hải Linh FW 7 Ngọc Minh Chuyên MF 8 Nguyễn Thị Trúc Hương Manager:Mai Đức Chung
Assistant referees: Chanthavong Phutsavan (Laos) Kristina Bersenyova (Turkmenistan) Fourth official: Alesar Baddour (Syria)
Post-match The Philippines' win resulted to their first-ever SEA Games football gold medal. The women's tournament was historically dominated by Thailand and Vietnam.
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. Assistant referee Chanthavong Phutsavan of Laos was flooded with angry reaction by Vietnamese fans on her social media posts. The Asian Football Confederation reportedly acknowledged as a "serious mistake" saying it will be reviewed to prevent similar incidents in the future.
See also Football at the 2025 SEA Games – Men's tournament final
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