The football tournament at the 1959 SEAP Games was held from 13 December to 17 December 1959 in Bangkok, Thailand.

Football
at the 1959 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games
1961 →
The South Vietnam team winning gold at the 1959 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games

Results

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Group stage

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  South Vietnam 3 2 0 1 8 2 +6 4
  Thailand 3 2 0 1 8 7 +1 4
  Malaya 3 2 0 1 5 5 0 4
  Burma 3 0 0 3 3 10 –7 0

* It is not certain whether goal difference or goal average was used to determine the finalists. Both methods gave the same results.

Malaya  2–1  Burma
South Vietnam  4–0  Thailand

South Vietnam  3–0  Burma
Thailand  3–1  Malaya

Malaya  2–1  South Vietnam
Thailand  5–2  Burma

Final

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South Vietnam  3–1  Thailand
Đỗ Thới Vinh   21'
Đỗ Quang Thách   40–45'
Lê Văn Tỉ   2nd half'[1]
Report Sathan   31'

Winners

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 1959 SEAP Games Men's Tournament 
 
South Vietnam

First title

Final ranking

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1   South Vietnam 4 3 0 1 11 3 +8 6 Gold Medal
2   Thailand (H) 4 2 0 2 9 10 −1 4 Silver Medal
3   Malaya 3 2 0 1 5 5 0 4 Bronze Medal
4   Burma 3 0 0 3 3 10 −7 0 Fourth place
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts

Medal winners

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Gold Silver Bronze
  South Vietnam   Thailand   Malaya
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's football   South Vietnam
Pham Van Rang
Tran Van Nhung
Nguyen Van Cut
Le Van Ho
Lam Van Bon
Do Thoi Vinh
Tran Van Con
Tran Van Duc
Le Van Ti
Nguyen Ngoc Thanh
Pham Van Hieu
Tran Ba Ty
Nguyen Van Tu
Ha Tam
Do Quang Thach
Ly Van Ron
  Thailand
Anurat Nakorn
Chalor Satayalaksana
Kasem Narongdej
Prathet Sutabutra
Prem Srichakra
Suchata Mutugun
Suphot Phanich
Vichit Yamboonruang
Vichai Ratanakironavara
Sunthan Suriyakham
Anusit Suwananetr
Samruay Chaiyonk
Chockchai Suvaree
Dhamanoon Nakvilai
Bamphen Luttimont
Prasan Suwanasith
Sawang Changchin
Sukit Chitranukroh
Suraphol Chaichareon
Wanchai Suvaree
Visutr Neeladanuvongs
  Malaya
Sexton Lourdes
Ng Mun Keai
Cheah Cheng Kok
Tang Choong Hing
R. Anthony
M. Joseph
Abdul Ghani Minhat
P.A. Gunasegaram
Ng Boon Bee
Yusoff Bakar
Ahmad Nazari
Mok Wai Hoong
Edwin Dutton
Wong Kam Seng
Arthur Koh
Robert Choe
S. Govindaraju
Stanley Gabriel

Note: There was no bronze medal match. It is unknown if Malaya were awarded the bronze medal as they finished third in the group. A photo of the award ceremony shown three players but only Vietnamese and Thai players are identified.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ According to some sources, attacker Hà Tam is the one who scores the 3rd goal for South Vietnam.
  2. ^ "SEA Games vừa ra đời, Việt Nam 2 lần thắng Thái Lan sớm vô địch bóng đá". 21 November 2019.