Vietnam rally past Thailand 3-2 after extra time to win SEA Games men’s football gold

Name: Vietnam rally past Thailand 3-2 after extra time to win SEA Games men’s football gold
Uploaded: 2025-12-18T19:25:04+07:00
Duration: 41 s
Description: Vietnam staged a dramatic comeback to defeat host Thailand 3-2 after extra time in the men’s football final at the 33rd SEA Games, securing their fourth gold medal in the competition.

By Hoang Nguyen DEC. 18, 2025

Vietnam staged a dramatic comeback to defeat host Thailand 3-2 after extra time in the men’s football final at the 33rd SEA Games, securing their fourth gold medal in the competition.

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Bangkok, Hanoi, Jakarta (GMT+7)

December 18/2025
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Vietnam win the gold medal!
Vietnam won their fourth SEA Games men's football gold medal after a stunning and remarkable 3-2 comeback against host Thailand!

Vietnam players receive SEA Games men's football gold medal in Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand. Pnoto by Duc Dong

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This will be the last play of the game and even goalkeeper Phosaman joined his teammates for this corner kick.

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Only one minute are added to this game.

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Only five minutes left for Thailand's effort to seek an equalizer. Vietnamese fans at Rajamangala Stadium and at home are holding their breath for the final whistle.

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The last 15 minutes begin
Vietnam made their last substitution after Minh Phuc had a muscle problem.

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First half of extra time ends
Vietnam are only 15 minutes away from winning gold after leading 3-2 in extra time.

Dinh Bac (number 7) in an aerial duel. Photo by Hieu Luong

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The first half of extra time only has two additional minutes.

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Thanh Nhan, who scored the third goal for Vietnam, was injured and replaced by Nguyen Quoc Viet.

Thanh Nhan (L) celebrates after scoring Vietnam's third goal. Photo by Duc Dong

Thanh Nhan (number 22) after scoring for Vietnam. Photo by Hieu Luong

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Vietnam score!
A great team play from Vietnam brought the lead! From Dinh Bac's effort on the left flank, he passed it to Thai Son, who found Van Thuan for the shot and goalkeeper Phosaman was forced to punch it out. However, Nguyen Thanh Nhan was there for the tap-in. 3-2 for Vietnam!

Vietnam rally past Thailand 3-2 after extra time to win SEA Games men’s football gold

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First half of extra time
Thailand have used up all of their substiutions while Vietnam still have two more.

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This is the third time in the last four SEA Games men's football final that Vietnam have reached. In the 2019 tournament in the Philippines and the 2022 tournament at home, the team won both of them after defeating Indonesia 3-0 and Thailand 1-0.

Thailand and Vietnam have met five times in the SEA Games final. Thailand won four of those matches. Meanwhile, Vietnam won 1-0 in 2022 thanks to a late header by Nham Manh Dung.

Up until tonight's men's football final, Vietnam had only won one match against Thailand at the SEA Games, but remained unbeaten in their last nine matches across all competitions at the U23 level.

Thailand haven't won a gold medal in men's football at the SEA Games since 2017. They reached the final twice, losing to Vietnam 0-1 in 2022 and Indonesia 3-5 in extra time in 2023. The task for coach Thawatchai Damrong-Ongtrakul's team is even more challenging as both the women's football and women's futsal teams failed to reach the finals, ruining their plan to win four football gold medals in this SEA Games.