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The football tournament at the 1979 SEA Games was held from 22 to 30 September in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Teams

Brunei and the Philippines did not enter. Kampuchea (then name for Cambodia), Laos and Vietnam did not participate at the Southeast Asian Games.

•  Burma
•  Indonesia
•  Malaysia
•  Singapore
•  Thailand

Tournament

The competition was played in a round robin format with the five participating teams; first and second place would then play off for the gold medal.

Round robin

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Malaysia	4	2	2	0	3	0	+3	6
Indonesia	4	2	1	1	6	4	+2	5
Thailand	4	2	1	1	6	4	+2	5
Singapore	4	1	1	2	4	8	−4	3
Burma	4	0	1	3	2	5	−3	1

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Second place play-off

As Indonesia and Thailand were level on points and goals, a play-off for second place (and the right to face Malaysia in the gold medal match) was required.

Gold medal match

Winners

1979 SEA Games Men's Tournament
Malaysia Third title

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	Malaysia	5	3	2	0	4	0	+4	8	Gold Medal
2	Indonesia (H)	6	2	2	2	6	5	+1	6	Silver Medal
3	Thailand	5	2	2	1	6	4	+2	6	Bronze Medal
4	Singapore	4	1	1	2	4	8	−4	3
5	Burma	4	0	1	3	2	5	−3	1

Medal winners

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Malaysia	Indonesia	Thailand
G. R. Arumugam Hamid Ramli Soh Chin Aun Santokh Singh Jamal Nasir Abdullah Ali Yahya Jusoh G. Torayraju Shukor Salleh Wan Jamak Wan Hassan Abdah Alif Davendran Mohammed Bakar Khalid Ali Bakri Ibni Mokhtar Dahari Hassan Sani James Wong Isa Bakar Hassan Yahya	Haryanto Taufik Lubis Simson Rumahpasal Berti Tutuarima Tinus Heipon Wayan Diana Ronny Pattinasarany Dede Sulaiman Rudy W. Keltjes Risdianto Rully Nere Iswadi Idris Poerwono Ishak Liza Rae Bawa Ghusnul Yakin Djoko Malis	Charchai Kanari Manus Ratanatisoi Visoot Vichaya Pakasit Suwananond Juta Tingpat Chamreon Kamnil Daoyod Dara Jesdaporn Napatalung Niwat Sriswadi Somchai Chuayboonchum Boonlert Eowachareaon Nawee Sookying Parapan Premsri Amnaj Chalermohavalit Vorawan Chitavanich Chersak Chaibutr Pitak Silpasit

References

• Southeast Asian Games 1979 at RSSSF
• SEA Games 1979 at AFF official website