The women's football tournament at the 2021 SEA Games was held from 9–21 May 2022 in Vietnam.

Seven Southeast Asian nations participated in the women's tournament.

8 teams were seeded into 3 pots based on their performance in the previous two editions.

The host, also the two time defending champion, Vietnam was automatically assigned into position A1.

Thailand, as the runners-up in both of the previous two editions, was assigned into position B1.