The football tournament at the 1986 Brunei Merdeka Games was held from July 19 to 27 in Bandar Seri Begawan

Bandar Seri Begawan

Bandar Seri Begawan, with an estimated population 140,000 , is the capital and largest city of the Sultanate of Brunei...

, Brunei

Brunei

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. The tournament was also referred to as the Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Cup, or the second Brunei Pesta Sukan Cup.

Teams

It is likely that the Philippines team was the full national team, but it is unknown. the Malaysian Tigers was a developmental team of young players, functioning as a national B team. The precise designation of the Thai team is unknown, but it was not the full Thailand national team (which was at the Merdeka Tournament in Kuala Lumpur). The Singapore team was composed of Malaysia Cup

Malaysia Cup

The Malaysia Cup is an annual association football tournament in Malaysia. It is currently the longest-running football competition in Asia...

 and intermediate squad players. However, the Singapore 2-0 Thailand match is listed by FIFA as a full international. No other match from this tournament is listed as such.

Group A

5

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Persib Bandung Persib Bandung Persib, an acronym for Persatuan Sepak Bola Indonesia Bandung is an Indonesian football club based in Bandung, West Java. In most of the media, a tautology Persib Bandung is often used...	2	2	0	0	6	1
4
	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	2
	2	0	0	2	1	6	−5	0

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Group B

4

1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Malaysia B	2	2	0	0	4	0
4
Singapore XI	2	1	0	1	2	1
2
Thailand XI	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5	0

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Semi-finals

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Bronze medal match

Gold medal match