2008 AFF Championship

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2008 AFF Championship
2008 Kejuaraan Sepak Bola ASEAN
2008 อาเซียนฟุตบอลแชมเปียนชิพ
2008 AFF Suzuki Cup Logo.jpg
AFF Suzuki Cup 2008 official logo
Tournament details
Host countries Indonesia
 Thailand
Dates5–28 December
Teams8
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Vietnam (1st title)
Runners-up Thailand
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored56 (3.11 per match)
Top scorer(s)Singapore Agu Casmir
Indonesia Budi Sudarsono
Thailand Teerasil Dangda
(4 goals)
Best player(s)Vietnam Dương Hồng Sơn
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The 2008 AFF Championship was the seventh edition of the tournament. It was primarily sponsored by Suzuki and therefore officially known as the 2008 AFF Suzuki Cup.[1] The group stage was held in Indonesia and Thailand from 5 to 10 December 2008. Two-legged home-and-away semi-finals and finals were held between 16 and 28 December 2008.

Summary[]

The tournament would originally have been hosted by Myanmar because of the rotation system among ASEAN countries, however, they withdrew in August 2007 due to security concerns.[2] In the third AFF council meeting in Bali, Indonesia and Thailand beat three other countries to win the right to host (the other three were Malaysia, Myanmar and Vietnam). However, if both countries are unable to fulfill certain obligations set by the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF), Vietnam will step in and host the tournament. The winning team will take home USD100,000, runners-up USD 50,000, and USD 15,000 for the losing semi-finalists. Nike will be an official supplier for the 2008 AFF Championship.[3]

10 days before the start of the tournament, safety issues were raised contending the safety of the teams who were due to play in Bangkok. This was because of the riots that were happening in the city which also resulted in the closure of the Suvarnabhumi Airport (see 2008 Thai political crisis for further information). Due to the political crisis, the Football Association of Thailand stated that the Group Stages in the Thai capital Bangkok would go ahead, or if the situation got worse, games would be moved to Chiang Mai in the north of the country or Phuket in the South of the country.[4][5][6]

As well as Thailand confirming themselves as steady hosts, Vietnam and Malaysia also stated that they would be prepared to host the tournament at short notice.[7][8]

On 29 November, with less than one week before the start of the tournament, the Group Stages held in Thai sport were moved from the capital Bangkok to the southern province Phuket.[9]

Venues[]

Indonesia prepare Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in the capital city and Si Jalak Harupat Stadium in Bandung, while Thailand prepare Rajamangala Stadium and Suphachalasai Stadium where both of them located in Bangkok. All of the stadiums are 2007 AFC Asian Cup venues except of Si Jalak Harupat Stadium. Bung Karno Stadium will be the opening match venue, while Rajmangala Stadium will be the final match venue.

Group stage matches in Thai sport were switched from the capital Bangkok to the southern provinces Phuket at Surakul Stadium in Phuket City on 29 November due to security issues in Bangkok.[9][10]

Indonesia Jakarta Indonesia Bandung Thailand Phuket
Gelora Bung Karno Stadium Si Jalak Harupat Stadium Surakul Stadium
Capacity: 88,083 Capacity: 27,000 Capacity: 15,000
BungKarno-indonoob.JPG Jalak Harupat Stadium (2).JPG ASEAN Cup 2008.JPG
Thailand Bangkok Vietnam Hanoi Singapore Singapore
Rajamangala Stadium Mỹ Đình National Stadium Singapore National Stadium
Capacity: 49,722 Capacity: 40,192 Capacity: 55,000
Rajamangala Stadium Panorama.jpg Khán đài B - Sân vận động Quốc gia Mỹ Đình.jpg Tiger Cup 2004 finals at the National Stadium, Singapore - 20050116.jpg

Qualification[]

Main article: 2008 AFF Championship qualification

The qualification took place in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, from 17 October 2008 to 25 October 2008. The five lower-ranked teams in Southeast Asia play within a round-robin tournament format and the top two countries in the group will qualify for this tournament.

Squads[]

Main article: 2008 AFF Championship squads

Referees[]

Confirmed referees during the tournament:[11]

Final tournament[]

Group stage[]

Group A[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Singapore 3 3 0 0 10 1 +9 9
 Indonesia 3 2 0 1 7 2 +5 6
 Myanmar 3 1 0 2 4 8 −4 3
 Cambodia 3 0 0 3 2 12 −10 0
Singapore 5–0 Cambodia
Casmir Goal 44', 73'
Mustafić Goal 61' (pen.)
Sahdan Goal 71'
Alam Shah Goal 89'
Attendance: 18,000
Indonesia 3–0 Myanmar
Budi Goal 24'
Firman Goal 28'
Bambang Goal 64'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: (Malaysia)
Singapore 3–1 Myanmar
Alam Shah Goal 1'
Casmir Goal 16', 74'		 Myo Min Tun Goal 28'
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: (Vietnam)
Cambodia 0–4 Indonesia
Budi Goal 15', 54', 70'
Bambang Goal 76'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abdul Wahab (Malaysia)
Myanmar 3–2 Cambodia
Moe Win Goal 29'
Ya Zar Win Thein Goal 35'
Myo Min Tun Goal 85'		 Sokumpheak Goal 40'
Borey Goal 77'
Jalak Harupat Stadium, Bandung
Referee: (Philippines)
Indonesia 0–2 Singapore
Baihakki Goal 3'
Shi Jiayi Goal 50'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: (Malaysia)

Group B[]

  • All Matches played in Thailand.
  • All times are Indochina Time (ICT) – UTC+7
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Thailand 3 3 0 0 11 0 +11 9
 Vietnam 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6
 Malaysia 3 1 0 2 5 6 −1 3
 Laos 3 0 0 3 0 13 −13 0
Malaysia 3–0 Laos
Safee Goal 68', 87'
Putra Goal 73'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: (Indonesia)
Thailand 2–0 Vietnam
Sutee Goal 34'
Suchao Goal 45+4'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)
Malaysia 2–3 Vietnam
Putra Goal 20', 85' Phạm Thành Lương Goal 16'
Nguyễn Vũ Phong Goal 72', 86'
Referee: (Singapore)
Laos 0–6 Thailand
Ronnachai Goal 19'
Patiparn Goal 30'
Arthit Goal 40', 52'
Anon Goal 79', 89'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: (Brunei)
Thailand 3–0 Malaysia
Sutee Goal 23'
Teerasil Goal 46', 76'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)
Vietnam 4–0 Laos
Nguyễn Việt Thắng Goal 48'
Phạm Thành Lương Goal 63'
Huỳnh Quang Thanh Goal 66'
Phan Thanh Bình Goal 80'
Referee: Win Cho (Myanmar)

Knockout stages[]

Note: Although the knockout stages are two-legged, away goals rule is not applied. If the total aggregate score of both teams after both matches remained the same, extra time would have been played, followed by a penalty shootout if necessary.

  Semi-finals Final
                         
 Thailand 1 2 3  
 Indonesia 0 1 1  
     Thailand 1 1 2
   Vietnam 2 1 3
 Singapore 0 0 0
 Vietnam 0 1 1  

Semi-finals[]

First Leg
Indonesia 0–1 Thailand
Report Teerasil Goal 6'
Attendance: 70,000
Vietnam 0–0 Singapore
Report
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: (Malaysia)
Second Leg
Thailand 2–1 Indonesia
Teeratep Goal 73'
Ronnachai Goal 89'		 Report Nova Goal 9'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: (Brunei)

Thailand won 3–1 on aggregate.

Singapore 0–1 Vietnam
Report Nguyễn Quang Hải Goal 74'
National Stadium, Singapore
Attendance: 55,000

Vietnam won 1–0 on aggregate.

Final[]

Vietnamese fans.
First Leg
Thailand 1–2 Vietnam
Dương Hồng Sơn Goal 75' (o.g.) Report Nguyễn Vũ Phong Goal 40'
Lê Công Vinh Goal 42'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: (Malaysia)
Vietnam Champions.
Second Leg
Vietnam 1–1 Thailand
Lê Công Vinh Goal 90+4' Report Teerasil Goal 21'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)

Vietnam won 3–2 on aggregate.

Awards[]

Vietnamese supporters celebrate after the Final.


 2008 AFF Championship 

Vietnam
First title
Most Valuable Player Golden Boot Fair Play Award
Vietnam Dương Hồng Sơn Singapore Agu Casmir
Indonesia Budi Sudarsono
Thailand Teerasil Dangda 		 Thailand

Goalscorers[]

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Team statistics[]

This table shows all team performance.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD P
Final
1  Vietnam 7 4 2 1 11 6 +5 14
2  Thailand 7 5 1 1 16 4 +12 16
Semi-finals
3  Singapore 5 3 1 1 10 2 +8 10
4  Indonesia 5 2 0 3 8 5 +3 6
Eliminated in the group stage
5  Malaysia 3 1 0 2 5 6 −1 3
6  Myanmar 3 1 0 2 4 8 −4 3
7  Cambodia 3 0 0 3 2 12 −10 0
8  Laos 3 0 0 3 0 13 −13 0

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