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AFF Championship

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AFF Championship
AFF Championship symbol.png
The symbol used since the 2018 Championship
Founded1996; 25 years ago (1996)
RegionAFF (Southeast Asia)
Number of teams10 (finals)
11 (eligible to enter qualification)
Current champions Vietnam (2nd title)
Most successful team(s) Thailand
(5 titles)
Websiteaffsuzukicup.com
2020 AFF Championship
Stadion Pakansari AFF 2016 Final.jpg
AFF Suzuki Cup 2016 final match first leg between Indonesia and Thailand
Tournaments

The ASEAN Football Federation Championship, less formally the AFF Championship, is the primary association football tournament organized by the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF).

A biennial international association football competition, it is contested by the men's national teams of the AFF, determining the sub-continental champion of Southeast Asia. The competition has been held every two years since 1996 scheduled to be in the even-numbered year, except for 2007, and 2020 (which was postponed to 2021 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic).

Founded as the Tiger Cup after Singapore-based Asia Pacific Breweries, the makers of Tiger Beer, it sponsored the competition from its inauguration in 1996 until the 2004 edition. After Asia Pacific Breweries withdrew as title sponsors, the competition was known simply as the AFF Championship for the 2007 edition. From 2008, Japanese auto-company Suzuki bought the naming rights for the competition, and the competition has therefore been named the AFF Suzuki Cup for sponsorship reasons.

The AFF Championship title have been won by four national teams; Thailand have won five titles, Singapore has four titles, Vietnam has two titles and Malaysia with one title. To date, Thailand and Singapore are the only teams in history to have won consecutive titles; Thailand in 2000 and 2002 and also in 2014 and 2016, and Singapore in 2004 and 2007. It is one of the most watched football tournaments in the region.

Since 2018, the championship winners would compete in the following AFF–EAFF Champions Trophy, against the winner of the EAFF E-1 Football Championship, the champions of East Asia, to determine the champions of East and Southeast Asia.

History

The first ASEAN Championship took place in 1996 with the six founding members of ASEAN Federation competing with four nations being invited that came in that region. The final saw Thailand become the first champions of ASEAN as they defeated Malaysia 1–0 in Singapore.[1] The top four nations automatically qualified through to the finals in the following edition. This meant the other six nations had to compete in qualifying for the remaining four spots. Myanmar, Singapore, Laos and Philippines all made it through to the main tournament.

Organisation

Sports marketing, media and event management firm, Lagardère Sports has been involved in the tournament since the inaugural edition in 1996.

Between 1996 and 2006, Tiger Beer was the title sponsor. Suzuki has been title sponsor of the tournament since 2008.[2]

Format

From 2004, the knockout stage is played over two legs on a home-and-away format.

Since the 2007 edition, there was no third place match; semi-finalists are listed in alphabetical order. Moreover, the away goals rule was initially not applied in the earlier tournaments, but only from the 2010 edition.

Starting with the 2018 edition, a new format was applied. The nine highest ranked teams would automatically qualify with the 10th and 11th ranked teams playing in a two-legged qualifier. The 10 teams were split in two groups of five and play a round robin system, with each team playing two home and two away fixtures. A draw was made to determine where the teams play while the format of the knockout round remained unchanged.[3]

Results

Year Host Final Third place playoff Number of teams
Winners Score Runners-up Third place Score Fourth place
1996  Singapore
Thailand 		1–0
Malaysia
Vietnam 		3–2
Indonesia 		10
1998  Vietnam
Singapore 		1–0
Vietnam
Indonesia 		3–3 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)
Thailand 		8
2000  Thailand
Thailand 		4–1
Indonesia
Malaysia 		3–0
Vietnam 		9
2002  Indonesia
 Singapore
Thailand 		2–2 aet
(4–2) pen
Indonesia
Vietnam 		2–1
Malaysia 		9
Year Group stage hosts Final Third place playoff or losing semi-finalists Number of teams
Winners Score Runners-up Third place Score Fourth place
2004  Malaysia
 Vietnam
Singapore 		3–1
2–1
Indonesia
Malaysia 		2–1
Myanmar 		10
won 5–2 on aggregate
2007  Singapore
 Thailand
Singapore 		2–1
1–1
Thailand 		 Malaysia and  Vietnam 8
won 3–2 on aggregate
2008  Indonesia
 Thailand
Vietnam 		2–1
1–1
Thailand 		 Indonesia and  Singapore 8
won 3–2 on aggregate
2010  Indonesia
 Vietnam
Malaysia 		3–0
1–2
Indonesia 		 Philippines and  Vietnam 8
won 4–2 on aggregate
2012  Malaysia
 Thailand
Singapore 		3–1
0–1
Thailand 		 Malaysia and  Philippines 8
won 3–2 on aggregate
2014  Singapore
 Vietnam
Thailand 		2–0
2–3
Malaysia 		 Philippines and  Vietnam 8
won 4–3 on aggregate
2016  Myanmar
 Philippines
Thailand 		1–2
2–0
Indonesia 		 Myanmar and  Vietnam 8
won 3–2 on aggregate
Year Final Losing semi-finalists Number of teams
Winner Score Runner-up
2018
Vietnam 		2–2
1–0
Malaysia 		 Philippines and  Thailand 10
won 3–2 on aggregate
2020  Singapore[a]  Singapore and  Vietnam 10

Performances by country

Team Champions Runners-up Third place / Semi-finalists Fourth place Total Top 4
 Thailand 5 (1996, 2000, 2002, 2014, 2016) 3 (2007, 2008, 2012) 1 (2018) 1 (1998) 10
 Singapore 4 (1998, 2004, 2007, 2012) – 2 (2008, 2020) – 6
 Vietnam 2 (2008, 2018) 1 (1998) 7 (1996, 2002, 2007, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2020) 1 (2000) 11
 Malaysia 1 (2010) 3 (1996, 2014, 2018) 4 (2000, 2004, 2007, 2012) 1 (2002) 9
 Indonesia – 5 (2000, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2016) 2 (1998, 2008) 1 (1996) 8
 Philippines – – 4 (2010, 2012, 2014, 2018) – 4
 Myanmar – – 1 (2016) 1 (2004) 2
Total 12 12 20 5 49

Participating nations

Team Singapore
1996
(10) 		Vietnam
1998
(8) 		Thailand
2000
(9) 		Indonesia
Singapore
2002
(9) 		Malaysia
Vietnam
2004
(10) 		Singapore
Thailand
2007
(8) 		Indonesia
Thailand
2008
(8) 		Indonesia
Vietnam
2010
(8) 		Malaysia
Thailand
2012
(8) 		Singapore
Vietnam
2014
(8) 		Myanmar
Philippines
2016
(8) 		Association of Southeast Asian Nations
2018
(10) 		Singapore
2020
(10) 		Total
 Australia[note 1] Not an AFF member × × × × 0
 Brunei GS • × × × • • × • • • • × 1
 Cambodia GS • GS GS GS • GS • • • GS GS GS 8
 Indonesia 4th 3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd GS SF 2nd GS GS 2nd GS q 13
 Laos GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS • GS GS 12
 Malaysia 2nd GS 3rd 4th 3rd SF GS 1st SF 2nd GS 2nd GS 13
 Myanmar GS GS GS GS 4th GS GS GS GS GS SF GS GS 13
 Philippines GS GS GS GS GS GS • SF SF SF GS SF GS 12
 Singapore GS 1st GS GS 1st 1st SF GS 1st GS GS GS SF 13
 Thailand 1st 4th 1st 1st GS 2nd 2nd GS 2nd 1st 1st SF q 13
 Timor-Leste Part of Indonesia × GS • • • • • • GS GS 3
 Vietnam 3rd 2nd 4th 3rd GS SF 1st SF GS SF SF 1st SF 13
Legend

Notes

  1. ^ Since joining the AFF in 2013, Australia has never competed in the AFF Championship. Australia has, however, competed in the EAFF Championship in 2013.

Awards

Tournament Most Valuable Player Top Scorer Goals Fair Play
1996
 Malaysia Zainal Abidin Hassan Thailand Natipong Sritong-In 7  Brunei
1998
 Vietnam Nguyễn Hồng Sơn Myanmar Myo Hlaing Win 4 Not Awarded
2000
 Thailand Kiatisuk Senamuang Indonesia Gendut Doni Christiawan 5  Malaysia
Thailand Worrawoot Srimaka
2002
 Thailand Therdsak Chaiman Indonesia Bambang Pamungkas 8 Not Awarded
2004
 Singapore Lionel Lewis Indonesia Ilham Jaya Kesuma 7
2007
 Singapore Noh Alam Shah Singapore Noh Alam Shah 10
2008
 Vietnam Dương Hồng Sơn Indonesia Budi Sudarsono 4  Thailand
Singapore Agu Casmir
Thailand Teerasil Dangda
2010
 Indonesia Firman Utina Malaysia Safee Sali 5  Philippines
2012
 Singapore Shahril Ishak Thailand Teerasil Dangda 5  Malaysia
2014
 Thailand Chanathip Songkrasin Malaysia Safiq Rahim 6  Vietnam
2016
 Thailand Chanathip Songkrasin Thailand Teerasil Dangda 6  Thailand
2018
 Vietnam Nguyễn Quang Hải Thailand Adisak Kraisorn 8  Malaysia

Overall top goalscorers

Rank Player Goals
1 Thailand Teerasil Dangda 19
2 Singapore Noh Alam Shah 17
3 Thailand Worrawoot Srimaka 15
Vietnam Lê Công Vinh
5 Vietnam Lê Huỳnh Đức 14
6 Indonesia Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto 13
7 Indonesia Bambang Pamungkas 12
Thailand Kiatisuk Senamuang
9 Singapore Agu Casmir 11
10 Singapore Khairul Amri 10
Thailand Adisak Kraisorn
  • Bold denotes players still playing international football

All-time ranking table

As of 2021
Rank Team Part Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Best finish
1  Thailand 13 76 48 17 11 163 89 +74 161 Champions (1996, 2000, 2002, 2014, 2016)
2  Vietnam 13 71 37 19 15 145 74 +71 130 Champions (2008, 2018)
3  Indonesia 13 68 35 14 19 175 118 +57 119 Runners-up (2000, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2016)
4  Singapore 13 62 31 15 16 112 62 +50 108 Champions (1998, 2004, 2007, 2012)
5  Malaysia 13 69 30 15 24 120 81 +39 105 Champions (2010)
6  Myanmar 13 46 15 7 24 58 101 -43 52 Semi-finalists (2004, 2016)
7  Philippines 12 44 10 4 30 47 50 –3 34 Semi-finalists (2010, 2012, 2014, 2018)
8  Cambodia 8 30 4 0 26 29 102 –73 12 Group stage (8 times)
9  Laos 12 41 2 5 34 30 155 –125 11 Group stage (12 times)
10  Brunei 1 4 1 0 3 1 15 –14 3 Group stage (1996)
11  Timor-Leste 3 12 0 0 12 6 50 –44 0 Group stage (2004, 2018, 2021)

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The 2020 AFF Championship was hosted in a centralized venue due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Southeast Asia. On 28 September 2021, it was announced that Singapore would host the tournament.[4]

References

  1. ^ "About AFF". aseanfootball.org.
  2. ^ "Suzuki drives Asean Football Championship to new heights". Singapore: ASEAN Football Federation. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  3. ^ "New format confirmed for AFF Suzuki Cup". Football Channel Asia. 14 March 2016. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  4. ^ Noronha, Anselm (28 September 2021). "Singapore to host AFF Suzuki Cup 2020: Teams, how to watch & more | Goal.com". Goal.com. Retrieved 29 September 2021.

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