AFF Championship




































AFF Championship
Founded 1996; 23 years ago (1996)
Region AFF (Southeast Asia)
Number of teams 10 (finals)
11 (eligible to enter qualification)
Current champions
 Vietnam
(2nd title)
Most successful team(s)
 Thailand
(5 titles)
Website affsuzukicup.com

2018 AFF Championship






The AFF Championship (known formally as the ASEAN Football Federation Championship) is a biennial international association football competition, contested by the men's national teams of the member of ASEAN Football Federation (AFF), determining the sub-continental champion of Southeast Asia.


It was founded as the Tiger Cup after Singapore-based Asia Pacific Breweries, makers of Tiger Beer, sponsored the competition from its inauguration in 1996 until the 2004 edition. After Asia Pacific Breweries withdrew as title sponsors, the competition was known 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 winner of the AFF Championship qualifies for the AFF–EAFF Champions Trophy.


The 12 AFF Championship tournaments 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.


The most recent championship in 2018, was won by Vietnam, who beat Malaysia 3–2 on aggregate in the final.




Contents






  • 1 Organisation


  • 2 Championship results


  • 3 Performances by country


  • 4 Awards


    • 4.1 Top scorers


    • 4.2 Overall top goalscorers


    • 4.3 Most valuable players




  • 5 See also


  • 6 References


  • 7 External links





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 Motors has been title sponsor of the tournament since 2008.[1]



Championship results



























































Year
Host

Final

Third Place Match
Champions
Score
Runners-up
Third Place
Score
Fourth Place

1996

 Singapore


Thailand


1–0


Malaysia


Vietnam

3–2


Indonesia

1998

 Vietnam


Singapore


1–0


Vietnam


Indonesia

3–3 aet
(5–4) pen


Thailand

2000

 Thailand


Thailand


4–1


Indonesia


Malaysia

3–0


Vietnam

2002

 Indonesia
 Singapore


Thailand


2–2 aet
(4–2) pen


Indonesia


Vietnam

2–1


Malaysia

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






























Year
Hosts

Final

Third Place Match
Champions
Score
Runners-up
Third Place
Score
Fourth Place

2004/05

 Malaysia
 Vietnam


Singapore


3–1
2–1


Indonesia


Malaysia

2–1


Myanmar
won 5–2 on aggregate

Since the 2007 edition, there was no third place match. Hence, 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.






































































Year
Hosts

Final

Semi-finalists
Champions
Score
Runners-up

2007

 Singapore
 Thailand


Singapore


2–1
1–1


Thailand

 Malaysia and  Vietnam
won 3–2 on aggregate

2008

 Indonesia
 Thailand


Vietnam


2–1
1–1


Thailand

 Indonesia and  Singapore
won 3–2 on aggregate

2010

 Indonesia
 Vietnam


Malaysia


3–0
1–2


Indonesia

 Philippines and  Vietnam
won 4–2 on aggregate

2012

 Malaysia
 Thailand


Singapore


3–1
0–1


Thailand

 Malaysia and  Philippines
won 3–2 on aggregate

2014

 Singapore
 Vietnam


Thailand


2–0
2–3


Malaysia

 Philippines and  Vietnam
won 4–3 on aggregate

2016

 Myanmar
 Philippines


Thailand


1–2
2–0


Indonesia

 Myanmar and  Vietnam
won 3–2 on aggregate

Starting with the 2018 edition, a new format would be 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 would be split in two groups of five and play a round robin system with each team playing two home and two away fixtures. A draw will be made to determine where the teams play while the format of the knockout round would remain unchanged.[2]

























Year
Final
Semi-finalists
Champions
Score
Runners-up

2018


Vietnam


2–2
1–0


Malaysia

 Philippines and  Thailand
won 3–2 on aggregate


Performances by country


































































































































































































Team 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004/05 2007 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 Total
 Brunei GS × × × × 1
 Cambodia GS GS GS GS GS GS GS 7
 Indonesia 4th 3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd GS SF 2nd GS GS 2nd GS 12
 Laos GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS 11
 Malaysia 2nd GS 3rd 4th 3rd SF GS 1st SF 2nd GS 2nd 12
 Myanmar GS GS GS GS 4th GS GS GS GS GS SF GS 12
 Philippines GS GS GS GS GS GS SF SF SF GS SF 11
 Singapore GS 1st GS GS 1st 1st SF GS 1st GS GS GS 12
 Thailand 1st 4th 1st 1st GS 2nd 2nd GS 2nd 1st 1st SF 12
 Timor-Leste × × GS GS 2
 Vietnam 3rd 2nd 4th 3rd GS SF 1st SF GS SF SF 1st 12

Legend

























































































Team
Champions
Runners-up
Third place
Fourth place
Semi-finalists
Total Top 4

 Thailand
5 (1996, 2000, 2002, 2014, 2016)
3 (2007, 2008, 2012)

1 (1998)
1 (2018)
10

 Singapore
4 (1998, 2004/05, 2007, 2012)



1 (2008)
5

 Vietnam
2 (2008, 2018)
1 (1998)
2 (1996, 2002)
1 (2000)
4 (2007, 2010, 2014, 2016)
10

 Malaysia
1 (2010)
3 (1996, 2014, 2018)
2 (2000, 2004/05)
1 (2002)
2 (2007, 2012)
9

 Indonesia

5 (2000, 2002, 2004/05, 2010, 2016)
1 (1998)
1 (1996)
1 (2008)
8

 Philippines




4 (2010, 2012, 2014, 2018)
4

 Myanmar



1 (2004/05)
1 (2016)
2
Total 12 12 5 5 14 48


Awards



Top scorers







































































Year
Player
Goals
1996
Thailand Natipong Sritong-In
7
1998
Myanmar Myo Hlaing Win
4
2000
Indonesia Gendut Doni Christiawan
5

Thailand Worrawoot Srimaka
2002
Indonesia Bambang Pamungkas
8
2004/05
Indonesia Ilham Jaya Kesuma
7
2007
Singapore Noh Alam Shah
10
2008
Indonesia Budi Sudarsono
4

Singapore Agu Casmir

Thailand Teerasil Dangda
2010
Malaysia Safee Sali
5
2012
Thailand Teerasil Dangda
5
2014
Malaysia Safiq Rahim
6
2016
Thailand Teerasil Dangda
6
2018
Thailand Adisak Kraisorn
8


Overall top goalscorers















































Rank
Player
Goals
1
Singapore Noh Alam Shah
17
2
Thailand Teerasil Dangda
15

Thailand Worrawoot Srimaka

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.


Most valuable players























































Year
Player
1996

Malaysia Zainal Abidin Hassan
1998

Vietnam Nguyễn Hồng Sơn
2000

Thailand Kiatisuk Senamuang
2002

Thailand Therdsak Chaiman
2004/05

Singapore Lionel Lewis
2007

Singapore Noh Alam Shah
2008

Vietnam Dương Hồng Sơn
2010

Indonesia Firman Utina
2012

Singapore Shahril Ishak
2014

Thailand Chanathip Songkrasin
2016

Thailand Chanathip Songkrasin
2018

Vietnam Nguyễn Quang Hải


See also



  • Football at the Southeast Asian Games

  • East Asian Football Championship

  • Arabian Gulf Cup

  • SAFF Championship

  • West Asian Football Federation Championship



References




  1. ^ "Suzuki drives Asean Football Championship to new heights". Singapore: ASEAN Football Federation. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2016..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "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.



External links



  • Official website


  • AFF Cup at RSSSF.com












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