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ASEAN Championship
Organising bodyAFF
Founded1996; 28 years ago (1996)
RegionSoutheast Asia
Number of teams10 (finals)
12 (eligible to enter qualification)
Qualifier forAFF–EAFF Champions Trophy
Current championsThailand Thailand (7th title)
Most successful team(s)Thailand Thailand (7 titles)
Websiteaseanutdfc.com
2024 ASEAN Championship
AFF Suzuki Cup 2016 final match first leg between Indonesia and Thailand
Tournaments

The ASEAN Championship (formerly known as the AFF Championship or the AFF Cup), currently known as the ASEAN Mitsubishi Electric Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the biannual football tournament organized by the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) for men's national teams in Southeast Asia.

A biennial international competition, it is contested to determine 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.

Four national teams have won the ASEAN Championship title; Thailand has won seven titles, Singapore four, Vietnam two, and Malaysia one. To date, Thailand and Singapore are the only teams to have won consecutive titles, and that has happened four times; Thailand did it three times: in 2000 and 2002, 2014 and 2016, and also 2020 and 2022, and Singapore in 2004 and 2007. It is one of the most watched football tournaments in the region. The ASEAN Championship has also been recognized as an official tournament by FIFA since 7 December 2024, having previously been recognized as a Category A tournament since 2016.[1][2][3]

Since 2018, the championship winners would compete in the following AFF–EAFF Champions Trophy, against the winner of the EAFF E-1 Football Championship (East Asia).

History

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The first ASEAN Championship took place in 1996 with the six founding members of the ASEAN Federation competing with four nations being invited that came in that region. The final saw Thailand becoming the first champions of ASEAN as they defeated Malaysia 1–0 in Singapore.[4] 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. No country has ever won the AFF Championship title three times in a row. Singapore (2004 and 2007) and Thailand (2000 and 2002 and again in 2014 and 2016) have won twice in a row.

Although having joined the AFF on 27 August 2013, Australia, a member outside Southeast Asia, has not played the ASEAN Championship as part of the initial agreement, though Australia has started searching for ways to enter the tournament in recent years due to growth of various Southeast Asian national teams, due to internal pressures, and due to Southeast Asian interests in seeing more competitive football to improve consistency.[5][6][7]

Organisation

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Sports marketing, media, and event management firm, Sportfive (formerly Lagardère Sports) has been involved in the tournament since the inaugural edition in 1996.[citation needed]

Title sponsorship

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It was founded as the Tiger Cup, after Singapore-based Asia Pacific Breweries brand Tiger Beer sponsored the competition from its inauguration in 1996, until the 2004 edition. After Asia Pacific Breweries withdrew as title sponsor, the competition was known simply as the AFF Championship for the 2007 edition. In 2008, Japanese auto company Suzuki bought the naming rights for the competition, and the competition was named the AFF Suzuki Cup until the 2020 edition.[8] On 23 May 2022, AFF announced a new title sponsorship deal with Japanese company Mitsubishi Electric and the competition was named the AFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup starting in the 2022 edition.[9]

On 29 February 2024, AFF and Mitsubishi Electric, who is the title partner of the championship, launched a new logo and brand identity for the event. As part of the rebranding, the region’s premier competition formerly known as the AFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup was also renamed to the ASEAN Mitsubishi Electric Cup.

Period Sponsor Name
1996–2004 Tiger Beer Tiger Cup
2007 No title sponsor AFF Championship
2008–2020 Suzuki AFF Suzuki Cup
2022 Mitsubishi Electric AFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup
2024– ASEAN Mitsubishi Electric Cup

Format

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Since 2004, the knockout stage has been played over two legs in a home-and-away format. Since the 2007 edition, there was no third-place match; semi-finalists are listed in alphabetical order. The away goals rule has been applied for the knockout stage since the 2010 edition. [a]

Starting with the 2018 edition, a new format was applied. The nine highest-ranked teams qualified automatically while the 10th and 11th ranked teams played in a two-legged qualifier to determine the final team to qualify. The 10 teams were split into two groups of five and played 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.[10]

Results

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Regular format (1996 - 2002)
Year Host Final Third place playoff Number of teams Total matches played Total goals in tournament
Winners Score Runners-up Third place Score Fourth place
1996  Singapore
Thailand 		1–0
Malaysia
Vietnam 		3–2
Indonesia 		10 24 93
1998  Vietnam
Singapore 		1–0
Vietnam
Indonesia 		3–3 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)
Thailand 		8 16 55
2000  Thailand
Thailand 		4–1
Indonesia
Malaysia 		3–0
Vietnam 		9 20 67
2002  Indonesia
 Singapore
Thailand 		2–2 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p)
Indonesia
Vietnam 		2–1
Malaysia 		9 20 92
Home-and-away format in knockout (2004 - 2016)
Year Group stage hosts Final Third-place playoff or losing semi-finalists Number of teams Total matches played Total goals in tournament
Winners Score Runners-up Third place Score Fourth place
2004  Malaysia
 Vietnam
Singapore 		3–1
2–1
Indonesia
Malaysia 		2–1
Myanmar 		10 27 113
won 5–2 on aggregate
2007  Singapore
 Thailand
Singapore 		2–1
1–1
Thailand 		 Malaysia and  Vietnam 8 18 50
won 3–2 on aggregate
2008  Indonesia
 Thailand
Vietnam 		2–1
1–1
Thailand 		 Indonesia and  Singapore 8 18 56
won 3–2 on aggregate
2010  Indonesia
 Vietnam
Malaysia 		3–0
1–2
Indonesia 		 Philippines and  Vietnam 8 18 51
won 4–2 on aggregate
2012  Malaysia
 Thailand
Singapore 		3–1
0–1
Thailand 		 Malaysia and  Philippines 8 18 48
won 3–2 on aggregate
2014  Singapore
 Vietnam
Thailand 		2–0
2–3
Malaysia 		 Philippines and  Vietnam 8 18 65
won 4–3 on aggregate
2016  Myanmar
 Philippines
Thailand 		1–2
2–0
Indonesia 		 Myanmar and  Vietnam 8 18 50
won 3–2 on aggregate
Home-and-away format throughout the tournament (2018 - present)
Year Final Losing semi-finalists Number of teams Total matches played Total goals in tournament
Winners Score Runners-up
2018
Vietnam 		2–2
1–0
Malaysia 		 Philippines and  Thailand 10 26 80
won 3–2 on aggregate
2020[b]
Thailand[c] 		4–0
2–2
Indonesia[c] 		 Singapore and  Vietnam 10 26 88
won 6–2 on aggregate
2022
Thailand 		2–2
1–0
Vietnam 		 Indonesia and  Malaysia 10 26 90
won 3–2 on aggregate
2024 10 26

Performances by country

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Team Champions Runners-up
 Thailand 7 (1996, 2000, 2002, 2014, 2016, 2020, 2022) 3 (2007, 2008, 2012)
 Singapore 4 (1998, 2004, 2007, 2012) 0
 Vietnam 2 (2008, 2018) 2 (1998, 2022)
 Malaysia 1 (2010) 3 (1996, 2014, 2018)
 Indonesia 0 6 (2000, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2016, 2020)
Total 14 14

Participating nations

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Team Singapore
1996
(10) 		Vietnam
1998
(8) 		Thailand
2000
(9) 		Indonesia
Singapore
2002
(9) 		Malaysia
Vietnam
Indonesia
Singapore
2004
(10) 		Singapore
Thailand
Malaysia
Vietnam
2007
(8) 		Indonesia
Thailand
Singapore
Vietnam
2008
(8) 		Indonesia
Vietnam
Malaysia
2010
(8) 		Malaysia
Thailand
Philippines
Singapore
2012
(8) 		Singapore
Vietnam
Malaysia
Philippines
Thailand
2014
(8) 		Myanmar
Philippines
Indonesia
Thailand
Vietnam
2016
(8) 		ASEAN
2018
(10) 		Singapore
2020
(10) 		ASEAN
2022
(10) 		ASEAN
2024
(10) 		Total
 Australia OFC member × × × × × × 0
 Brunei GS • × × × • • × • • • • × GS • 2
 Cambodia GS • GS GS GS • GS • • • GS GS GS GS GS 10
 East Timor Part of Indonesia Indonesia × GS • • • • • • GS GS • GS 4
 Indonesia 4th 3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd GS SF 2nd GS GS 2nd GS 2nd SF GS 15
 Laos GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS • GS GS GS GS 14
 Malaysia 2nd GS 3rd 4th 3rd SF GS 1st SF 2nd GS 2nd GS SF GS 15
 Myanmar GS GS GS GS 4th GS GS GS GS GS SF GS GS GS GS 15
 Philippines GS GS GS GS GS GS • SF SF SF GS SF GS GS Q 14
 Singapore GS 1st GS GS 1st 1st SF GS 1st GS GS GS SF GS Q 15
 Thailand 1st 4th 1st 1st GS 2nd 2nd GS 2nd 1st 1st SF 1st 1st Q 15
 Vietnam 3rd 2nd 4th 3rd GS SF 1st SF GS SF SF 1st SF 2nd Q 15
Legend

Notes

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Awards

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Tournament Most valuable player Top goalscorer(s) Goals Young player of the tournament Fair play award
1996 Malaysia Zainal Abidin Hassan Thailand Natipong Sritong-In 7 Not awarded  Brunei
1998 Vietnam Nguyễn Hồng Sơn Myanmar Myo Hlaing Win 4 Not awarded
2000 Thailand Kiatisuk Senamuang Indonesia Gendut Doni Christiawan
Thailand Worrawoot Srimaka 		5  Malaysia
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
Singapore Agu Casmir
Thailand Teerasil Dangda 		4  Thailand
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
2020 Thailand Chanathip Songkrasin[c] Malaysia Safawi Rasid
Philippines Bienvenido Marañón
Thailand Chanathip Songkrasin[c]
Thailand Teerasil Dangda[c] 		4 Indonesia Pratama Arhan[c]  Indonesia[c]
2022 Thailand Theerathon Bunmathan Thailand Teerasil Dangda
Vietnam Nguyễn Tiến Linh 		6 Indonesia Marselino Ferdinan  Malaysia

Winning coaches

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AFF Championship-winning coaches
Year Winning coaches National team
1996 Thailand Thawatchai Sartjakul  Thailand
1998 England Barry Whitbread  Singapore
2000 England Peter Withe  Thailand
2002 England Peter Withe (2)  Thailand
2004 Serbia Radojko Avramović  Singapore
2007 Serbia Radojko Avramović (2)  Singapore
2008 Portugal Henrique Calisto  Vietnam
2010 Malaysia K. Rajagopal  Malaysia
2012 Serbia Radojko Avramović (3)  Singapore
2014 Thailand Kiatisuk Senamuang[A]  Thailand
2016 Thailand Kiatisuk Senamuang (2)  Thailand
2018 South Korea Park Hang-seo  Vietnam
2020 Brazil Alexandré Pölking  Thailand[c]
2022 Brazil Alexandré Pölking (2)  Thailand
Notes
  1. ^ being the only person to win the competition as a player (1996, 2000, 2002) then coach (2014, 2016).

All-time ranking table

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As of the 2024 edition
Rank Team Part Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Best finish
1  Thailand 15 90 58 20 12 206 100 +106 194 Champions (1996, 2000, 2002, 2014, 2016, 2020, 2022)
2  Singapore 15 70 35 17 18 125 73 +52 122 Champions (1998, 2004, 2007, 2012)
3  Vietnam 15 83 44 23 16 172 79 +93 155 Champions (2008, 2018)
4  Malaysia 15 79 35 17 27 136 93 +43 122 Champions (2010)
5  Indonesia 15 80 39 18 23 193 134 +59 135 Runners-up (2000, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2016, 2020)
6  Philippines 14 52 12 7 33 59 63 –4 43 Semi-finalists (2010, 2012, 2014, 2018)
7  Myanmar 15 54 16 9 29 66 119 –53 57 Semi-finalists (2004, 2016)
8  Cambodia 10 38 7 1 30 46 118 –72 22 Group stage (10 times)
9  Laos 14 49 2 8 39 39 181 –142 14 Group stage (14 times)
10  Brunei 2 8 1 0 7 3 37 –34 3 Group stage (1996, 2022)
11  East Timor 4 16 0 0 16 9 68 –59 0 Group stage (2004, 2018, 2020, 2024)

Records and statistics

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All time top goalscorers

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As of 2022 final
Rank Player Goals
1 Thailand Teerasil Dangda 25
2 Singapore Noh Alam Shah 17
3 Thailand Worrawoot Srimaka 15
Vietnam Lê Công Vinh
5 Vietnam Lê Huỳnh Đức 14
6 Thailand Adisak Kraisorn 13
Indonesia Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto
8 Indonesia Bambang Pamungkas 12
Thailand Kiatisuk Senamuang
10 Singapore Agu Casmir 11
11 Singapore Khairul Amri 10
Vietnam Nguyễn Tiến Linh
  1. Bold denotes players still playing international football

Other statistics

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See also: List of ASEAN Championship hat-tricks
  • Indonesia (2004), Thailand (2008), and Vietnam (2000, 2018, 2020, and 2022) did not concede a single goal in their group-stage campaigns in the indicated years
  • The 2002 AFF Championship Final is still the only final to have been settled on penalties

Most titles

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Consecutive championships

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  •  Thailand – 3 (2000 and 2002, 2014 and 2016, 2020 and 2022)
  •  Singapore – 1 (2004 and 2007)

Biggest wins

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Most successful coach

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Most successful player

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Most goals scored in a single tournament

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Most goals scored in a match

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Most tournaments scored in

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First ever hat-trick

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Fastest hat-trick

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Youngest player

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Youngest goal scorer

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Oldest player

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Oldest goal scorer

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Marketing

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Official Match Ball through the years
Year Official match ball name Manufacturer
1996 Adidas Questra Adidas
1998 Adidas Tricolore Adidas
2000 Adidas Tricolore Adidas
2002 Adidas Fevernova Adidas
2004 Adidas Roteiro Adidas
2007 Nike Total 90 Aerow II (Yellow winter) Nike
2008 Nike Total 90 Omni (Yellow winter) Nike
2010 Nike Total 90 Tracer (Yellow winter) Nike
2012 Nike Maxim (Yellow winter) Nike
2014 Mitre Delta V12S Mitre
2016 Mitre Delta Fluo Hyperseam (Yellow winter) Mitre
2018 Grand Sport Primero Mundo X Star Grand Sport
2020 Warrix Asean Pulse Warrix
2022 Warrix Bersatu Warrix
2024 Adidas Tiro Pro Adidas
Current sponsorship
Title Partner Presenting Partner Official Supplier Official Supporters

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Except the 2020 edition due to all matches being hosted in the centralized venue, Singapore.
  2. ^ The 2020 AFF Championship was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and hosted in a centralized venue. On 28 September 2021, it was announced that Singapore would host the tournament.[11] Knockout stage had been kept playing over two legs without away goal rule.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Due to non-compliance with conditions set by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), Thailand and Indonesia were not allowed to be represented by their national flags.[12][13] The sanctions took effect in October 2021.[14] Thailand is represented by its national team logo while Indonesia is represented by its coat of arms.

References

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  1. ^ ONLINE, TUOI TRE (7 December 2024). "FIFA công nhận ASEAN Cup là giải đấu chính thức". TUOI TRE ONLINE (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 22 December 2024.
  2. ^ Anil, Nicolas (8 November 2016). "AFF Suzuki Cup gets FIFA ranking points". ESPN.com. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
  3. ^ Afiq, Nik (10 November 2016). "FIFA to start awarding ranking points to AFF Championship tournament | Goal.com US". www.goal.com. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
  4. ^ "About AFF". aseanfootball.org. Archived from the original on 19 May 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  5. ^ Bossi, Dominic (31 January 2019). "Socceroos seeking entrance into 2020 Suzuki Cup". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 31 January 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  6. ^ https://www.theroar.com.au/2024/12/01/lessons-from-indonesias-growth-socceroos-must-participate-in-the-asean-championship-for-the-sake-of-the-future/
  7. ^ https://www.frontpagefootball.net/post/the-time-has-come-for-australia-to-take-its-place-in-the-south-east-asian-game
  8. ^ "Global News News.2008". Global Suzuki. Archived from the original on 4 October 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  9. ^ "AFF Announces Mitsubishi Electric As The New Title Sponsor Of AFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup 2022". www.affmitsubishielectriccup.com. Archived from the original on 10 June 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  10. ^ "New format for AFF Suzuki Cup 2018". AFF – The Official Website Of The Asean Football Federation. Archived from the original on 30 December 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  11. ^ Noronha, Anselm (28 September 2021). "Singapore to host AFF Suzuki Cup 2020: Teams, how to watch & more". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 3 May 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  12. ^ "Thailand loses right to host tournaments". Bangkok Post. Bangkok Post Public Co. Ltd. Archived from the original on 2 April 2023. Retrieved 25 November 2021. The country has also been denied the right to display its national flag at any such events (international football events).
  13. ^ "Chairman Of PSSI: Regarding The Flag At AFF 2020, We Will Follow Whatever The Decision Is". VOI – Waktunya Merevolusi Pemberitaan. 24 November 2021. Archived from the original on 22 April 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  14. ^ "WADA confirms non-compliance of five Anti-Doping Organizations (7 October 2021)". World Anti-Doping Agency. 7 October 2021. Archived from the original on 28 December 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
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