ASEAN Championship

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

ASEAN Championship
Organising bodyAFF
Founded1996 (1996)
RegionSoutheast Asia
Number of teams10 (finals)
12 (eligible to enter qualification)
Current champions Thailand (7th title)
Most successful team(s) Thailand (7 titles)
Websiteaseanutdfc.com
2024 ASEAN Championship
AFF Suzuki Cup 2016 final match first leg between Indonesia and Thailand
Tournaments

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.

The ASEAN Championship title has been won by four national teams; 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; Thailand 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 is also recognized as an "A" international tournament by FIFA with FIFA ranking points being awarded since 1996.[1]

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). Although having joined the AFF on 27 August 2013, Australia has not played the ASEAN Championship as part of the initial agreement.[2]

History

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.[3] 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 have 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.

Organisation

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

Title sponsorship

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.[4] 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.[5]

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

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. The away goals rule has been applied for knockout stage since the 2010 edition.[lower-alpha 1]

Starting with the 2018 edition, a new format was applied. The nine highest ranked teams qualified automatically while 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.[6]

Results
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
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
2018  ASEAN
Vietnam		 2–2
1–0
Malaysia		  Philippines and  Thailand 10 26 80
won 3–2 on aggregate
2020[lower-alpha 2]  Singapore[lower-alpha 3]
Thailand[lower-alpha 4]		 4–0
2–2
Indonesia[lower-alpha 4]		  Singapore and  Vietnam 10 26 88
won 6–2 on aggregate
2022  ASEAN
Thailand		 2–2
1–0
Vietnam		  Indonesia and  Malaysia 10 26 90
won 3–2 on aggregate
2024  ASEAN 10

Performances by country
Team Champions Runners-up
 Thailand 7 (1996, 2000, 2002, 2014, 2016, 2020, 2022) 3 (2007, 2008, 2012)
 Singapore 4 (1998, 2004, 2007, 2012) –
 Vietnam 2 (2008, 2018) 2 (1998, 2022)
 Malaysia 1 (2010) 3 (1996, 2014, 2018)
 Indonesia – 6 (2000, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2016, 2020)
Total1414

Participating nations
Team
1996
(10)
1998
(8)
2000
(9)

2002
(9)

2004
(10)

2007
(8)

2008
(8)

2010
(8)

2012
(8)

2014
(8)

2016
(8)
2018
(10)
2020
(10)
2022
(10)		 Total
 Australia Not an AFF member×××××0
 Brunei GS•××ו•×••••×GS2
 Cambodia GS•GSGSGS•GS•••GSGSGSGS9
 East Timor Part of Indonesia×GS••••••GSGS•3
 Indonesia 4th3rd2nd2nd2ndGSSF2ndGSGS2ndGS2ndSF14
 Laos GSGSGSGSGSGSGSGSGSGS•GSGSGS13
 Malaysia 2ndGS3rd4th3rdSFGS1stSF2ndGS2ndGSSF14
 Myanmar GSGSGSGS4thGSGSGSGSGSSFGSGSGS14
 Philippines GSGSGSGSGSGS•SFSFSFGSSFGSGS13
 Singapore GS1stGSGS1st1stSFGS1stGSGSGSSFGS14
 Thailand 1st4th1st1stGS2nd2ndGS2nd1st1stSF1st1st14
 Vietnam 3rd2nd4th3rdGSSF1stSFGSSFSF1stSF2nd14
Legend

Notes

    Awards
    Tournament Most valuable player Top goalscorer(s) Goals Young player of the tournament Fair play award
    1996 Zainal Abidin Hassan Natipong Sritong-In 7 Not awarded  Brunei
    1998 Nguyễn Hồng Sơn Myo Hlaing Win 4 Not awarded
    2000 Kiatisuk Senamuang Gendut Doni Christiawan
    Worrawoot Srimaka    		 5  Malaysia
    2002 Therdsak Chaiman Bambang Pamungkas 8 Not awarded
    2004 Lionel Lewis Ilham Jaya Kesuma 7
    2007 Noh Alam Shah Noh Alam Shah 10
    2008 Dương Hồng Sơn Budi Sudarsono
    Agu Casmir
    Teerasil Dangda    		 4  Thailand
    2010 Firman Utina Safee Sali 5  Philippines
    2012 Shahril Ishak Teerasil Dangda 5  Malaysia
    2014 Chanathip Songkrasin Safiq Rahim 6  Vietnam
    2016 Chanathip Songkrasin Teerasil Dangda 6  Thailand
    2018 Nguyễn Quang Hải Adisak Kraisorn 8  Malaysia
    2020 Chanathip Songkrasin[lower-alpha 4] Safawi Rasid
    Bienvenido Marañón
    Chanathip Songkrasin[lower-alpha 4]
    Teerasil Dangda[lower-alpha 4]    		 4 Pratama Arhan[lower-alpha 4]  Indonesia[lower-alpha 4]
    2022 Theerathon Bunmathan Teerasil Dangda
    Nguyễn Tiến Linh    		 6 Marselino Ferdinan  Malaysia

    Winning coaches
    AFF Championship-winning coaches
    Year Winning coaches National team
    1996 Thawatchai Sartjakul  Thailand
    1998 Barry Whitbread  Singapore
    2000 Peter Withe  Thailand
    2002 Peter Withe (2)  Thailand
    2004 Radojko Avramović  Singapore
    2007 Radojko Avramović (2)  Singapore
    2008 Henrique Calisto  Vietnam
    2010 K. Rajagopal  Malaysia
    2012 Radojko Avramović (3)  Singapore
    2014 Kiatisuk Senamuang[upper-alpha 1]  Thailand
    2016 Kiatisuk Senamuang (2)  Thailand
    2018 Park Hang-seo  Vietnam
    2020 Alexandré Pölking  Thailand[lower-alpha 4]
    2022 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
    As of the 2022 edition
    Rank Team Part Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Best finish
    1 Thailand 148554211019568+127183 Champions (1996, 2000, 2002, 2014, 2016, 2020, 2022)
    2 Vietnam 147941221616177+84145 Champions (2008, 2018)
    3 Indonesia 1476371821182107+75129 Runners-up (2000, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2016, 2020)
    4 Malaysia 147534152612988+41117 Champions (2010)
    5 Singapore 146633161711868+50115 Champions (1998, 2004, 2007, 2012)
    6 Myanmar 145215112678110–3256 Semi-finalists (2004, 2016)
    7 Philippines 13531193355115–6042 Semi-finalists (2010, 2012, 2014, 2018)
    8 Cambodia 934602839110–7118 Group stage (9 times)
    9 Laos 1345263732170–13812 Group stage (13 times)
    10 Brunei 28107337–343 Group stage (1996, 2022)
    11 East Timor3120012650–440 Group stage (2004, 2018, 2020)

    Records and statistics

    All time top goalscorers
    As of 2022 final
    Rank Player Goals
    1 Teerasil Dangda25
    2 Noh Alam Shah17
    3 Worrawoot Srimaka15
    Lê Công Vinh
    5 Lê Huỳnh Đức14
    6 Adisak Kraisorn13
    Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto
    8 Bambang Pamungkas12
    Kiatisuk Senamuang
    10 Agu Casmir11
    11 Khairul Amri10
    1. Bold denotes players still playing international football

    Other statistics
    See also: List of AFF Championship hat-tricks
    • Indonesia (2004), Thailand (2008) and Vietnam (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

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

    Biggest wins

    Most successful coach

    Most successful player

    Most goals scored in a single tournament

    Most goals scored in a match

    Most tournaments scored in

    First ever hat-trick

    Fastest hat-trick

    Youngest player

    Youngest goal scorer

    Oldest player

    Oldest goal scorer

    Official match ball
    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 Penalty

    See also

    Notes
    1. Except the 2020 edition due to all matches being hosted in centralized venue, Singapore.
    2. Postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
    3. 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.[7]
    4. 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.[8][9] The sanctions took effect in October 2021.[10] Thailand is represented by its national team logo while Indonesia is represented by its coat of arms.

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