2018 AFF Championship

2018 AFF Championship
Tournament details

Dates	8 November – 15 December 2018
Teams	10 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)	12 (in 10 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Vietnam ( 2nd title )
Runners-up	Malaysia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	26
Goals scored	80 (3.08 per match)
Attendance	757,570 (29,137 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Adisak Kraisorn ( 8 goals )
Best player(s)	Nguyễn Quang Hải
Fair play award	Malaysia
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The 2018 AFF Championship was the 12th edition of the AFF Championship, the football championship of nations affiliated to the ASEAN Football Federation ( AFF ), and the 6th under the name AFF Suzuki Cup. [ 1 ] The final tournament ran from 8 November and ended on 15 December 2018. [ 2 ] Through the agreement between AFF and East Asian Football Federation ( EAFF ), the winner of the tournament will qualify for the AFF–EAFF Champions Trophy. [ 3 ] Thailand had been the defending champions, but lost to Malaysia in the semi-finals. [ 4 ] Vietnam won the tournament by a 3–2 victory in the two-legged final against Malaysia to secure their second championship, [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] and subsequently qualified to meet 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship achiever of South Korea in the 2019 AFF–EAFF Champions Trophy. [ 8 ] [ 9 ]

format [edit ]

In March 2016, it was reported that the AFF was mulling over changes to the tournament format due to the failure to attract big push for matches not involving the host nation. [ 10 ] It was then confirmed by the AFF that starting with the 2018 version, a newly format would be applied. The nine highest ranked teams would automatically qualify with the 10th and 11th rank teams playing in a two-legged qualifier. The 10 teams would be split in two groups of five and play a circle robin organization with each team playing two home and two aside fixtures. A draw will be made to determine where the teams play while the format of the knockout round would remain unchanged. [ 11 ]

qualification [edit ]

Qualified for AFF Championship

Failed to qualify

Did not enter Not an not an AFF member nine-spot teams were mechanically qualified in the AFF Championship final examination tournament. Based on the 2016 AFF Championship ranking, Brunei and Timor Leste played in a home and away play offs which was conducted on 1 and 8 September 2018 with the latter plug qualification. [ 12 ] Australia, a member since 2013, did not enter the tournament. [ 2 ]

Qualified teams [edit ]

Team	Appearance	Previous best performance
Cambodia	7th	Group stage (1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2016)
Indonesia	12th	Runners-up (2000, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2016)
Laos	11th	Group stage (1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Malaysia	12th	Winners (2010)
Myanmar	12th	Fourth place (2004), Semi-finalists (2016)
Philippines	11th	Semi-finalists (2010, 2012, 2014)
Singapore	12th	Winners (1998, 2004, 2007, 2012)
Thailand	12th	Winners (1996, 2000, 2002, 2014, 2016)
Timor-Leste	2nd	Group stage (2004)
Vietnam	12th	Winners (2008)

absorb [edit ]

The draw for the tournament was held on 2 May 2018 [ 13 ] at Hotel Mulia in Jakarta, Indonesia [ 14 ] [ 15 ] with the pot placements followed each teams progress in the previous two editions. [ 16 ] At the time of the attract the identity of the national team that secured reservation was still to be determined ( Timor-Leste ) .

Squads [edit ]

Each team were allowed a preliminary police squad of 50 players. A final police squad of 23 players ( three of whom must be goalkeepers ) must be registered one day before the foremost match of the tournament. [ 18 ]

Officials [edit ]

The follow officials were chosen for the competition. Referees
Assistant Referees
Fourth Officials

Venues [edit ]

There are one venue for each participating countries in the tournament with each countries get two group matches played in their home stadium. This is the first time Laos and Cambodia horde matches of a concluding tournament. Before the tournament being held, both the Football Association of Indonesia ( PSSI ) and Myanmar Football Federation ( MFF ) have requested AFF to allow their two home matches to be held in two unlike stadiums in different cities. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] The Vietnam Football Federation ( VFF ) besides asked AFF to move their final examination group equal against Cambodia to Hàng Đẫy Stadium as the match date is coincides with the open ceremony of the Vietnam National Games that will be held in Mỹ Đình National Stadium by which the request was accepted through the AFF confluence in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on 13 September. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] East Timor will play their designated “ home ” match against Thailand at the Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok, while their home plate tie against the Philippines will be played at the Kuala Lumpur Stadium in Malaysia due to the incomplete floodlight of the Dili Municipal Stadium. [ 23 ]

Group stage [edit ]

Winners

runner-up

Semi-finals

Group stage

leave of teams participating in 2018 AFF Championship

Key to colours in group tables
	Top two placed teams advanced to the semi-finals

Group A [edit ]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Vietnam	4	3	1	0	8	0	+8	10	Knockout phase
2	Malaysia	4	3	0	1	7	3	+4	9	Knockout phase
3	Myanmar	4	2	1	1	7	5	+2	7
4	Cambodia	4	1	0	3	4	9	−5	3
5	Laos	4	0	0	4	3	12	−9	0

Group B [edit ]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Thailand	4	3	1	0	15	3	+12	10	Knockout phase
2	Philippines	4	2	2	0	5	3	+2	8	Knockout phase
3	Singapore	4	2	0	2	7	5	+2	6
4	Indonesia	4	1	1	2	5	6	−1	4
5	Timor-Leste	4	0	0	4	4	19	−15	0

Knockout phase [edit ]

bracket [edit ]

Semi-finals					Finals

A2	Malaysia (a)	0	2	2
B1	Thailand	0	2	2
					A2	Malaysia	2	0	2
					A1	Vietnam	2	1	3
B2	Philippines	1	1	2
A1	Vietnam	2	2	4

First Leg

Second Leg

2–2 on aggregate, Malaysia won on away goals.
Vietnam won 4–2 on aggregate.

Finals [edit ]

First Leg

Second Leg

Vietnam won 3–2 on aggregate.

2018 AFF Championship best eleven [edit ]

The best eleven team was a squad consist of the football team most impressive players at the tournament. [ 24 ]

Statistics [edit ]

achiever [edit ]

2018 AFF Championship
Vietnam 2nd title

Awards [edit ]

Goalscorers [edit ]

There were 80 goals scored in 26 matches, for an average of 3.08 goals per match. 8 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
reference : AFF

discipline [edit ]

In the final tournament, a player was suspended for the subsequent couple in the contest for either getting loss circuit board or accumulating two yellow cards in two different matches .
• Player who get a calling card during the semifinals and final does n’t include here .

tournament teams ranking [edit ]

This board will show the rate of teams throughout the tournament .

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	Vietnam	8	6	2	0	15	4	+11	20	Champion
2	Malaysia	8	3	3	2	11	8	+3	12	Runner-up
3	Thailand	6	3	3	0	17	5	+12	12	Semi-finalists
4	Philippines	6	2	2	2	7	7	0	8	Semi-finalists

5	Myanmar	4	2	1	1	7	5	+2	7	Eliminated in group stage
6	Singapore	4	2	0	2	7	5	+2	6
7	Indonesia	4	1	1	2	5	6	−1	4
8	Cambodia	4	1	0	3	4	9	−5	3
9	Laos	4	0	0	4	3	12	−9	0
10	Timor-Leste	4	0	0	4	4	19	−15	0

market [edit ]

[26] AFF Suzuki Cup color system. New tournament visuals, including a logo, for the AFF Championship was unveiled for the 2018 edition during the official string held on 2 May 2018. The ASEAN Football Federation cooperated with Lagardère Sports for the tournament ‘s post. Five attributes were identified that are “ synonymous ” to the tournament. Elements combined to form the logo are a exhaust heart, a goalpost and raised hands by a fan that is meant to signify “ pride, loyalty, football, competition, and mania ”. [ 26 ] In addition a color scheme was developed for the stigmatize. The colours devised are magenta ( rage and energy ), bluish green ( fresh begin ), green ( plangency of a football pitch ) and blue ( topography of the region ). [ 26 ]

Matchballs [edit ]

The official testis for AFF Suzuki Cup 2018 is the Primero Mundo X Star, [ 27 ] [ 28 ] which is sponsored by Grand Sport Group .

Media coverage [edit ]

Incidents and controversies [edit ]

The Vietnam Football Federation ( VFF ) was fined VND 220 million ( US $ 10,000 ) by the ASEAN Football Federation ( AFF ) for failing to send any vietnamese players to attend the press league before the open match against Laos on 8 November in Vientiane, with a warning that the penalty will be heavier if it happens again. Under AFF rules, any oral sex coach and a starting player from each team must show up at the pre-match weight-lift league one day anterior to the peer. [ 62 ] During the run into between Myanmar and Vietnam in Group A in Yangon, the vietnamese side was dissatisfied over the controversial decision made by Qatari referee Khamis Al-Marri after two penalty calls were denied, and another goal was ruled offside by Thai linesman Phubes Lekpha despite television replay showing the vietnamese player was indeed onside at that clock time. [ 63 ] [ 64 ] An argument then occurred between Burmese coach Antoine Hey and Vietnamese coach Park Hang-seo which resulted in Park not shaking hands with Hey after the peer. [ 64 ] [ 65 ] As a resultant role, the handiness and importance of video adjunct referee ( VAR ) like in the late 2018 FIFA World Cup is questioned where many believed it should have been enforced in all international football matches. [ 66 ] Prior to the group couple between Malaysia and Vietnam in Hanoi, young Vietnamese football fans who waiting over a night to buy tickets are being threatened by local thugs and gangsters and forced to leave. [ 67 ] Police scouts was then being dispatched to monitor the gang activities. [ 68 ] In another site, 20 Myanmar fans ( including women ) who were waiting for a bus topology in Kuala Lumpur to return after the end of the last Group A couple between Malaysia and Myanmar when they were physically and verbally attacked by around 30 unidentified assailants. [ 69 ] [ 70 ] Three of the Myanmar fans were injured and had to be sent to hospital for treatment. The victims decided not to make a patrol report for its sensed miss of effectiveness on exchangeable cases in the past. [ 70 ] Nevertheless, the Secretary of Football Association of Malaysia ( FAM ), Stuart Michael Ramalingam, made a visit to the victims ‘ example to apologise, explaining that they have ensured security measures being taken inside the stadium during the game but can not prevent any adverse incident that happened outside the stadium, therefore urging every football athletic supporter to control their behavior with a sportsmanship spirit. [ 71 ] Despite the apology, the Myanmar Football Federation ( MFF ) sent a letter to the AFF to take action against the host area since it was a repeat of similar winnow ferocity in recent years, urging for a definite end to such violence towards any visiting fans in any future matches hosted by Malaysia, a well as for a dense penalty to be imposed on them if such problems keep recurring. [ 72 ] As stated in their letter, the MFF wrote :

This is not the first or second time this is happening. This matter is not something only Malaysia should be apologising for. It ’ s not entirely for the fans of our country. We are doing it so that it won ’ thyroxine find again in any server nation when other countries come and play. The master of ceremonies area should take extra manage and duty around the stadium. The hosts besides need to take duty for the spectators ’ base hit. If this keeps happening in an host state, it will affect the AFF ’ s integrity. No one ( the visitor team supporters ) will come and watch the matches in the future. thus, in order to prevent this from happening again, we sent a letter to AFF. [ 72 ]U Ko Ko Thein, General Secretary of the Myanmar Football Federation.

Following the ailment, FAM were given two warning notices by the AFF with a possible fine of RM 21,000 ( US $ 5,000 ), with the latter warning a direct leave of some malaysian supporters throwing airbomb into the stadium track after the end of the group peer against Myanmar. [ 73 ] The Football Association of Indonesia ( PSSI ) was fined Rp 116 million ( US $ 8,000 ) by the AFF after one of their players were found to be using a shirt with patronize logo during their aim school term before the group match against Timor-Leste. Under the AFF Disciplinary Code 6.11 ( Colour and Shirt Number ), each team may not display the presenter ‘s logo either inside or outside the stadium during official train, games and at press conferences. [ 74 ] Another potential fines of Rp73 million ( US $ 5,000 ) besides received by the team after they forgot to put the tournament logo in their home shirt during the match against Timor-Leste. [ 75 ] Following the team ‘s poor performance and early elimination in Group B, PSSI president Edy Rahmayadi blamed indonesian media and crusade as the chief lawsuit for the team bankruptcy. [ 76 ] Coach Bima Sakti ‘s accusation on the Philippines team using many “ naturalize players “ besides angered many Filipino football supporters. [ 77 ] Philippines midfielder Stephan Schröck, a Filipino-German, besides expressed his anger via social media saying “ call us half-bloods all day, but once we ’ ve meet, merely half of you will be left ”. [ 78 ] During the press league of the first peg final in Malaysia, a quarrel between Malaysian and Vietnamese photographer occurred when the latter shadow Malaysian photographer sights who was standing behind to taking the photograph of both teams, causing them to react angrily and saying “ Do n’t stand up ! ” with another malaysian photographer wearing a cap with blacken shirt began to approaching the vietnamese photographer but was being calmed by the press conference staffs vitamin a well malaysian coach Tan Cheng Hoe who urging everyone to remain calm during the tense position before making his speech on the approaching final matches. [ 79 ] A television footage on the incident had been circulating on YouTube with another voice besides being recorded as saying “ Oh no ! A unintelligent photographer ! “. [ 80 ] many Malaysian and vietnamese fans who could not get a unmarried ticket were besides disappointed over how ticket management was being conducted by both FAM and VFF. [ 81 ] [ 82 ] In Malaysia, many of the fans queued up overnight and camped outside the stadium with some becoming unconscious mind after being trampled by other fans in herd areas. [ 83 ] [ 84 ] Similar position besides occurred in Vietnam, hundreds of Vietnam People ‘s Army ( VPA ) wounded seasoned gathered outside the VFF ‘s agency gate to buy precedence tickets for the second final equal since the VFF had announced that it would sell mastermind tickets to those who had difficulty to buy on-line tickets. This resulted in chaos when they broke the federation function chief gate. [ 85 ] Prior to the first concluding equal between the two countries in Malaysia, many vietnamese fans who came to the stadium were disappointed when they were not allowed to enter despite having tickets, due to what was claimed to be “ congestion ” by the stadium management. [ 86 ] [ 87 ] One of the fans telling that an auxiliary police policeman already said to her the induct sphere in the second base tier at the stadium ( immediately above the visiting fans ‘ position ) is actually allocated for their fans but it seems to be already overtaken by the host fans alternatively. [ 86 ] [ 88 ] Both sides fans besides expressed their frustration over the no decision taken by australian referee Chris Beath in two incidents in the first final game such as the scuffle between two players and another foul when the ball hitting one of the Malaysian player handwriting in their penalty area in the 28th minute. [ 89 ] [ 90 ]

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