2008 AFF Championship

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2008 AFF Championship
2008 Kejuaraan Sepak Bola ASEAN
2008 อาเซียนฟุตบอลแชมเปียนชิพ
AFF Suzuki Cup 2008 official logo
Tournament details
Host countryIndonesia
Thailand
(for group stage) Singapore
Vietnam
(for knockout stage)
Dates5–28 December
Teams8
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Vietnam (1st title)
Runners-up Thailand
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored56 (3.11 per match)
Top scorer(s)Singapore Agu Casmir
Indonesia Budi Sudarsono
Thailand Teerasil Dangda
(4 goals)
Best player(s)Vietnam Dương Hồng Sơn
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The 2008

AFF Championship was the seventh edition of the tournament. It was primarily sponsored by Suzuki and therefore officially known as the 2008 AFF Suzuki Cup.[1] The group stage was held in Indonesia and Thailand
from 5 to 10 December 2008. Two-legged home-and-away semi-finals and finals were held between 16 and 28 December 2008 in Singapore and Vietnam.

two-legged final against Thailand
to win their first title.

Summary

The tournament would originally have been hosted by

security concerns.[2] In the third AFF council meeting in Bali, Indonesia and Thailand beat three other countries to win the right to host (the other three were Malaysia, Myanmar and Vietnam). However, if both countries are unable to fulfill certain obligations set by the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF), Vietnam will step in and host the tournament. The winning team will take home USD100,000, runners-up USD 50,000, and USD 15,000 for the losing semi-finalists. Nike will be an official supplier for the 2008 AFF Championship.[3]

10 days before the start of the tournament, safety issues were raised contending the safety of the teams who were due to play in Bangkok. This was because of the riots that were happening in the city which also resulted in the closure of the

Phuket in the South of the country.[4][5][6]

As well as Thailand confirming themselves as steady hosts, Vietnam and Malaysia also stated that they would be prepared to host the tournament at short notice.[7][8]

On 29 November, with less than one week before the start of the tournament, the group stages held in Thai sport were moved from the capital

Phuket.[9]

Venues

Indonesia prepare

Si Jalak Harupat Stadium
. Bung Karno Stadium will be the opening match venue, while Rajmangala Stadium will be the final match venue.

Group stage matches in Thai sport were switched from the capital

Phuket City on 29 November due to security issues in Bangkok.[9][10]

Indonesia Jakarta Indonesia Bandung
Phuket
Gelora Bung Karno Stadium
Si Jalak Harupat Stadium
 Surakul Stadium
Capacity: 88,083 Capacity: 27,000 Capacity: 15,000
Thailand Bangkok Vietnam Hanoi Singapore Singapore
Rajamangala Stadium Mỹ Đình National Stadium Singapore National Stadium
Capacity: 49,722 Capacity: 40,192 Capacity: 55,000

Qualification

Main article: 2008 AFF Championship qualification

The qualification took place in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, from 17 October 2008 to 25 October 2008. The five lower-ranked teams in Southeast Asia play within a round-robin tournament format and the top two countries in the group will qualify for this tournament.

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the tournament.

Country Previous best performance
 Thailand Winners (1996, 2000, 2002)
 Singapore Winners (1998, 2004, 2007)
 Indonesia Runners-up (2000, 2002, 2004)
 Vietnam Runners-up (1998)
 Malaysia Runners-up (1996)
 Myanmar Fourth-place (2004)
 Laos Group stage (1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2007)
 Cambodia Group stage (1996, 2000, 2002, 2004)

Squads

Main article: 2008 AFF Championship squads

Referees

Confirmed referees during the tournament:[11]

Final tournament

Group stage

Group A

  • All matches played in Indonesia.
  • All times are
    UTC+7
    .
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Singapore 3 3 0 0 10 1 +9 9
 Indonesia 3 2 0 1 7 2 +5 6
 Myanmar 3 1 0 2 4 8 −4 3
 Cambodia 3 0 0 3 2 12 −10 0
Singapore 5–0 Cambodia
Casmir 44', 73'
Mustafić 61' (pen.)
Sahdan 71'
Alam Shah 89'
Attendance: 18,000
Indonesia 3–0 Myanmar
Budi 24'
Firman 28'
Bambang 64'
Attendance: 40,000
Singapore 3–1 Myanmar
Alam Shah 1'
Casmir 16', 74'		 Myo Min Tun 28'
Attendance: 21,000
Cambodia 0–4 Indonesia
Budi 15', 54', 70'
Bambang 76'
Attendance: 30,000
Myanmar 3–2 Cambodia
Ya Zar Win Thein 35'
Myo Min Tun
85'		 Sokumpheak 40'
Borey 77'
Jalak Harupat Stadium, Bandung
)
Indonesia 0–2 Singapore
Baihakki 3'
Shi Jiayi 50'
Attendance: 50,000

Group B

  • All Matches played in Thailand.
  • All times are Indochina Time (ICT) –
    UTC+7
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Thailand 3 3 0 0 11 0 +11 9
 Vietnam 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6
 Malaysia 3 1 0 2 5 6 −1 3
 Laos 3 0 0 3 0 13 −13 0
Malaysia 3–0 Laos
Safee 68', 87'
Indra Putra 73'
Phuket
Attendance: 5,000
)
Thailand 2–0 Vietnam
Sutee 34'
Suchao 45+4'
Malaysia 2–3 Vietnam
Indra Putra 20', 85' Phạm Thành Lương 16'
Nguyễn Vũ Phong 72', 86'
Laos 0–6 Thailand
Arthit 40', 52'
Anon
79', 89'
Phuket
Attendance: 10,000
)
Thailand 3–0 Malaysia
Sutee 23'
Teerasil 46', 76'
Vietnam 4–0 Laos
Nguyễn Việt Thắng 48'
Phạm Thành Lương 63'
Huỳnh Quang Thanh 66'
Phan Thanh Bình 80'

Knockout stages

Note: Although the knockout stages are two-legged,

penalty shootout
if necessary.

Semi-finals Final
          
B1  Thailand 1 2 3
A2  Indonesia 0 1 1
B1  Thailand 1 1 2
B2  Vietnam 2 1 3
A1  Singapore 0 0 0
B2  Vietnam 0 1 1

Semi-finals

First Leg
Indonesia 0–1 Thailand
Report Teerasil 6'
Attendance: 70,000
Vietnam 0–0 Singapore
Report
Attendance: 40,000
Second Leg
Thailand 2–1 Indonesia
Teeratep 73'
Ronnachai 89'		 Report Nova 9'
Attendance: 40,000

Thailand won 3–1 on aggregate.

Singapore 0–1 Vietnam
Report Nguyễn Quang Hải 74'
National Stadium, Singapore
Attendance: 55,000
)

Vietnam won 1–0 on aggregate.

Final

First leg
Thailand 1–2 Vietnam
Dương Hồng Sơn 75' (o.g.) Report Nguyễn Vũ Phong 40'
Lê Công Vinh 42'
Attendance: 50,000
Second leg
Vietnam 1–1 Thailand
Lê Công Vinh 90+4' Report Teerasil 21'
Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore
)

Vietnam won 3–2 on aggregate.

Vietnamese fans after the final

Awards

 2008 AFF Championship 

Vietnam
First title
Most Valuable Player Golden Boot Fair Play Award
Vietnam Dương Hồng Sơn Singapore Agu Casmir
Indonesia Budi Sudarsono
Thailand Teerasil Dangda 		 Thailand

Goalscorers

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Team statistics

This table shows all team performance.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD P
Final
1  Vietnam 7 4 2 1 11 6 +5 14
2  Thailand 7 5 1 1 16 4 +12 16
Semi-finals
3  Singapore 5 3 1 1 10 2 +8 10
4  Indonesia 5 2 0 3 8 5 +3 6
Eliminated in the group stage
5  Malaysia 3 1 0 2 5 6 −1 3
6  Myanmar 3 1 0 2 4 8 −4 3
7  Cambodia 3 0 0 3 2 12 −10 0
8  Laos 3 0 0 3 0 13 −13 0

References

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  2. ^ "Thailand, Indonesia to host 2008 ASEAN championships". Reuters. Archived from the original on 7 April 2008. Retrieved 24 December 2007.
  3. ^ "Indonesia and Thailand Hosts For ASEAN Football Championship 2008". Archived from the original on 7 April 2008. Retrieved 24 December 2007.
  4. ^ "Worawi: 'It's still on!". AFC. 28 November 2008. Archived from the original on 30 April 2009. Retrieved 28 November 2008.
  5. ^ "AFF Suzuki Cup en español". Periodismo de fútbol internacional. 27 November 2008. Retrieved 27 November 2008.
  6. ^ "Suzuki Cup tournament could be moved from Bangkok to Phuket due to political chaos". Bangkok Post. 29 November 2008. Retrieved 28 November 2008.
  7. ^ "Vietnam top candidate to replace Thailand as AFF Cup host". VietNamNet. 28 November 2008. Archived from the original on 4 December 2008. Retrieved 28 November 2008.
  8. ^ "Malaysia willing to replace Thailand as AFF Cup host". VietNamNet. 27 November 2008. Archived from the original on 7 December 2008. Retrieved 28 November 2008.
  9. ^ a b "Thailand shifts Suzuki Cup out of troubled Bangkok". Yahoo! Sports. 29 November 2008. Archived from the original on 15 December 2008. Retrieved 29 November 2008.
  10. ^ "Suzuki Cup meet will be held in Phuket from December 6, says Worawi". Bangkok Post. 30 November 2008. Retrieved 30 November 2008.
  11. ^ "Wasit Indonesia Masih Dipercaya" (in Indonesian). Pikiran Rakyat Online. 29 October 2008. Archived from the original on 8 December 2008. Retrieved 5 November 2008.
  12. ^ "Thailand-Malaysia Move To Bangkok". AFF. 7 December 2008. Archived from the original on 8 December 2008. Retrieved 7 December 2008.
  13. ^ "Final group B matches to stay in Phuket". AFF. 9 December 2008. Archived from the original on 10 December 2008. Retrieved 9 December 2008.
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