2010 AFF Suzuki Cup

2010 AFF Suzuki Cup
Tournament details
Host countries  Indonesia
 Vietnam
Dates 1 December – 29 December
Teams 8
Venue(s) 4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Malaysia (1st title)
Runners-up  Indonesia
Tournament statistics
Matches played 18
Goals scored 51 (2.83 per match)
Top scorer(s) Mohd Safee Mohd Sali
(5 goals)
Best player Firman Utina
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The 2010 AFF Cup, sponsored by Suzuki and officially named the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup,[1] took place on December 1–29, 2010.[2] Indonesia and Vietnam hosted the preliminary stage from 1 to 7 December for Group A and 2 to 8 December for Group B. The semi-finals were played home and away with the first legs on 15 and 16 December 2010, and the second legs on 18 and 19 December 2010. The final was played over two legs on 26 December 2010 and 29 December 2010.[3]

Indonesia appeared in their fourth final while the Philippines qualified for the semi-finals for the first time under the management of Simon McMenemy.[4] Malaysia subsequently won their first ever title since they first appeared in the final in the inaugural edition,[5] beating Indonesia 4-2 on aggregate in the finals. Malaysia became the first nation to win the AFF Cup (including tournaments held under earlier formats), despite losing two games in the tournament (both to Indonesia).

Contents

Hosts

On 17 February 2009, Vietnam declared their interest in hosting the eighth Suzuki Cup.[6] On 21 April 2009, the Vietnamese newspaper VietNamNet announced that Vietnam would co-host the Championship along with Indonesia.[7][8]

Venues

There are two main venues; the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta and the My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi with two secondary venues which will be used simultaneously with the main venue on the final match day of the group stage. Originally, the secondary venue for Group B was the Hàng Đẫy Stadium in Hanoi. However on 22 November 2010, the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) announced that it would not be ready in time for the tournament due to ongoing renovations and was replaced by the Chùa Cuõi Stadium aka the Thiên Trường Stadium.[9] For Group A, the original secondary venue was the Jalak Harupat Soreang Stadium in Bandung but on 24 November 2010 a week after an AFF meeting, it was announced that it would be replaced with the Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium.[10]

Jakarta Palembang Hanoi Nam Dinh
Gelora Bung Karno Stadium Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium Mỹ Đình National Stadium Thiên Trường Stadium
Capacity: 88,083 Capacity: 40,000 Capacity: 40,000 Capacity: 30,000

Qualification

Main article: 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup qualification

Qualification was scheduled to take place is scheduled from 22 October to 26 October 2010 in Laos. With the four lower ranked teams Laos, Cambodia, the Philippines and Timor Leste battling for two spots to the finals.[3] However, the qualification were to be held without Brunei, due to FIFA's continued suspension of the Football Federation of Brunei Darussalam.[11]

Six teams qualified for the finals, based on tournament records:

Two teams qualified via the qualification tournament:

Squads

Main article: 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup squads

Final tournament

Group stage

Group A

Main article: 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Indonesia 3 3 0 0 13 2 +11 9
 Malaysia 3 1 1 1 6 6 0 4
 Thailand 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
 Laos 3 0 1 2 3 13 −10 1
1 December 2010
17:00
 Thailand  2 – 2  Laos Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta
Referee: Sato Ryuji (Japan)
Chaikamdee  67', 90+1' Report Inthammavong  54'
Sysomvang  82'
1 December 2010
19:30
 Indonesia  5 – 1  Malaysia Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta
Attendance: 62,000
Referee: Vo Minh Tri (Vietnam)
Asraruddin  22' (o.g.)
Gonzáles  33'
Ridwan  52'
Arif  76'
Irfan  90+4'		 Report Norshahrul  18'
4 December 2010
17:00
 Thailand  0 – 0  Malaysia Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta
Referee: Win Cho (Myanmar)
Report
4 December 2010
19:30
 Laos  0 – 6  Indonesia Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Daud Abbas (Singapore)
Report Firman  28' (pen.), 51'
Ridwan  33'
Irfan  63'
Arif  77'
Okto  82'
7 December 2010
19:30
 Malaysia  5 – 1  Laos Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang
Referee: Vo Minh Tri (Vietnam)
Amri Yahyah  4', 41'
Amirul Hadi  74'
Norshahrul  77'
Mahali  90+1'		 Report Singto  8'
7 December 2010
19:30
 Indonesia  2 – 1  Thailand Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Sato Ryuji (Japan)
Bambang  82' (pen.), 90+1' (pen.) Report Suree  69'

Group B

Main article: 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Vietnam 3 2 0 1 8 3 +5 6
 Philippines 3 1 2 0 3 1 +2 5
 Singapore 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
 Myanmar 3 0 1 2 2 9 −7 1
2 December 2010
17:00
 Singapore  1 – 1  Philippines My Dinh National Stadium, Hanoi
Referee: Chaiya Mahapab (Thailand)
Đurić  65' Report Greatwich  90+3'
2 December 2010
19:30
 Vietnam  7 – 1  Myanmar My Dinh National Stadium, Hanoi
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Singh Pratap (India)
Anh Đức  13', 66'
Minh Phương  30'
Tấn Tài  51'
Trọng Hoàng  73', 83'
Vũ Phong  90+4'		 Report Moe  16'
5 December 2010
17:00
 Singapore  2 – 1  Myanmar My Dinh National Stadium, Hanoi
Referee: Tao Ranchang (China)
Đurić  62'
Casmir  90+4'		 Report Lwin  13'
5 December 2010
19:30
 Philippines  2 – 0  Vietnam My Dinh National Stadium, Hanoi
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Jimmy Napitupulu (Indonesia)
Greatwich  38'
Younghusband  79'		 Report
8 December 2010
19:30
 Myanmar  0 – 0  Philippines Thiên Trường Stadium, Nam Dinh
Referee: Singh Pratap (India)
Report
8 December 2010
19:30
 Vietnam  1 – 0  Singapore My Dinh National Stadium, Hanoi
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Chaiya Mahapab (Thailand)
Vũ Phong  32' Report

Knockout stage

Main article: 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup knockout stage
  Semifinals Final
                         
A2   Malaysia 2 0 2  
B1   Vietnam 0 0 0  
    A2   Malaysia 3 1 4
  A1   Indonesia 0 2 2
B2   Philippines 0 0 0
A1   Indonesia 1 1 2  

Semi-finals

First Leg
15 December 2010
20:00 UTC+8
 Malaysia  2 – 0  Vietnam National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Sun Baojie (China)
Safee  60', 79' Report
16 December 2010
19:00 UTC+7
 Philippines  0 – 1  Indonesia Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta (Indonesia)†
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)
Report Gonzáles  32'
Second Leg
18 December 2010
19:00 UTC+7
 Vietnam  0 – 0  Malaysia My Dinh National Stadium, Hanoi
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Kim Sang-Woo (Korea Republic)
Report
Malaysia won 2–0 on aggregate.
19 December 2010
19:00 UTC+7
 Indonesia  1 – 0  Philippines Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta
Attendance: 88,000
Referee: Ali Hasan Ebrahim Abdulnabi (Bahrain)
Gonzáles  43' Report
Indonesia won 2–0 on aggregate.

† The first leg of the semi-finals was supposed to be played in the Philippines. However, due to the unavailability of a stadium that passes AFF standards, both legs were hosted by Indonesia.[12]

Final

Main article: 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup Final
First Leg
26 December 2010
20:00 UTC+8
 Malaysia  3 – 0  Indonesia National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)
Safee  61, 73'
Ashaari  68'		 Report
Second Leg
29 December 2010
19:00 UTC+7
 Indonesia  2 – 1  Malaysia Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta
Attendance: 100,200
Referee: Peter Green (Australia)
Nasuha  76'
Ridwan  88'		 Report Safee  54'
Malaysia won 4–2 on aggregate

Awards

 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup Champion 

Malaysia
First title
Most Valuable Player Golden Boot Fair Play Award
Firman Utina Mohd Safee Mohd Sali Philippines

Incidents

After Malaysia's semi-final home leg against Vietnam, goalkeeper Bùi Tấn Trường stated that he was targeted with green laser pointers from the Malaysian fans when he would prepare for goal kicks and when saving the ball, which caused him to turn his head away.[13] During the final, Malaysia's fans again targeted the opposition players with green laser pointers. The first leg, also at the National Stadium, Bukit Jalil, was stopped for eight minutes starting in the 53rd minute when the Indonesian players walked off in protest and complained to referee Masaaki Toma about the laser lights.[14][15] Malaysia scored the first goal right after play was resumed.[16] The return-leg final in Jakarta saw Indonesian fans pointing green laser lights towards Malaysian goalkeeper Khairul Fahmi Che Mat's face.[17][18][19][20]

Media coverage

2010 AFF Suzuki Cup Broadcasters in Southeast Asia
IOC Code Country Network Station Television Station Radio Station
INA  Indonesia Media Nusantara Citra RCTI Trijaya FM
MAS  Malaysia Sistem Televisyen Malaysia Berhad TV2, TV3 and TV9 Hot FM
SIN  Singapore Media Corporation of Singapore MediaCorp TV Channel 5 938LIVE
BRU  Brunei Radio Televisyen Brunei RTB TV1 Radio Nasional Brunei
PHI  Philippines ABS-CBN Studio 23 DZSR Sports Radio 918
THA  Thailand Channel 7 (Thailand) CH7 NBT Network 1 Radio in Thailand
MYA  Myanmar Myanmar Radio and Television Myanmar Television Myanmar Radio
CAM  Cambodia National Radio and Television of Cambodia National Television of Cambodia National Radio of Cambodia
LAO  Laos Lao National Radio and Television Lao National Television Lao National Radio
VIE  Vietnam Vietnam Television VTV1 Voice of Vietnam
TML  Timor-Leste Radio-Televisão Timor Leste Televisão Timor Leste Radio Timor Leste

Goalscorers

5 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goals

References

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