2014 AFF Championship

2014 AFF Championship
Tournament details
Host countries Singapore
Vietnam
Dates 22 November – 20 December
Teams 8 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s) 8 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Thailand (4th title)
Runners-up  Malaysia
Tournament statistics
Matches played 18
Goals scored 65 (3.61 per match)
Top scorer(s) Malaysia Mohd Safiq Rahim
(6 goals)
Best player Thailand Chanathip Songkrasin
Fair play award  Vietnam

The 2014 AFF Championship, sponsored by Suzuki and officially known as the 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup,[1] was the tenth edition of the AFF Championship, an international football competition consisting of national teams of member nations of the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF).

Co-hosting rights to the group stages were awarded to Singapore and Vietnam with matches being held on 22 November to 20 December 2014. Meanwhile, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand also hosted knock-out stage matches, as their teams advanced to the semi-finals.[2] Singapore were the defending champion, but failed to qualify from the group stage.[3]

Thailand won the tournament 4–3 in a two-legged final against Malaysia,[4] with manager Kiatisuk Senamuang being the first man to win the competition as a player then manager.[5]

Hosts

Singapore and Vietnam were declared as co-hosts at the AFF Council on 3 April 2013.[6] Initially the Philippines and Indonesia were also considered as possible co-hosts.[7][8]

Venues

Kallang, Singapore Hanoi, Vietnam
National Stadium Jalan Besar Stadium Mỹ Đình National Stadium Hàng Đẫy Stadium
Capacity: 55,000 Capacity: 8,000 Capacity: 40,192 Capacity: 22,500
Location of stadiums of the 2014 AFF Championship.
Blue: Finals; Green: Semi-Finals and Group Stage; Yellow: Group Stage.
Bangkok, Thailand Shah Alam, Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Manila, Philippines
Rajamangala Stadium Shah Alam Stadium[9] Bukit Jalil National Stadium[10] Rizal Memorial Stadium[11]
Capacity: 49,722 Capacity: 89,372 Capacity: 120,200 Capacity: 20,000

Qualification

  Qualified Teams.
  Teams Did Not Qualify.

Qualification was to have been scrapped for this edition of the tournament,[12] but at the AFF Council Meeting in Naypyidaw, Myanmar in December 2013, it was decided that the qualifying round would be retained, and Laos were awarded the hosting rights.[13] It was to involve the five lower ranked teams in the region, with games taking place between the dates of 12–20 October 2014.[2]

In August 2013, Football Federation Australia became a full member of the AFF,[14] thus making them eligible to compete in the ASEAN Football Championship starting with this edition of the tournament. However, Australia had no plans to compete against lower-ranked teams in AFF Championship and that they would continue to play in future editions of the East Asian Cup.[15]

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the tournament.

Country Previous best
performance
 Singapore Winners (1998, 2004, 2007, 2012)
 Vietnam Winners (2008)
 Thailand Winners (1996, 2000, 2002)
 Malaysia Winners (2010)
 Indonesia Runner-up (2000, 2002, 2004, 2010)
 Philippines Semi-finals (2010, 2012)
 Myanmar Fourth place (2004)
 Laos Group stage (1996 to 2012)

Draw

The draw for the tournament was held on 5 August 2014 in Hanoi, Vietnam.[16]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
 Vietnam (co-host)
 Singapore (co-host)		  Malaysia
 Philippines		  Thailand
 Indonesia		  Myanmar (Qualification Winners)
 Laos (Qualification Runners up)

Squads

Final tournament

Group Stage

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

Tie-breaking criteria

Ranking in each group shall be determine as follows:

  1. Greater number of points obtained in all the group matches;
  2. Goal difference in all the group matches;
  3. Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches.

If two or more teams are equal on the basis on the above three criteria, the place shall be determined as follows:

  1. Result of the direct match between the teams concerned;
  2. Kicks from the penalty mark if the teams concerned are still on the field of play;
  3. Drawing lots by the Organising Committee.

Group A

Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Vietnam 3 2 1 0 8 3 +5 7
 Philippines 3 2 0 1 9 4 +5 6
 Indonesia 3 1 1 1 7 7 0 4
 Laos 3 0 0 3 2 12 −10 0

22 November 2014
16:00
Philippines  4–1  Laos
Rota  40'
P. Younghusband  45+1'
Reichelt  77', 88' 		Report Sayavutthi  21'

22 November 2014
19:00
Vietnam  2–2  Indonesia
Quế Ngọc Hải  11'
Lê Công Vinh  68' 		Report Zulham  33'
Samsul  84'

25 November 2014
16:00
Philippines  4–0  Indonesia
P. Younghusband  16' (pen.)
Ott  52'
Steuble  68'
Gier  79' 		Report
Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi
Referee: Fahad Al-Marri (Qatar)

25 November 2014
19:00
Laos  0–3  Vietnam
Report Vũ Minh Tuấn  27'
Lê Công Vinh  84'
Nguyễn Huy Hùng  88'
Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi
Referee: Ali Al-Qaysi (Iraq)

28 November 2014
19:00
Indonesia  5–1  Laos
Evan  8'
Ramdhani  20', 50'
Zulham  82'
Souksavanh  89' (o.g.) 		Report Sayavutthi  28' (pen.)
Hàng Đẫy Stadium, Hanoi
Referee: Ali Al-Qaysi (Iraq)

28 November 2014
19:00
Vietnam  3–1  Philippines
Ngô Hoàng Thịnh  9'
Vũ Minh Tuấn  50'
Phạm Thành Lương  58' 		Report Mulders  60'

Group B

Due to problems with the pitch at the National Stadium,[17] the Asean Football Federation have decided for two venues for the Group B matches.[18]

Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Thailand 3 3 0 0 7 3 +4 9
 Malaysia 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 4
 Singapore 3 1 0 2 6 7 −1 3
 Myanmar 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1

23 November 2014
18:00[A]
Malaysia  0–0  Myanmar
Report
Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang[18]
Referee: Çarymurat Kurbanow (Turkmenistan)

23 November 2014
20:10
Singapore  1–2  Thailand
Khairul  20' Report Mongkol  9'
Charyl  89' (pen.)

26 November 2014
19:30[B]
Malaysia  2–3  Thailand
Amri  28'
Safiq  61' 		Report Adisak  43', 90'
Charyl  72'
Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang[18]
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

26 November 2014
20:00
Myanmar  2–4  Singapore
Kyaw Zayar Win  55'
Kyaw Ko Ko  62' (pen.) 		Report Shaiful  15'
Hariss  35', 42'
Khin Maung Lwin  75' (o.g.)
National Stadium, Kallang
Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)

29 November 2014
20:00
Thailand  2–0  Myanmar
Tanaboon  12'
Prakit  84' 		Report
Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang
Referee: Çarymurat Kurbanow (Turkmenistan)

29 November 2014
20:00
Singapore  1–3  Malaysia
Khairul  83' Report Safee  61'
Safiq  90+3' (pen.)
Putra  90+5'
National Stadium, Kallang
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)
Notes
  1. ^ The match was delayed one hour due to the heavy rain.
  2. ^ The match was delayed due to raining.

Knockout stage

  Semifinals Final
                         
A2   Philippines 0 0 0  
B1   Thailand 0 3 3  
    B1   Thailand 2 2 4
  B2   Malaysia 0 3 3
B2   Malaysia 1 4 5
A1   Vietnam 2 2 4  

Semi-finals

First Leg

6 December 2014
20:00 UTC+8
Philippines  0–0  Thailand
Report

7 December 2014
20:00 UTC+8
Malaysia  1–2  Vietnam
Safiq  14' (pen.) Report Võ Huy Toàn  32'
Nguyễn Văn Quyết  60'
Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam
Referee: Ma Ning (China)
Second Leg

10 December 2014
19:00 UTC+7
Thailand  3–0  Philippines
Chanathip  6'
Kroekrit  57', 86' 		Report

Thailand won 3–0 on aggregate.

11 December 2014
19:00 UTC+7
Vietnam  2–4  Malaysia
Lê Công Vinh  22' (pen.), 79' Report Safiq  4' (pen.)
Norshahrul  16'
Đinh Tiến Thành  29' (o.g.)
Shukor  43'

Malaysia won 5–4 on aggregate.

Finals

First Leg

17 December 2014
19:00 UTC+7
Thailand  2–0  Malaysia
Charyl  72' (pen.)
Kroekrit  86' 		Report
Second Leg

20 December 2014
20:00 UTC+8
Malaysia  3–2  Thailand
Safiq  7' (pen.), 58'
Putra  45+2' 		Report Charyl  82'
Chanathip  87'

Thailand won 4–3 on aggregate.

Incidents and controversies

During a group match between Singapore and Malaysia at the Singapore National Stadium, irate Singaporean fans began throwing bottles of water and toilet rolls on the pitch and players gate tunnel at the end of the match due to what was seen as awful decision-making by Oman referee Ahmed Al-Kaf, who awarded the Malaysian side a penalty kick resulting in an advantage for them.[19]

Other incidents occurred soon during the 1st semi-final between Malaysia and Vietnam in Shah Alam Stadium, where some of the Malaysian fans were seen pointing green laser lights on the field, as recorded on the match video in television camera.[20] The laser incident is a continuation from Malaysian hooligans, as it also happened during the previous edition of AFF Championship semi-final against Vietnam and in the final against Indonesia in 2010.[21][22]

At the end of Malaysia 1–2 loss to Vietnam, some Malaysian hooligan fans began attacking Vietnamese fans, resulting in injuries.[20] The hooligans rushed to assault Vietnamese fans, who tried to flee and had no intention of fighting back. Bottles, smoke bombs and other dangerous objects continued to get thrown even after the Royal Malaysia Police arrived at the scene to quell the scuffles.[23] This was heavily criticised by the Vietnamese side for the rioting shown by some of the Malaysian supporters. As a result, the website of the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) had been hacked in a denial of service attack, perhaps from Vietnam.[24] Other Malaysian supporters together with the Malaysia Minister of Youth and Sports, Khairy Jamaluddin condemn the hooligan fans attitude and has offer their apologies to all Vietnamese fans, adding that five of the perpetrators had been arrested.[25][26][27] So far, another nine people's has been arrested for the same offence between 11–12 December.[28]

The Philippines team received a death threat before their 2nd semi-final match against Thailand. Sources say the threat has something to do with the scuffle during 1st leg between Filipino defender Amani Aguinaldo and Thai striker Adisak Kraisorn, which lead to Adisak being red-carded and suspended for the 2nd leg.[29]

In the semi-final between Malaysia and Vietnam, the Vietnam had won the first-leg in Malaysia with a 2–1 score. However, in the second-leg played in Hanoi, Vietnam lost 4–2, thus losing 5–4 on aggregate with Malaysia advancing to the finals. After that defeat, the Vietnam Football Federation launched a probe into the defeat, citing potential match-fixing due to the seemingly apathetic performance of the players compared to the first-leg.[30] However, the AFF said that the match was not fixed and went on to say that through Swiss-based sports integrity specialist Sportradar, no unusual betting had taken place during the match.[31]

Statistics

Winner

 2014 AFF Championship Champion 

Thailand
Fourth title

Awards

Most Valuable Player Golden Boot Fair Play Award
Thailand Chanathip Songkrasin Malaysia Mohd Safiq Rahim  Vietnam

Discipline

In the final tournament, a player was suspended for the subsequent match in the competition for either getting a red card, or accumulating two yellow cards in two different matches.

Player Offences Suspensions
Indonesia Rizky Pora Red card in Group A v Philippines Group A v Laos
Indonesia Supardi Nasir Red card in Group A v Laos
Vietnam Vũ Minh Tuấn in Group A v Indonesia
in Group A v Philippines		 Semi-finals (1st Leg) v Malaysia
Malaysia Mohd Amri Yahyah in Group B v Myanmar
in Group B v Singapore		 Semi-finals (1st Leg) v Vietnam
Malaysia Shukor Adan in Group B v Thailand
in Group B v Singapore		 Semi-finals (1st Leg) v Vietnam
Malaysia Gary Steven Robbat Yellow cardYellow cardRed card in Group B v Myanmar Group B v Thailand
Singapore Baihakki Khaizan in Group B v Thailand
in Group B v Myanmar		 Group B v Malaysia

*Player who get a card during the final doesn't include here.

Goalscorers

6 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Team statistics

This table will show the ranking of teams throughout the tournament.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD
Finals
1 Thailand 7511146+8
2 Malaysia 73131312+1
Semifinals
3 Vietnam 5311128+4
4 Philippines 521297+2
Eliminated in the group stage
5 Indonesia 3111770
6 Singapore 310267–1
7 Myanmar 301226–4
8 Laos 3003212–10

Media coverage

2014 AFF Championship television broadcasters in Southeast Asia
Country Broadcast network Television station
 Australia None
 Brunei RTB RTB1
 Cambodia TVK TVK
 Indonesia MNC Media RCTI, MNC TV, Global TV
 Laos LNTV LNTV1
 Malaysia Media Prima, Astro TV3, TV9, Astro Arena
 Myanmar MRTV MRTV
 Philippines ABS-CBN Corporation ABS-CBN Sports+Action
 Singapore MediaCorp Okto: Sports on Okto
 Thailand BBTV, TrueVisions CH7, 7HD True Sport HD,
 Timor-Leste RTTL TTL
 Vietnam VTV VTV 2 and VTV 6[32]
2014 AFF Championship international television broadcasters
Asia-wide Fox International Channels Fox Sports Asia

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