2012 AFF Championship

2012 AFF Championship
Kejohanan Bola Sepak ASEAN 2012 2012 อาเซียนฟุตบอลแชมเปียนชิพ

Tournament details
Host countries	Malaysia Thailand
Dates	24 November – 22 December
Teams	8 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)	4 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Singapore (4th title)
Runners-up	Thailand
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	48 (2.67 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Teerasil Dangda (5 goals)
Best player	Shahril Ishak

The 2012 AFF Championship, sponsored by Suzuki and officially known as the 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup,^[1] was the ninth edition of the AFF Championship, the football championship of Southeast Asia. It was co-hosted by Malaysia and Thailand and took place from 24 November to 22 December 2012.^[2]

Singapore became the first side to win the AFF Championship four times, beating Thailand 3–2 on aggregate in the finals. Singapore coach Radojko Avramović also became the most successful coach in tournament history, adding to his wins in 2004 and 2007.^[3]

Hosts

On 17 December 2010, the Philippine Football Federation declared their interest to host the 2012 AFF Championship.^[4]^[5] However, with no other reported interest and following the meeting of the AFF Council on 19 February 2011, Malaysia and Thailand were announced as hosts of the preliminary round.^[6]^[7]

Venues

There were two main venues; the National Stadium, Bukit Jalil in Kuala Lumpur and the Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok. The secondary venues; the Shah Alam Stadium in Shah Alam, Selangor State and the Supachalasai Stadium in Bangkok for the final round of group games on 30 November and 1 December.^[8] The Supachalasai Stadium replaced the Muang Thong Stadium as the alternative venue for the final match day in Group A on 27 November, after itself had been replaced by the Muang Thong Stadium on 17 October.^[9] If Thailand reached the semifinals and finals, their home games were played at the Supachalasai Stadium as the Rajamangala was hosting the 2012 Race of Champions.^[10] Philippines and Singapore also hosted games due to making the knockout stages. The Philippines hosted at the Rizal Memorial Stadium in Manila, the first time an AFF Championship game was held in the Philippines and Singapore hosted at the Jalan Besar Stadium.

Kuala Lumpur	Manila Kuala Lumpur Bangkok Singapore Shah Alam Location of stadiums of the 2014 AFF Championship. Orange: Finals, Semi-Finals and Group Stage; Red: Finals and Semi-Finals; Blue: Semi-Finals; Green: Semi-Finals and Group Stage; Yellow: Group Stage.	Shah Alam
Bukit Jalil National Stadium		Shah Alam Stadium
Capacity: 87,411		Capacity: 80,000

Bangkok		Bangkok
Rajamangala Stadium		Supachalasai Stadium
Capacity: 65,000		Capacity: 25,000

Manila		Singapore
Rizal Memorial Stadium		Jalan Besar Stadium
Capacity: 30,000		Capacity: 8,000

Qualification

Main article: 2012 AFF Championship qualification

Qualified Teams.

Teams Did Not Qualify.

Qualification took place from 5 to 13 October 2012. It involved the five lower ranked teams in Southeast Asia. All teams played in a round-robin tournament format with the top two teams qualifying for the tournament proper. Six teams have qualified directly to the finals.

Indonesia
Laos (Qualification runners-up)
Malaysia
Myanmar (Qualification winners)

Draw

The draw for the tournament as well as the qualification tournament took place on the afternoon of 11 July 2012 at the Golden Tulip Hotel in Bangkok. The teams that qualified via the qualifying stages were not yet determined at the time of the draw.^[11] The eight finalists were divided into four pots of two teams each based on team rankings.^[12]

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

Squads

Main article: 2012 AFF Championship 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:^[13]

Greater number of points obtained in all the group matches;
Goal difference in all the group matches;
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:

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

Group A

All matches were played in Thailand.
Times listed are UTC+7.


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

Vietnam v Myanmar

24 November 2012
17:30

Vietnam	1 – 1	Myanmar
Lê Tấn Tài 34'	Report	Kyi Lin 53' (pen.)

Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok
Referee: Andre El Haddad (Lebanon)

Thailand v Philippines

24 November 2012
20:20

Thailand	2 – 1	Philippines
Jakkraphan 39' Anucha 41'	Report	Mulders 77'

Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

Vietnam v Philippines

27 November 2012
17:30

Vietnam	0 – 1	Philippines
	Report	Caligdong 86'

Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok
Referee: Ma Ning (China PR)

Myanmar v Thailand

27 November 2012
20:20

Myanmar	0 – 4	Thailand
	Report	Teerasil 20', 82', 89' Apipoo 59'

Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok
Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baki (Oman)

Philippines v Myanmar

30 November 2012
20:20

Philippines	2 – 0	Myanmar
P. Younghusband 47' Á. Guirado 90+4'	Report

Supachalasai Stadium, Bangkok
Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baki (Oman)

Thailand v Vietnam

30 November 2012
20:20

Thailand	3 – 1	Vietnam
Kirati 21', 65' Nguyễn Gia Từ 82' (o.g.)	Report	Nguyễn Văn Quyết 72'

Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

Group B

All matches were played in Malaysia.
Times listed are UTC+8.


Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Singapore	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3	6
Malaysia	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	6
Indonesia	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
Laos	3	0	1	2	6	10	−4	1

Indonesia v Laos

25 November 2012
18:00

Indonesia	2 – 2	Laos
Maitimo 43' Mofu 90'	Report	Sayavutthi 30' (pen.) Liththideth 80'

Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
Referee: Ng Kai Lam (Hong Kong)

Malaysia v Singapore

25 November 2012
20:45

Malaysia	0 – 3	Singapore
	Report	Shahril 32', 38' Đurić 75'

Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

Indonesia v Singapore

28 November 2012
18:00

Indonesia	1 – 0	Singapore
Andik 88'	Report

Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
Referee: Ali Abdulnabi (Bahrain)

Laos v Malaysia

28 November 2012
20:45

Laos	1 – 4	Malaysia
Sihavong 38'	Report	Safiq 15' Safee 67' Wan 76' Khyril 80'

Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
Referee: Fan Qi (China PR)

Singapore v Laos

1 December 2012
20:45

Singapore	4 – 3	Laos
Shahril 45+1', 52' Amri 63' Fazrul 65'	Report	Sayavutthi 21', 81' (pen.) Liththideth 40'

Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam
Referee: Ng Kai Lam (Hong Kong)

Malaysia v Indonesia

1 December 2012
20:45

Malaysia	2 – 0	Indonesia
Azamuddin 27' Mahali 29'	Report

Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

Knockout stage

Semi-finals					Final

A2	Philippines	0	0	0
B1	Singapore	0	1	1
					B1	Singapore	3	0	3
					A1	Thailand	1	1	2
B2	Malaysia	1	0	1
A1	Thailand	1	2	3

Semifinals

First Leg

Philippines v Singapore

8 December 2012
20:00 UTC+8

Philippines	0 – 0	Singapore
	Report

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila
Referee: Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman)

Malaysia v Thailand

9 December 2012
20:00 UTC+8

Malaysia	1 – 1	Thailand
Norshahrul 48'	Report	Teerasil 78'

Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)

Second Leg

Singapore v Philippines

12 December 2012
20:00 UTC+8

Singapore	1 – 0	Philippines
Amri 19'	Report

Jalan Besar Stadium, Jalan Besar
Referee: Tan Hai (China PR)

Singapore won 1–0 on aggregate.

Thailand v Malaysia

13 December 2012
19:00 UTC+7

Thailand	2 – 0	Malaysia
Teerasil 60' Theeraton 65'	Report

Supachalasai Stadium, Bangkok
Referee: Lee Min-Hu (South Korea)

Thailand won 3–1 on aggregate.

Finals

First Leg

Singapore v Thailand

19 December 2012
20:00 UTC+8

Singapore	3 – 1	Thailand
Fahrudin 10' (pen.) Amri 72' Baihakki 90+1'	Report	Adul 65'

Jalan Besar Stadium, Jalan Besar
Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)

Second Leg

Thailand v Singapore

22 December 2012
19:00 UTC+7

Thailand	1 – 0	Singapore
Kirati 45'	Report

Supachalasai Stadium, Bangkok
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

Singapore won 3–2 on aggregate.

Awards

2012 AFF Championship Champion
Singapore Fourth title

Most Valuable Player	Golden Boot	Fair Play Award
Shahril Ishak	Teerasil Dangda	Malaysia

Media coverage

2012 AFF Championship Broadcasters in Southeast Asia^[14]
Country	Broadcast network	Television station
Brunei	Radio Televisyen Brunei	RTB1
Cambodia	National Radio and Television of Kampuchea	TVK
Indonesia	Media Nusantara Citra	RCTI, SINDOtv
Laos	Lao National Radio and Television	LNTV1
Malaysia	Radio Televisyen Malaysia	TV1
Myanmar	Myanmar Radio and Television	Myanmar Television
Philippines	Associated Broadcasting Company	AKTV
Singapore	MediaCorp	Channel 5 (HD5), Okto
Thailand	Royal Thai Army	BBTV7
Vietnam	Vietnam Television	VTV1

Player statistics

Discipline

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

Player	Offences	Suspensions
Endra Prasetya	in Group B v Laos	Group B v Singapore
Sopha Saysana	in Group B v Indonesia	Group B v Malaysia
Irwan Shah	in Group B v Indonesia	Group B v Laos
Pichitphong Choeichiu	in Group A v Philippines in Group A v Myanmar	Group A v Vietnam
Âu Văn Hoàn	in Group A v Myanmar in Group A v Thailand
Lê Tấn Tài	in Group A v Philippines in Group A v Thailand
Hariss Harun	in Group B v Malaysia in Group B v Indonesia	Group B v Laos
Wahyu Wijiastanto	in Group B v Laos in Group B v Singapore	Group B v Malaysia
Muhammad Taufiq	in Group B v Singapore in Group B v Malaysia
Oktovianus Maniani	in Group B v Singapore in Group B v Malaysia
Arthit Sunthornpit	in Group A v Vietnam	Semi-finals (1st Leg) v Malaysia

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

Goalscorers

5 goals

Teerasil Dangda

4 goals

Shahril Ishak

3 goals

Khampheng Sayavutthi

Khairul Amri

Kirati Keawsombat

2 goals

Keoviengphet Liththideth

1 goal

Own goal

Nguyễn Gia Từ (playing against Thailand)

Kawin N.M.Duc Baihakki Panupong Theeraton Safiq Kyi Lin Fahrudin Anucha Shahril Teerasil
AFF Best XI (2012 AFF Championship) Starting 11 in their 4-4-2 Formation

Team statistics

This table shows all team performance.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Final
1	Singapore	7	4	1	2	11	6	+5
2	Thailand	7	5	1	1	14	6	+8
Semifinals
3	Philippines	5	2	1	2	4	3	+1
4	Malaysia	5	2	1	2	7	7	0
Eliminated in the group stage
5	Indonesia	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1
6	Vietnam	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3
7	Laos	3	0	1	2	6	10	−4
8	Myanmar	3	0	1	2	1	7	−6

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