2007 AFF Championship

2007 AFF Championship

2007 Kejohanan Bola Sepak ASEAN 2007 東盟足球錦標賽 2007 อาเซียนฟุตบอลแชมเปียนชิพ
Tournament details
Host countries	Singapore Thailand
Dates	12 January – 4 February 2007
Teams	8
Venue(s)	4 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Singapore (3rd title)
Runners-up	Thailand
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	50 (2.78 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Noh Alam Shah (10 goals)
Best player	Noh Alam Shah

The 2007 AFF Championship was the 6th edition of the AFF Championship, the football championship of Southeast Asia. It was co-hosted by Singapore and Thailand and took place from 12 January to 4 February 2007.

It was renamed from the Tiger Cup, due to the cup's main sponsor, Tiger Beer, not continuing their title sponsorship. This was the last event held at Singapore's National Stadium before its redevelopment.

Singapore set an AFF Cup record of a 15-match unbeaten run under coach Radojko Avramović, stretching back to the 2004 AFF Championship, and 17-match unbeaten run since the 4–0 defeat at home to neighbours Malaysia in the same competition on 18 December 2002.

Hosts

The 2007 AFF Cup was co-hosted by three-time champions, Thailand, and defending champions and eventual winners Singapore. The two hosts are the only two teams that have won the championship since its inception in 1996.

Qualification

The qualifying round for the lower ranked teams in Southeast Asia was held in Bacolod, Philippines from 12–20 November 2006. It was played in a single round-robin format with the top two teams advancing to the finals. This was the first time since 1998 where a qualification tournament was held.

Six teams as qualified directly to the finals.

•  Indonesia
•  Malaysia
•  Myanmar
•  Singapore
•  Thailand
•  Vietnam

Two teams qualified via the qualification tournament.

•  Laos (Qualification winners)
•  Philippines (Qualification runner-up)

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the tournament.

Country	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearance in tournament1
Thailand	*Hosts !Co-host	01 !12 January 2007	05 !5 (1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004)
Singapore	111 !2004 AFF Championship winners	02 !16 January 2005	05 !5 (1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004)
Indonesia	112 !2004 AFF Championship runner-up	03 !16 January 2005	05 !5 (1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004)
Malaysia	113 !2004 AFF Championship 3rd place	05 !15 January 2005	05 !5 (1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004)
Myanmar	114 !2004 AFF Championship 4th place	04 !15 January 2005	05 !5 (1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004)
Vietnam	115 !Direct Entry for 6th top AFF rank	06 !12 January 2007	05 !5 (1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004)
Laos	116 !Qualification winners	07 !18 November 2006	05 !5 (1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004)
Philippines	117 !Qualification runner-up	08 !20 November 2006	05 !5 (1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004)

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year.

Squads

Final tournament

Group stage

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

Group A

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

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Thailand	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7
Malaysia	3	1	1	1	4	1	+3	4
Myanmar	3	0	3	0	1	1	0	3
Philippines	3	0	1	2	0	8	−8	1

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Group B

• All matches played in Singapore.
• Times listed are UTC+8

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Singapore	3	1	2	0	13	2	+11	5
Vietnam	3	1	2	0	10	1	+9	5
Indonesia	3	1	2	0	6	4	+2	5
Laos	3	0	0	3	1	23	-22	0

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Knockout stage

Note: Although the knockout stages were two-legged, away goals rule was not applied. If the total aggregate score of both teams after both matches remained the same, extra time would have been played, followed by a penalty shootout if necessary.

	Semifinals							Finals
	A1	Thailand	2	0	2
	B2	Vietnam	0	0	0
								A1	Thailand	1	1	2
								B2	Singapore	2	1	3
	B1	Singapore (a.e.t.)	1	1	2 (5)
	A2	Malaysia	1	1	2 (4)

Semi-finals

First Leg

Second Leg

2–2 on aggregate. Singapore won via a penalty shootout.

Thailand won 2–0 on aggregate.

Final

After a group stage with two pools of four the two host nations met in a two-game final. In the first leg of the final, a controversial penalty was awarded to Singapore at the 83rd minute of the match, and the Thailand team walked off the pitch as a protest to the referee's decision. The Thailand team returned to the pitch at the 98th minute, and Singapore later won 2-1.

In the second leg of the final, Singapore had a goal controversially chalked off for being offside, but finally drew 1-1 to fellow co-host Thailand, with Khairul Amri scoring the decisive goal in the closing stages of the match, thus giving Singapore their 2nd title in succession, winning with an aggregate score of 3-2, and successfully defending the title. While Thailand can point to the controversial penalty for their defeat in the first leg, they failed to defeat Singapore in the Bangkok second-leg. It could have been worse for Thailand had the match officials seen Thai midfielder Datsakorn Thonglao head-butt Singapore's Khairul Amri to vent his anger after the equaliser.^[1]

First Leg

Second Leg

Singapore won 3–2 on aggregate.

Awards

2007 AFF Championship
Singapore Third title

Most Valuable Player	Golden Boot
Noh Alam Shah	Noh Alam Shah

Goalscorers

10 goals

• Noh Alam Shah

4 goals

• Pipat Thonkanya
• Phan Thanh Bình

3 goals

• Sarayoot Chaikamdee
• Lê Công Vinh

2 goals

1 goal

Own goal

• Supardi Nasir (playing against Vietnam)
• Anton del Rosario (playing against Malaysia)

Team statistics

This table shows all team performance.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Final
1	Singapore	7	2	5	0	18	6	+12
2	Thailand	7	3	3	1	10	4	+6
Semi-finals
3	Vietnam	5	1	3	1	10	3	+7
4	Malaysia	5	1	3	1	6	3	+3
Eliminated in the group stage
5	Indonesia	3	1	2	0	6	4	+2
6	Myanmar	3	0	3	0	1	1	0
7	Philippines	3	0	1	2	0	8	–8
8	Laos	3	0	0	3	1	23	–22

References

• Hamdan Saaid. "ASEAN Football Federation Championship 2007 - Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-03-02.

External links

• ASEAN Football Federation official website