2012 AFF Championship

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2012 AFF Championship
2012 Kejohanan Bola Sepak ASEAN
2012 อาเซียนฟุตบอลแชมเปียนชิพ
AFF Suzuki Cup 2012 logo.svg
Tournament details
Host countryMalaysia
Thailand
(for group stage)
Dates24 November – 22 December
Teams8 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Singapore.svg  Singapore (4th title)
Runners-upFlag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored48 (2.67 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Thailand.svg Teerasil Dangda
(5 goals)
Best player(s) Flag of Singapore.svg Shahril Ishak
2010
2014

The 2012 AFF Championship, sponsored by Suzuki and officially known as the 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup, [1] was the 9th edition of the AFF Championship, the football championship of Southeast Asia. It was co-hosted for group stage by Malaysia and Thailand and took place from 24 November to 22 December 2012. [2]

Contents

Malaysia were the defending champions but were eliminated by Thailand in the semi-finals. 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 group stage. [6] [7]

Venues

There were two main venues; the Bukit Jalil National Stadium 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the Muang Thong Stadium as the alternative venue for the final match day in Group A on 27 November, after itself had been replaced by the Muang Thong Stadium on 17 October.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.

Flag of Malaysia.svg Kuala Lumpur
Location of stadiums of the 2014 AFF Championship.
Orange pog.svg Orange: Finals, Semi-finals and Group Stage; Red pog.svg Red: Finals and Semi-finals; Blue pog.svg Blue: Semi-finals; Green pog.svg Green: Semi-finals and Group Stage; Yellow pog.svg Yellow: Group Stage.
Flag of Malaysia.svg Shah Alam
Bukit Jalil National Stadium Shah Alam Stadium
Capacity: 110,000Capacity: 80,372
National Stadium Bukit Jalil 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup final.jpg Shah Alam Stadium (inside).jpg
Flag of Thailand.svg Bangkok Flag of Thailand.svg Bangkok
Rajamangala Stadium Supachalasai Stadium
Capacity: 49,722Capacity: 19,793
RajamangalaStadium.jpg Suphachalasai 3116.JPG
Flag of the Philippines.svg Manila Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore
Rizal Memorial Stadium Jalan Besar Stadium
Capacity: 12,873Capacity: 8,000
RizalMemorialStadiumjf9861 03.JPG Jalan Besar Stadium.JPG

Qualification

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Qualified Teams.
Teams Did not qualify. 2012-2014 AFF Suzuki Cup Teams.png
  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.

 

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 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4

Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia (co-host)
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand (co-host)

Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia

Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines

Qualification winner –
Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar
Qualification runner-up –
Flag of Laos.svg  Laos

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]

  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. Drawing lots by the Organising Committee.

However, these criteria would not apply if two teams tied on points, goals scored, and conceded played against each other in their final group match, are still level at the end of that match, and no other team in group finishes with same points; in that case, the tie would be broken by a penalty shootout. [13]

Group A

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 330092+79
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 320142+26
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 30122531
Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar 30121761
Source: [ citation needed ]
Vietnam  Flag of Vietnam.svg1–1Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar
Lê Tấn Tài Soccerball shade.svg34' Report Kyi Lin Soccerball shade.svg53' (pen.)
Thailand  Flag of Thailand.svg2–1Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Jakkraphan Soccerball shade.svg39'
Anucha Soccerball shade.svg41'
Report Mulders Soccerball shade.svg77'

Vietnam  Flag of Vietnam.svg0–1Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Report Caligdong Soccerball shade.svg86'
Myanmar  Flag of Myanmar.svg0–4Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Report Teerasil Soccerball shade.svg20', 82', 89'
Apipoo Soccerball shade.svg59'
Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baki (Oman)

Philippines  Flag of the Philippines.svg2–0Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar
P. Younghusband Soccerball shade.svg47'
Á. Guirado Soccerball shade.svg90+4'
Report
Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baki (Oman)
Thailand  Flag of Thailand.svg3–1Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam
Kirati Soccerball shade.svg21', 65'
Nguyễn Gia Từ Soccerball shade.svg82' (o.g.)
Report Nguyễn Văn Quyết Soccerball shade.svg72'

Group B

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 320174+36
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 320164+26
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 31113414
Flag of Laos.svg  Laos 301261041
Source: [ citation needed ]

Laos  Flag of Laos.svg1–4Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
Khonesavanh Soccerball shade.svg38' Report Safiq Soccerball shade.svg15'
Safee Soccerball shade.svg67'
Zack Soccerball shade.svg76'
Khyril Soccerball shade.svg80'

Singapore  Flag of Singapore.svg4–3Flag of Laos.svg  Laos
Shahril Soccerball shade.svg45+1', 52'
Khairul Soccerball shade.svg63'
Fazrul Soccerball shade.svg65'
Report Khampheng Soccerball shade.svg21', 81' (pen.)
Keoviengphet Soccerball shade.svg40'

Knockout stage

Semi-finals Final
          
A2 Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 0 0 0
B1 Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 0 1 1
B1 Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 3 0 3
A1 Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 1 1 2
B2 Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 1 0 1
A1 Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 1 2 3

Semifinals

First Leg

Second Leg
Singapore  Flag of Singapore.svg1–0Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Khairul Soccerball shade.svg19' Report

Singapore won 1–0 on aggregate.

Thailand  Flag of Thailand.svg2–0Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
Teerasil Soccerball shade.svg60'
Theerathon Soccerball shade.svg65'
Report
Referee: Lee Min-Hu (South Korea)

Thailand won 3–1 on aggregate.

Final

First leg
Singapore  Flag of Singapore.svg3–1Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Fahrudin Soccerball shade.svg10' (pen.)
Khairul Soccerball shade.svg61'
Baihakki Soccerball shade.svg90+1'
Report Adul Soccerball shade.svg59'
Second leg

Singapore won 3–2 on aggregate.

Awards

 2012 AFF Championship champion 
Flag of Singapore.svg
Singapore

Fourth title
Most Valuable PlayerGolden BootFair Play Award
Flag of Singapore.svg Shahril Ishak Flag of Thailand.svg Teerasil Dangda Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia

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.

PlayerOffencesSuspensions
Flag of Indonesia.svg Endra Prasetya Red card.svg in Group B v Laos Group B v Singapore
Flag of Laos.svg Sopha Saysana Red card.svg in Group B v Indonesia Group B v Malaysia
Flag of Singapore.svg Irwan Shah Yellow card.svg Yellow-red card.svg in Group B v Indonesia Group B v Laos
Flag of Thailand.svg Pichitphong Choeichiu Yellow card.svg in Group A v Philippines
Yellow card.svg in Group A v Myanmar
Group A v Vietnam
Flag of Vietnam.svg Âu Văn Hoàn Yellow card.svg in Group A v Myanmar
Yellow card.svg in Group A v Thailand
Flag of Vietnam.svg Lê Tấn Tài Yellow card.svg in Group A v Philippines
Yellow card.svg in Group A v Thailand
Flag of Singapore.svg Hariss Harun Yellow card.svg in Group B v Malaysia
Yellow card.svg in Group B v Indonesia
Group B v Laos
Flag of Indonesia.svg Wahyu Wijiastanto Yellow card.svg in Group B v Laos
Yellow card.svg in Group B v Singapore
Group B v Malaysia
Flag of Indonesia.svg Muhammad Taufiq Yellow card.svg in Group B v Singapore
Yellow card.svg in Group B v Malaysia
Flag of Indonesia.svg Oktovianus Maniani Yellow card.svg in Group B v Singapore
Yellow card.svg in Group B v Malaysia
Flag of Thailand.svg Arthit Sunthornpit Red card.svg 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
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

Team statistics

This table shows all team performance.

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGD
1Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 7412116+5
2Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 7511146+8
3Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 521243+1
4Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 5212770
5Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 3111341
6Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 3012253
7Flag of Laos.svg  Laos 30126104
8Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar 3012176
Source: [ citation needed ]

Media coverage

2012 AFF Championship Broadcasters in Southeast Asia [14]
CountryBroadcast networkTelevision station
Flag of Brunei.svg  Brunei Radio Televisyen Brunei RTB1
Flag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia National Radio and Television of Kampuchea TVK
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia Media Nusantara Citra RCTI, Sindo TV
Flag of Laos.svg  Laos Lao National Radio and Television LNTV1
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia Radio Televisyen Malaysia TV1
Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar Myanmar Radio and Television Myanmar Television
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Associated Broadcasting Company AKTV
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore MediaCorp Channel 5 (HD5), Okto
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand Royal Thai Army BBTV7
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam Vietnam Television VTV2

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