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First leg | |||||||
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Date | 1 September 2018 | ||||||
Venue | Kuala Lumpur Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | ||||||
Referee | Dmitry Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan) | ||||||
Second leg | |||||||
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Date | 8 September 2018 | ||||||
Venue | Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei | ||||||
Referee | Mooud Bonyadifard (Iran) | ||||||
The 2018 AFF Championship qualification tournament was the qualification process for the 2018 AFF Championship, the twelfth edition of the AFF Championship. Brunei and Timor-Leste contested the tenth and final remaining berth for the AFF Championship final tournament in two home-and-away matches. [1] On 7 August 2018, organising committees confirmed the venue where Timor-Leste will play Brunei has been changed due to floodlighting issues. The opening match was held at Kuala Lumpur Stadium, Malaysia, not as per originally planned at National Stadium, Dili. [2]
Timor-Leste advanced to the AFF Championship group stage and were placed in Group B after winning by 3–2 on aggregate from two qualifying matches. [3] [4]
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Kuala Lumpur Stadium | Hassanal Bolkiah Stadium |
Capacity: 18,000 | Capacity: 28,000 |
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East Timor ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Henrique ![]() Garcia ![]() | Report | Azwan ![]() |
Brunei ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Najib ![]() | Report |
Timor-Leste won 3–2 on aggregate.
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