2018 AFF Championship qualification

2018 AFF Championship qualification

Timor-Leste Brunei 3 2
First leg
Timor-Leste Brunei 3 1
Date	1 September 2018 (2018-09-01)
Venue	Kuala Lumpur Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Referee	Dmitry Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)
Second leg
Brunei Timor-Leste 1 0
Date	8 September 2018 (2018-09-08)
Venue	Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
Referee	Mooud Bonyadifard (Iran)
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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]}

Venues

Kuala Lumpur	Bandar Seri Begawan
Kuala Lumpur Stadium	Hassanal Bolkiah Stadium
Capacity: 18,000	Capacity: 28,000
Kuala Lumpur Bandar Seri Begawan

Qualification

1 September 2018 (2018-09-01)

20:00 UTC+8

Timor-Leste	3–1	Brunei
Henrique 28', 32' Garcia 90+2'	Report	Azwan 57'

Kuala Lumpur Stadium , Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)

Attendance: 261

Referee: Dmitry Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)

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8 September 2018 (2018-09-08)

20:15 UTC+8

Brunei	1–0	Timor-Leste
Najib 75'	Report

Hassanal Bolkiah Stadium , Bandar Seri Begawan

Attendance: 2,345

Referee: Mooud Bonyadifard (Iran)

Timor-Leste won 3–2 on aggregate.

Goalscorers

2 goals

• Henrique Cruz

1 goal

• Azwan Ali Rahman
• Najib Tarif
• Silveiro Garcia

References

1. "New format for AFF Suzuki Cup 2018". ASEAN Football Federation. 23 September 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
2. "Venue change for AFF Suzuki Cup qualification round match". ASEAN Football Federation. 7 August 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
3. Gabriel Tan (8 September 2018). "Timor-Leste book AFF Suzuki Cup berth despite Brunei loss". Fox Sports Asia. Archived from the original on 17 February 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
4. Huaxia (9 September 2018). "Timor-Leste through to AFF Championship group stage after 3-2 win over Brunei". Xinhua News Agency. Archived from the original on 9 September 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2018.