Organising body | AFF |
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Founded | 1996 |
Region | Southeast Asia |
Number of teams | 10 (finals) 11 (eligible to enter qualification) |
Qualifier for | AFF–EAFF Champions Trophy |
Current champions | Vietnam (3rd title) |
Most successful team(s) | Thailand (7 titles) |
Website | aseanutdfc.com |
2024 ASEAN Championship |
Tournaments |
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The ASEAN Championship (formerly known as the AFF Championship or the AFF Cup), currently known as the ASEAN Mitsubishi Electric Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the biennial football tournament organized by the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) for men's national teams in Southeast Asia.
A biennial international competition, it is contested to determine the sub-continental champion of Southeast Asia. The competition has been held every two years since 1996, scheduled to be in the even-numbered year, except for 2007, and 2020.
Four national teams have won the ASEAN Championship title; Thailand has won seven titles, Singapore four, Vietnam three, and Malaysia one. To date, Thailand and Singapore are the only teams to have won consecutive titles. Thailand did it in 2000, 2002, 2014 and 2016, 2020 and 2022, and Singapore in 2004 and 2007. It is one of the most watched football tournaments in the region. The ASEAN Championship has also been recognized as an official tournament by FIFA since 7 December 2024, having previously been recognized as a Category A tournament since 2016. [1] [2] [3]
Since 2018, the championship winners would compete in the following AFF–EAFF Champions Trophy, against the winner of the EAFF E-1 Football Championship (East Asia).
The first ASEAN Championship took place in 1996 with the six founding members of the ASEAN Federation competing with four nations being invited that came in that region. The final saw Thailand becoming the first champions of ASEAN as they defeated Malaysia 1–0 in Singapore. [4] The top four nations automatically qualified through to the finals in the following edition. This meant the other six nations had to compete in qualifying for the remaining four spots. Myanmar, Singapore, Laos and Philippines all made it through to the main tournament. The tournament has been the only regional competition for national teams since men's football at the SEA Games was for U23 in 2001. No country has ever won the AFF Championship title three times in a row. Singapore (2004 and 2007) and Thailand (2000 and 2002 and again in 2014 and 2016) have won twice in a row.
Although having joined the AFF on 27 August 2013, Australia, a member outside Southeast Asia, has not played the ASEAN Championship as part of the initial agreement, though Australia has started searching for ways to enter the tournament in recent years due to growth of various Southeast Asian national teams, due to internal pressures, and due to Southeast Asian interests in seeing more competitive football to improve consistency. [5] [6] [7]
Sports marketing, media, and event management firm, Sportfive (formerly Lagardère Sports) has been involved in the tournament since the inaugural edition in 1996.[ citation needed ]
It was founded as the Tiger Cup, after Singapore-based Asia Pacific Breweries brand Tiger Beer sponsored the competition from its inauguration in 1996, until the 2004 edition. After Asia Pacific Breweries withdrew as title sponsor, the competition was known simply as the AFF Championship for the 2007 edition. In 2008, Japanese auto company Suzuki bought the naming rights for the competition, and the competition was named the AFF Suzuki Cup until the 2020 edition. [8] On 23 May 2022, AFF announced a new title sponsorship deal with Japanese company Mitsubishi Electric and the competition was named the AFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup starting in the 2022 edition. [9]
On 29 February 2024, AFF and Mitsubishi Electric, who is the title partner of the championship, launched a new logo and brand identity for the event. As part of the rebranding, the region’s premier competition formerly known as the AFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup was also renamed to the ASEAN Mitsubishi Electric Cup.
Period | Sponsor | Name |
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1996–2004 | Tiger Beer | Tiger Cup |
2007 | No title sponsor | AFF Championship |
2008–2020 | Suzuki | AFF Suzuki Cup |
2022 | Mitsubishi Electric | AFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup |
2024– | ASEAN Mitsubishi Electric Cup |
Since 2004, the knockout stage has been played over two legs in a home-and-away format. Since the 2007 edition, there was no third-place match; semi-finalists are listed in alphabetical order. The away goals rule has been applied for the knockout stage since the 2010 edition. [a]
Starting with the 2018 edition, a new format was applied. The nine highest-ranked teams qualified automatically while the 10th and 11th ranked teams played in a two-legged qualifier to determine the final team to qualify. The 10 teams were split into two groups of five and played a round-robin system, with each team playing two home and two away fixtures. A draw was made to determine where the teams play while the format of the knockout round remained unchanged. [10]
Regular format (1996–2002) | ||||||||||
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Year | Host | Final | Third place playoff | Number of teams | Total matches played | Total goals in tournament | ||||
Winners | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | |||||
1996 | Singapore | Thailand | 1–0 | Malaysia | Vietnam | 3–2 | Indonesia | 10 | 24 | 93 |
1998 | Vietnam | Singapore | 1–0 | Vietnam | Indonesia | 3–3( a.e.t. ) (5–4 p) | Thailand | 8 | 16 | 55 |
2000 | Thailand | Thailand | 4–1 | Indonesia | Malaysia | 3–0 | Vietnam | 9 | 20 | 67 |
2002 | Indonesia Singapore | Thailand | 2–2( a.e.t. ) (4–2 p) | Indonesia | Vietnam | 2–1 | Malaysia | 9 | 20 | 92 |
Home-and-away format in knockout (2004–2016) | ||||||||||
Year | Group stage hosts | Final | Third-place playoff or losing semi-finalists | Number of teams | Total matches played | Total goals in tournament | ||||
Winners | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | |||||
2004 | Malaysia Vietnam | Singapore | 3–1 2–1 | Indonesia | Malaysia | 2–1 | Myanmar | 10 | 27 | 113 |
won 5–2 on aggregate | ||||||||||
2007 | Singapore Thailand | Singapore | 2–1 1–1 | Thailand | Malaysia and Vietnam | 8 | 18 | 50 | ||
won 3–2 on aggregate | ||||||||||
2008 | Indonesia Thailand | Vietnam | 2–1 1–1 | Thailand | Indonesia and Singapore | 8 | 18 | 56 | ||
won 3–2 on aggregate | ||||||||||
2010 | Indonesia Vietnam | Malaysia | 3–0 1–2 | Indonesia | Philippines and Vietnam | 8 | 18 | 51 | ||
won 4–2 on aggregate | ||||||||||
2012 | Malaysia Thailand | Singapore | 3–1 0–1 | Thailand | Malaysia and Philippines | 8 | 18 | 48 | ||
won 3–2 on aggregate | ||||||||||
2014 | Singapore Vietnam | Thailand | 2–0 2–3 | Malaysia | Philippines and Vietnam | 8 | 18 | 65 | ||
won 4–3 on aggregate | ||||||||||
2016 | Myanmar Philippines | Thailand | 1–2 2–0 | Indonesia | Myanmar and Vietnam | 8 | 18 | 50 | ||
won 3–2 on aggregate | ||||||||||
Home-and-away format throughout the tournament (2018–present) | ||||||||||
Year | Final | Losing semi-finalists | Number of teams | Total matches played | Total goals in tournament | |||||
Winners | Score | Runners-up | ||||||||
2018 | Vietnam | 2–2 1–0 | Malaysia | Philippines and Thailand | 10 | 26 | 80 | |||
won 3–2 on aggregate | ||||||||||
2020 [b] | Thailand [c] | 4–0 2–2 | Indonesia [c] | Singapore and Vietnam | 10 | 26 | 88 | |||
won 6–2 on aggregate | ||||||||||
2022 | Thailand | 2–2 1–0 | Vietnam | Indonesia and Malaysia | 10 | 26 | 90 | |||
won 3–2 on aggregate | ||||||||||
2024 | Vietnam | 2–1 3–2 | Thailand | Philippines and Singapore | 10 | 26 | 92 | |||
won 5–3 on aggregate | ||||||||||
Team | Champions | Runners-up |
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Thailand | 7 (1996, 2000, 2002, 2014, 2016, 2020, 2022) | 4 (2007, 2008, 2012, 2024) |
Singapore | 4 (1998, 2004, 2007, 2012) | 0 |
Vietnam | 3 (2008, 2018, 2024) | 2 (1998, 2022) |
Malaysia | 1 (2010) | 3 (1996, 2014, 2018) |
Indonesia | 0 | 6 (2000, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2016, 2020) |
Total | 15 | 15 |
Team | 1996 (10) | 1998 (8) | 2000 (9) | 2002 (9) | 2004 (10) | 2007 (8) | 2008 (8) | 2010 (8) | 2012 (8) | 2014 (8) | 2016 (8) | 2018 (10) | 2020 (10) | 2022 (10) | 2024 (10) | Total |
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Australia | OFC member | × | × | × | × | × | × | 0 | ||||||||
Brunei | GS | • | × | × | × | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | × | GS | • | 2 |
Cambodia | GS | • | GS | GS | GS | • | GS | • | • | • | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 10 |
East Timor | Part of Indonesia | × | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | GS | • | GS | 4 | ||
Indonesia | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | GS | SF | 2nd | GS | GS | 2nd | GS | 2nd | SF | GS | 15 |
Laos | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | • | GS | GS | GS | GS | 14 |
Malaysia | 2nd | GS | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | SF | GS | 1st | SF | 2nd | GS | 2nd | GS | SF | GS | 15 |
Myanmar | GS | GS | GS | GS | 4th | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | SF | GS | GS | GS | GS | 15 |
Philippines | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | • | SF | SF | SF | GS | SF | GS | GS | SF | 14 |
Singapore | GS | 1st | GS | GS | 1st | 1st | SF | GS | 1st | GS | GS | GS | SF | GS | SF | 15 |
Thailand | 1st | 4th | 1st | 1st | GS | 2nd | 2nd | GS | 2nd | 1st | 1st | SF | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 15 |
Vietnam | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | GS | SF | 1st | SF | GS | SF | SF | 1st | SF | 2nd | 1st | 15 |
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Year | Winning coaches | National team |
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1996 | Thawatchai Sartjakul | Thailand |
1998 | Barry Whitbread | Singapore |
2000 | Peter Withe | Thailand |
2002 | Peter Withe (2) | Thailand |
2004 | Radojko Avramović | Singapore |
2007 | Radojko Avramović (2) | Singapore |
2008 | Henrique Calisto | Vietnam |
2010 | K. Rajagopal | Malaysia |
2012 | Radojko Avramović (3) | Singapore |
2014 | Kiatisuk Senamuang [A] | Thailand |
2016 | Kiatisuk Senamuang (2) | Thailand |
2018 | Park Hang-seo | Vietnam |
2020 | Alexandré Pölking | Thailand |
2022 | Alexandré Pölking (2) | Thailand |
2024 | Kim Sang-sik | Vietnam |
Rank | Team | Part | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Best finish |
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1 | Thailand | 15 | 94 | 59 | 20 | 15 | 213 | 108 | +105 | 197 | Champions(1996, 2000, 2002, 2014, 2016, 2020, 2022) |
2 | Vietnam | 15 | 87 | 48 | 23 | 16 | 182 | 83 | +99 | 167 | Champions(2008, 2018, 2024) |
3 | Indonesia | 15 | 80 | 39 | 18 | 23 | 193 | 134 | +59 | 135 | Runners-up (2000, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2016, 2020) |
4 | Singapore | 15 | 72 | 35 | 17 | 20 | 126 | 78 | +48 | 122 | Champions(1998, 2004, 2007, 2012) |
5 | Malaysia | 15 | 79 | 35 | 17 | 27 | 136 | 93 | +43 | 122 | Champions(2010) |
6 | Myanmar | 15 | 54 | 16 | 9 | 29 | 66 | 119 | –53 | 57 | Semi-finalists (2004, 2016) |
7 | Philippines | 14 | 54 | 13 | 7 | 34 | 62 | 67 | –5 | 46 | Semi-finalists (2010, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2024) |
8 | Cambodia | 10 | 38 | 7 | 1 | 30 | 46 | 118 | –72 | 22 | Group stage (10 times) |
9 | Laos | 14 | 49 | 2 | 8 | 39 | 39 | 181 | –142 | 14 | Group stage (14 times) |
10 | Brunei | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 37 | –34 | 3 | Group stage (1996, 2022) |
11 | East Timor | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 68 | –59 | 0 | Group stage (2004, 2018, 2020, 2024) |
Rank | Player | Goals |
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1 | Teerasil Dangda | 25 |
2 | Noh Alam Shah | 17 |
3 | Worrawoot Srimaka | 15 |
Lê Công Vinh | ||
5 | Lê Huỳnh Đức | 14 |
6 | Nguyễn Tiến Linh | 13 |
Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto | ||
Adisak Kraisorn | ||
9 | Bambang Pamungkas | 12 |
Kiatisuk Senamuang | ||
Year | Official match ball name | Manufacturer |
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1996 | Adidas Questra | Adidas |
1998 | Adidas Tricolore | |
2000 | Adidas Tricolore | |
2002 | Adidas Fevernova | |
2004 | Adidas Roteiro | |
2007 | Nike Total 90 Aerow II (Yellow winter) | Nike |
2008 | Nike Total 90 Omni (Yellow winter) | |
2010 | Nike Total 90 Tracer (Yellow winter) | |
2012 | Nike Maxim (Yellow winter) | |
2014 | Mitre Delta V12S | Mitre |
2016 | Mitre Delta Fluo Hyperseam (Yellow winter) | |
2018 | Grand Sport Primero Mundo X Star | Grand Sport |
2020 | Warrix Asean Pulse | Warrix |
2022 | Warrix Bersatu | |
2024 | Adidas Tiro Pro | Adidas |
Current sponsorship | |||
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Title Partner | Presenting Partner | Official Supplier | Official Supporters |
Mitsubishi Electric | Shopee | Adidas | Acecook Vietnam Pocari Sweat |
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