Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy

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Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy
Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy Logo.gif
Official logo for Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy
Organising body National Football Association of Brunei Darussalam (NFABD) and AFF
Founded2002
Region Southeast Asia
Number of teamsMax 11, number of AFF member
Current championsFlag of East Timor.svg  Timor-Leste
(1st title)
Most successful team(s)Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
(2 titles)
Television broadcasters Radio Televisyen Brunei (RTB)
Website www.hassanalbolkiahtrophy.gov.bn
Soccerball current event.svg 2018 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy

The Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy for ASEAN Youth Football Championship, is the football tournament for youth players in Southeast Asia. [1] It was opened to football players from ASEAN member states under the age of 21 years to participate in this.

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The tournament is organised by National Football Association of Brunei Darussalam in collaboration with ASEAN Football Federation. [2] Brunei Darussalam always host for the tournament. The tournament was first launched in 2002.

The next tournament is scheduled to run in 2025, as plans for an edition in 2020 and 2022 were scrapped. [3]

Background

Back in 1997, Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan of Brunei first mooted the idea of a football tournament among the ASEAN member states. [1]

Summaries

1st Tournament in 2002

In 2002 when the tournament was officially launched on 16 August 2002, all ten ASEAN member states took part in the football tournament which held from. The ten teams were divided into two groups.

In Group A, Myanmar easily topped the group with a maximum of 12 points and scoring 14 goals in their four matches without conceding a goal. Malaysia and Laos finished equal with 6 points but Malaysia had a better goal difference of 13-8 beating Laos having a better goal difference of 10-7. Meanwhile in Group B, Indonesia easily topped the group by beating the other four teams and scoring 14 goals and conceding none. In their first match, they beat the Philippines by 10-0. Thailand came in second with three wins. Philippines propped up the table losing all their games and conceding 21 goals and scoring only one goal.

In the semi-finals, Indonesia beat Malaysia by a single goal and Thailand beat Myanmar on penalties 4-3, their game ended 2-2 after extra time. The first Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy was won by Indonesia when they beat Thailand 2-0 on 26 August 2002. [1]

2nd Tournament in 2005

The next Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy tournament was not held in 2004 but it was held instead in 2005 from 13 to 25 March. Cambodia did not take part and the nine teams were divided into one group of five and a second group of four teams.

In the Group A Thailand topped the group by winning three games and drawing one, while Vietnam managed to come in second by beating Malaysia 2-1 in their final group match and thus getting second place. In the smaller Group B, the final table saw Myanmar, Laos and Brunei all garnering 6 points each but Myanmar with its superior scoring record topped the table and Laos came in second but Brunei's 6-0 defeat to Myanmar meant that it has an inferior goal difference.

In the semi-finals, Myanmar beat Vietnam 2-0 and Thailand needed the extra time to beat Laos 3-2. In the final, Thailand overcame Myanmar by beating them 3-0. [1]

3rd Tournament in 2007

The third Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy tournament was held two years later in 2007 from 3 to 12 March. This time round only eight ASEAN member states took part with Indonesia and Laos not being able to come. The group stage saw two groups of four teams each.

In Group A, Myanmar easily topped the group by beating the other three teams and scoring 22 goals and conceding one goal and Cambodia came second with same point with Brunei but better goal difference. In Group B, with defending champions Thailand easily beating the other three teams, the other three teams were forced to scramble for second place. It was Malaysia who took the second spot after beating Singapore 2-0 in the final group game. Singapore and Vietnam did not win a single game.

In the semi-finals both group winners easily won their matches. Thailand beating Cambodia by a 10-1 score line and Myanmar beating Malaysia 2-0. In the final Thailand and Myanmar could not beat each other as the game went into extra time. It was settled by a nail-biting penalty shootout with Thailand overcoming Myanmar by 5-4. [1]

4th Tournament in 2012

5th Tournament in 2014

6th Tournament in 2018

Results

YearFinalSemi-finalsNumber of teams
ChampionsScoreRunners-upSemi-finalistSemi-finalist
2002
Details
Flag of Indonesia.svg
Indonesia
2 – 0 [4] Flag of Thailand.svg
Thailand
Flag of Myanmar (1974-2010).svg
Myanmar
Flag of Malaysia.svg
Malaysia
10
2005
Details
Flag of Thailand.svg
Thailand
3 – 0 [5] Flag of Myanmar (1974-2010).svg
Myanmar
Flag of Vietnam.svg
Vietnam
Flag of Laos.svg
Laos
9
2007
Details
Flag of Thailand.svg
Thailand
0 – 0
(5 – 4p) [1]
Flag of Myanmar (1974-2010).svg
Myanmar
Flag of Cambodia.svg
Cambodia
Flag of Malaysia.svg
Malaysia
8
2012
Details
Flag of Brunei.svg
Brunei
2 – 0 [6] Flag of Indonesia.svg
Indonesia
Flag of Myanmar.svg
Myanmar
Flag of Vietnam.svg
Vietnam
10
2014
Details
Flag of Myanmar.svg
Myanmar
4 – 3Flag of Vietnam.svg
Vietnam
Flag of Malaysia.svg
Malaysia
Flag of Thailand.svg
Thailand
11
2018
Details
Flag of East Timor.svg
Timor-Leste
1 – 0Flag of Cambodia.svg
Cambodia
Flag of Myanmar.svg
Myanmar
Flag of Singapore.svg
Singapore
7

Team performances

Teams 2002 2005 2007 2012 2014 2018
Flag of Brunei.svg  Brunei GSGSGS1GSGS
Flag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia GSDNPSFGSGS2
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia (U-21) 1
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia (U-19) 2
1 1 GS 1 DNP2 1 GS 2 DNP
Flag of Laos.svg  Laos GSSFDNPGSGSGS
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia (U-22) 3
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia (U-21) 4
SF 3 GS 3 SF 3 GS 4 SF 4 DNP
Flag of Myanmar (1974-2010).svg  Myanmar
Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar
SF22SF1SF
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines GSGSGSGSGSDNP
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore GSGSGSGSGSSF
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 211WDSFGS
Flag of East Timor.svg  Timor-Leste (U-21) 5
Flag of East Timor.svg  Timor-Leste (U-20) 6
DNEDNPDNPGS 6 GS 6 1 5
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam (U-21) 7
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam (U-19) 8
GSSFGS 7 SF2 8 DNP
Total participating teams109810117

Keynotes:

DNP = Did not participate
DNE = Did not enter (was part of Indonesia)
GS = Group Stage
SF = Semi-finals
1. ^ Indonesia used U-21 players on this season.
2. ^ Indonesia used U-19 players on this season.
3. ^ Malaysia used U-22 players on this season.
4. ^ Malaysia used U-21 players on this season.
5. ^ Timor-Leste used U-21 players on this season.
6. ^ Timor-Leste used U-20 players on this season.
7. ^ Vietnam used U-21 players on this season.
8. ^ Vietnam used U-19 players on this season.

Medal table

TeamsChampionsRunners-up
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 2 (2005, 2007)1 (2002)
Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar 1 (2014)2 (2005, 2007)
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 1 (2002)1 (2012)
Flag of Brunei.svg  Brunei 1 (2012)
Flag of East Timor.svg  Timor-Leste 1 (2018)
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 1 (2014)
Flag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia 1 (2018)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "History of the Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy". The Brunei Times. 25 February 2012. Archived from the original on 19 November 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
  2. "About HBT (TITAH)". Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy Official Website. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  3. "NFABD President bemoans national team's lack of preparation". Borneo Bulletin. 26 February 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  4. "Hassan al Bolkiah Trophy (Brunei) 2002". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2002. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  5. "ASEAN U-21 Championship 2005 (Piala Hassanal Bolkiah)". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2005. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  6. Ak Fauzi Pg Salleh; Yee Chun Leong (13 July 2014). "Brunei in Group B". The Brunei Times. Archived from the original on 18 January 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2014.

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