2012 AFF Championship

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]

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the Muang Thong Stadium as the alternative venue for the final match day in Group A on 27 November, after itself had been replaced by the Muang Thong Stadium on 17 October.^[9] If Thailand reached the semifinals and finals, their home games were played at the Supachalasai Stadium as the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.

Qualification

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.

• Indonesia
• Laos (Qualification runners-up)
• Malaysia
• Myanmar (Qualification winners)
• Philippines
• Singapore
• Thailand
• Vietnam

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]

Squads

Final tournament

Group stage

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

• All matches were played in Thailand.
• Times listed are UTC+7.

Group B

• All matches were played in Malaysia.
• Times listed are UTC+8.

Knockout stage

Semifinals

First Leg

Second Leg

Singapore won 1–0 on aggregate.

Thailand won 3–1 on aggregate.

Final

First leg

Second leg

Singapore won 3–2 on aggregate.

Awards

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.

Player who get a card during the semifinals and final doesn't include here.

Goalscorers

5 goals

• Teerasil Dangda

4 goals

• Shahril Ishak

3 goals

• Khampheng Sayavutthi
• Khairul Amri
• Kirati Keawsombat

2 goals

• Keoviengphet Liththideth

1 goal

• Andik Vermansyah
• Raphael Maitimo
• Vendry Mofu
• Khonesavanh Sihavong
• Azamuddin Akil
• Khyril Muhymeen
• Mahali Jasuli
• Norshahrul Idlan
• Safee Sali
• Safiq Rahim
• Wan Zack Haikal
• Kyi Lin
• Emelio Caligdong
• Ángel Guirado
• Paul Mulders
• Phil Younghusband
• Aleksandar Đurić
• Baihakki Khaizan
• Fahrudin Mustafić
• Fazrul Nawaz
• Adul Lahsoh
• Anucha Kitpongsri
• Apipoo Suntornpanavej
• Jakkraphan Pornsai
• Theerathon Bunmathan
• Lê Tấn Tài
• Nguyễn Văn Quyết

Own goal

• Nguyễn Gia Từ (playing against Thailand)

Team statistics

This table shows all team performance.

Media coverage

References

1. ^ "Suzuki to continue as the driving force behind the AFF Suzuki Cup". World Sport Group. 9 December 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
2. ^ "Myanmar to host qualifying rounds for 2012 AFF Suzki Cup". Yahoo News. Bernama. 9 December 2011. Archived from the original on 28 April 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
3. ^ "Singapore win record fourth Suzuki Cup". espnstar.com. 22 December 2012. Archived from the original on 23 January 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
4. ^ "RP Want to host the 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup". ABS-CBNnews.com. 17 December 2010. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
5. ^ Manotoc, TJ (18 December 2010). "AFF says RP can host Suzuki Cup finals". ABS-CBNnews.com. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
6. ^ "Malaysia and Thailand as hosts of AFF Suzuki Cup 2012; nominations for AFF Council announced". AseanFootball.org. ASEAN Football Federation. 19 February 2011. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
7. ^ "Malaysia, Thailand confirmed as co-hosts for 2012 edition". AFFSuzukiCup.com. 21 February 2011. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
8. ^ "AFF Suzuki Cup set tor return for its ninth edition". AFFSuzukiCup.com. 4 July 2012. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
9. ^ "ASC2012: Supachalasai Replaces Muang Thong Stadium". AFF. ASEAN FOOTBALL FEDERATION. 27 November 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
10. ^ "Asean Championship match switched to Muang Thong's SCG". The Nation. Nation Multimedia Group. 17 October 2012. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
11. ^ "AFF Suzuki Cup: Draw results". AseanFootball.org. ASEAN Football Federation. 11 July 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
12. ^ "AFF Suzuki Cup: Millions of fans will follow draw ceremony". AseanFootballorg. ASEAN Football Federation. 10 July 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
13. ^ "Tournament Rules". AFFSuzukiCup.com. Archived from the original on 22 November 2012.
14. ^ "Broadcast Partners". Official Website of the 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup. Archived from the original on 28 June 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2012.

External links

• AFF Suzuki Cup official website
• ASEAN Football Federation official website