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 by Malaysia and Thailand and took place from 24 November to 22 December 2012.[2]

2012 AFF Championship
2012 Kejohanan Bola Sepak ASEAN
2012 อาเซียนฟุตบอลแชมเปียนชิพ
Tournament details
Host countries Malaysia
 Thailand
Dates24 November – 22 December
Teams8 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Singapore (4th title)
Runners-up Thailand
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored48 (2.67 per match)
Top scorer(s) Teerasil Dangda
(5 goals)
Best player(s) Shahril Ishak

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the Muang Thong Stadium as the alternative venue for the final match day in Group A on 27 November, after itself had been replaced by the Muang Thong Stadium on 17 October.[9] If Thailand reached the semifinals and finals, their home games were played at the Supachalasai Stadium as the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

Kuala Lumpur
Location of stadiums of the 2014 AFF Championship.
Orange: Finals, Semi-Finals and Group Stage; Red: Finals and Semi-Finals; Blue: Semi-Finals; Green: Semi-Finals and Group Stage; Yellow: Group Stage.
 Shah Alam
Bukit Jalil National Stadium Shah Alam Stadium
Capacity: 110,000 Capacity: 80,372
Bangkok Bangkok
Rajamangala Stadium Supachalasai Stadium
Capacity: 49,722 Capacity: 19,793
Manila Singapore
Rizal Memorial Stadium Jalan Besar Stadium
Capacity: 12,873 Capacity: 8,000

Qualification
Main article: 2012 AFF Championship qualification
  Qualified Teams.
  Teams Did Not Qualify.

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.

 

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]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

 Malaysia (co-host)
 Thailand (co-host)

 Vietnam
 Indonesia

 Singapore
 Philippines

Qualification winner –
 Myanmar
Qualification runner-up –
 Laos

Squads
Main article: 2012 AFF Championship squads

Final tournament

Group Stage
Key to colours in group tables
Top two placed teams advanced to the semi-finals

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. If on the last round of the group stage, two teams are facing each other and each has the same number of points, as well as the same number of goals scored and conceded, and the score finishes level in their match, their ranking is determined by a Penalty shoot-out;
  3. Drawing lots by the Organising Committee.

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Thailand 3 3 0 0 9 2 +7 9
 Philippines 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6
 Vietnam 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
 Myanmar 3 0 1 2 1 7 −6 1
Source:
Vietnam 1–1 Myanmar
Lê Tấn Tài  34' Report Kyi Lin  53' (pen.)
Thailand 2–1 Philippines
Jakkraphan  39'
Anucha  41'		 Report Mulders  77'
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)
Vietnam 0–1 Philippines
Report Caligdong  86'
Referee: Ma Ning (China PR)
Myanmar 0–4 Thailand
Report Teerasil  20', 82', 89'
Apipoo  59'
Philippines 2–0 Myanmar
P. Younghusband  47'
Á. Guirado  90+4'		 Report
Thailand 3–1 Vietnam
Kirati  21', 65'
Nguyễn Gia Từ  82' (o.g.)		 Report Nguyễn Văn Quyết  72'
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Singapore 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6
 Malaysia 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6
 Indonesia 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4
 Laos 3 0 1 2 6 10 −4 1
Source:
Indonesia 2–2 Laos
Maitimo  43'
Mofu  90'		 Report Sayavutthi  30' (pen.)
Liththideth  80'
Referee: Ng Kai Lam (Hong Kong)
Malaysia 0–3 Singapore
Report Shahril  32', 38'
Đurić  75'
Indonesia 1–0 Singapore
Andik  88' Report
Laos 1–4 Malaysia
Sihavong  38' Report Safiq  15'
Safee  67'
Wan  76'
Khyril  80'
Referee: Fan Qi (China PR)
Singapore 4–3 Laos
Shahril  45+1', 52'
Amri  63'
Fazrul  65'		 Report Sayavutthi  21', 81' (pen.)
Liththideth  40'
Referee: Ng Kai Lam (Hong Kong)
Malaysia 2–0 Indonesia
Azamuddin  27'
Mahali  29'		 Report

Knockout stage
  Semi-finals Final
                         
A2  Philippines 0 0 0  
B1  Singapore 0 1 1  
    B1  Singapore 3 0 3
  A1  Thailand 1 1 2
B2  Malaysia 1 0 1
A1  Thailand 1 2 3  

Semifinals
First Leg
Philippines 0–0 Singapore
Report
Malaysia 1–1 Thailand
Norshahrul  48' Report Teerasil  78'
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)
Second Leg
Singapore 1–0 Philippines
Amri  19' Report
Referee: Tan Hai (China PR)

Singapore won 1–0 on aggregate.

Thailand 2–0 Malaysia
Teerasil  60'
Theeraton  65'		 Report
Referee: Lee Min-Hu (South Korea)

Thailand won 3–1 on aggregate.

Finals
First Leg
Singapore 3–1 Thailand
Fahrudin  10' (pen.)
Amri  61'
Baihakki  90+1'		 Report Adul  59'
Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)
Second Leg
Thailand 1–0 Singapore
Kirati  45' Report

Singapore won 3–2 on aggregate.

Awards
 2012 AFF Championship Champion 

Singapore
Fourth title
Most Valuable Player Golden Boot Fair Play Award
Shahril Ishak Teerasil Dangda Malaysia

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 Offences Suspensions
Endra Prasetya in Group B v Laos Group B v Singapore
Sopha Saysana in Group B v Indonesia Group B v Malaysia
Irwan Shah   in Group B v Indonesia Group B v Laos
Pichitphong Choeichiu in Group A v Philippines
in Group A v Myanmar		 Group A v Vietnam
Âu Văn Hoàn in Group A v Myanmar
in Group A v Thailand
Lê Tấn Tài in Group A v Philippines
in Group A v Thailand
Hariss Harun in Group B v Malaysia
in Group B v Indonesia		 Group B v Laos
Wahyu Wijiastanto in Group B v Laos
in Group B v Singapore		 Group B v Malaysia
Muhammad Taufiq in Group B v Singapore
in Group B v Malaysia
Oktovianus Maniani in Group B v Singapore
in Group B v Malaysia
Arthit Sunthornpit in Group A v Vietnam Semi-finals (1st Leg) v Malaysia

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

Goalscorers
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

Team statistics

This table shows all team performance.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD
1  Singapore 7 4 1 2 11 6 +5
2  Thailand 7 5 1 1 14 6 +8
3  Philippines 5 2 1 2 4 3 +1
4  Malaysia 5 2 1 2 7 7 0
5  Indonesia 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1
6  Vietnam 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3
7  Laos 3 0 1 2 6 10 −4
8  Myanmar 3 0 1 2 1 7 −6
Source:

Media coverage
2012 AFF Championship Broadcasters in Southeast Asia[14]
Country Broadcast network Television station
 Brunei Radio Televisyen Brunei RTB1
 Cambodia National Radio and Television of Kampuchea TVK
 Indonesia Media Nusantara Citra RCTI, SINDOtv
 Laos Lao National Radio and Television LNTV1
 Malaysia Radio Televisyen Malaysia TV1
 Myanmar Myanmar Radio and Television Myanmar Television
 Philippines Associated Broadcasting Company AKTV
 Singapore MediaCorp Channel 5 (HD5), Okto
 Thailand Royal Thai Army BBTV7
 Vietnam Vietnam Television VTV2

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