2008 AFF Championship

The 2008 AFF Championship is the seventh edition of the tournament. It is primarily sponsored by Suzuki and therefore officially known as the 2008 AFF Suzuki Cup.[1] was the 8th edition of the AFF Championship, The group stage was held in Indonesia and Thailand from 5 to 10 December 2008. Two-legged home-and-away semi-finals and finals were held between 16 and 28 December 2008.

2008 AFF Championship
2008 Kejuaraan Sepak Bola ASEAN
2008 อาเซียนฟุตบอลแชมเปียนชิพ
AFF Suzuki Cup 2008 official logo
Tournament details
Host countries Indonesia
 Thailand
Dates5–28 December
Teams8
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Vietnam (1st title)
Runners-up Thailand
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored56 (3.11 per match)
Top scorer(s) Agu Casmir
Budi Sudarsono
Teerasil Dangda
(4 goals)
Best player(s) Dương Hồng Sơn

Summary

The tournament would originally have been hosted by Myanmar because of the rotation system among ASEAN countries, however, they withdrew in August 2007 due to security concerns.[2] In the third AFF council meeting in Bali, Indonesia and Thailand beat three other countries to win the right to host (the other three were Malaysia, Myanmar and Vietnam). However, if both countries are unable to fulfill certain obligations set by the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF), Vietnam will step in and host the tournament. The winning team will take home USD100,000, runners-up USD 50,000, and USD 15,000 for the losing semi-finalists. Nike will be an official supplier for the 2008 AFF Championship.[3]

10 days before the start of the tournament, safety issues were raised contending the safety of the teams who were due to play in Bangkok. This was because of the riots that were happening in the city which also resulted in the closure of the Suvarnabhumi Airport (see 2008 Thai political crisis for further information). Due to the political crisis, the Football Association of Thailand stated that the Group Stages in the Thai capital Bangkok would go ahead, or if the situation got worse, games would be moved to Chiang Mai in the north of the country or Phuket in the South of the country.[4][5][6]

As well as Thailand confirming themselves as steady hosts, Vietnam and Malaysia also stated that they would be prepared to host the tournament at short notice.[7][8]

On 29 November, with less than one week before the start of the tournament, the Group Stages held in Thai sport were moved from the capital Bangkok to the southern province Phuket.[9]

Venues

Indonesia prepare Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in the capital city and Si Jalak Harupat Stadium in Bandung, while Thailand prepare Rajamangala Stadium and Suphachalasai Stadium where both of them located in Bangkok. All of the stadiums are 2007 AFC Asian Cup venues except of Si Jalak Harupat Stadium. Bung Karno Stadium will be the opening match venue, while Rajmangala Stadium will be the final match venue.

Group stage matches in Thai sport were switched from the capital Bangkok to the southern provinces Phuket at Surakul Stadium in Phuket City on 29 November due to security issues in Bangkok.[9][10]

Jakarta Bandung Phuket
Gelora Bung Karno Stadium Si Jalak Harupat Stadium Surakul Stadium
Capacity: 88,083 Capacity: 27,000 Capacity: 15,000
Bangkok Hanoi Kallang
Rajamangala Stadium Mỹ Đình National Stadium Singapore National Stadium
Capacity: 49,722 Capacity: 40,192 Capacity: 55,000

Qualification
Main article: 2008 AFF Championship qualification

The qualification took place in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, from 17 October 2008 to 25 October 2008. The five lower-ranked teams in Southeast Asia play within a round-robin tournament format and the top two countries in the group will qualify for this tournament.

Squads
Main article: 2008 AFF Championship squads

Referees

Confirmed referees during the tournament:[11]

Final tournament

Group stage

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Singapore 3300101+99
 Indonesia 320172+56
 Myanmar 310248−43
 Cambodia 3003212−100
Singapore 5 – 0 Cambodia
Casmir  44', 73'
Mustafić  61' (pen.)
Sahdan  71'
Alam Shah  89'
Attendance: 18,000
Indonesia 3 – 0 Myanmar
Budi  24'
Firman  28'
Bambang  64'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Ramachandran Krishnan (Malaysia)
Singapore 3 – 1 Myanmar
Alam Shah  1'
Casmir  16', 74'		 Myo Min Tun  28'
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Phùng Đình Dũng (Vietnam)
Cambodia 0 – 4 Indonesia
Budi  15', 54', 70'
Bambang  76'
Attendance: 30,000
Myanmar 3 – 2 Cambodia
Moe Win  29'
Ya Zar Win Thein  35'
Myo Min Tun  85'		 Sokumpheak  40'
Borey  77'
Jalak Harupat Stadium, Bandung
Referee: Allan Martinez (Philippines)
Indonesia 0 – 2 Singapore
Baihakki  3'
Shi Jiayi  50'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Ramachandran Krishnan (Malaysia)

Group B
  • All Matches played in Thailand.
  • All times are Indochina Time (ICT) – UTC+7
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Thailand 3300110+119
 Vietnam 320174+36
 Malaysia 310256−13
 Laos 3003013−130
Malaysia 3 – 0 Laos
Safee  68', 87'
Putra  73'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Midi Setiyono (Indonesia)
Thailand 2 – 0 Vietnam
Sutee  34'
Suchao  45+4'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)
Malaysia 2 – 3 Vietnam
Putra  20', 85' Phạm Thành Lương  16'
Nguyễn Vũ Phong  72', 86'
Referee: Pandian Palaniyandi (Singapore)
Laos 0 – 6 Thailand
Ronnachai  19'
Patiparn  30'
Arthit  40', 52'
Anon  79', 89'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Mohamed Hadimin (Brunei)
Thailand 3 – 0 Malaysia
Sutee  23'
Teerasil  46', 76'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)
Vietnam 4 – 0 Laos
Nguyễn Việt Thắng  48'
Phạm Thành Lương  63'
Huỳnh Quang Thanh  66'
Phan Thanh Bình  80'
Referee: Win Cho (Myanmar)

Knockout stages

Note: Although the knockout stages are two-legged, away goals rule is not applied. If the total aggregate score of both teams after both matches remained the same, extra time would have been played, followed by a penalty shootout if necessary.

  Semi-finals Final
                         
 Thailand 1 2 3  
 Indonesia 0 1 1  
     Thailand 1 1 2
   Vietnam 2 1 3
 Singapore 0 0 0
 Vietnam 0 1 1  

Semi-finals
First Leg
Indonesia 0 – 1 Thailand
Report Teerasil  6'
Attendance: 70,000
Vietnam 0 – 0 Singapore
Report
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Ramachandran Krishnan (Malaysia)
Second Leg
Thailand 2 – 1 Indonesia
Teeratep  73'
Ronnachai  89'		 Report Nova  9'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Mohamed Hadimin (Brunei)

Thailand won 3–1 on aggregate.

Singapore 0 – 1 Vietnam
Report Nguyễn Quang Hải  74'
National Stadium, Kallang
Attendance: 55,000

Vietnam won 1–0 on aggregate.

Final
Vietnamese fans.
First Leg
Thailand 1 – 2 Vietnam
Dương Hồng Sơn  75' (o.g.) Report Nguyễn Vũ Phong  40'
Lê Công Vinh  42'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Ramachandran Krishnan (Malaysia)
Vietnam Champions.
Second Leg
Vietnam 1 – 1 Thailand
Lê Công Vinh  90+4' Report Teerasil  21'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)

Vietnam won 3–2 on aggregate.

Awards
Vietnamese supporters celebrate after the Final.
 2008 AFF Championship 

Vietnam
First title
Most Valuable Player Golden Boot Fair Play Award
Dương Hồng Sơn Agu Casmir
Budi Sudarsono
Teerasil Dangda		  Thailand

Goalscorers
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Team statistics

This table shows all team performance.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD P
Final
1 Vietnam 7421116+514
2 Thailand 7511164+1216
Semi-finals
3 Singapore 5311102+810
4 Indonesia 520385+36
Eliminated in the group stage
5 Malaysia 310256−13
6 Myanmar 310248−43
7 Cambodia 3003212−100
8 Laos 3003013−130
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