2012 AFF Championship
2012 Kejohanan Bola Sepak ASEAN
2012 อาเซียนฟุตบอลแชมเปียนชิพ
Tournament details
Host countryMalaysia
Thailand
(for group stage)
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)Thailand Teerasil Dangda
(5 goals)
Best player(s)Singapore Shahril Ishak

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the Muang Thong Stadium as the alternative venue for the final match day in Group A on 27 November, after itself had been replaced by the Muang Thong Stadium on 17 October.[9] If Thailand reached the semifinals and finals, their home games were played at the Supachalasai Stadium as the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

Malaysia 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.
 Malaysia Shah Alam
Bukit Jalil National Stadium Shah Alam Stadium
Capacity: 110,000 Capacity: 80,372
Bukit Jalil National Stadium Shah Alam Stadium
Thailand Bangkok Thailand Bangkok
Rajamangala Stadium Supachalasai Stadium
Capacity: 49,722 Capacity: 19,793
Rajamangala Stadium National Stadium (Thailand)
Philippines Manila Singapore Singapore
Rizal Memorial Stadium Jalan Besar Stadium
Capacity: 12,873 Capacity: 8,000
Rizal Memorial Stadium Jalan Besar Stadium

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

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. 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

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'
Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baki (Oman)
Philippines 2–0 Myanmar
P. Younghusband 47'
Á. Guirado 90+4'		 Report
Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baki (Oman)

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'
Vendry 90'		 Report Khampheng 30' (pen.)
Keoviengphet 80'
Referee: Ng Kai Lam (Hong Kong)
Laos 1–4 Malaysia
Khonesavanh 38' Report Safiq 15'
Safee 67'
Zack 76'
Khyril 80'
Referee: Fan Qi (China PR)
Singapore 4–3 Laos
Shahril 45+1', 52'
Khairul 63'
Fazrul 65'		 Report Khampheng 21', 81' (pen.)
Keoviengphet 40'
Referee: Ng Kai Lam (Hong Kong)

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
Second Leg
Singapore 1–0 Philippines
Khairul 19' Report
Referee: Tan Hai (China PR)

Singapore won 1–0 on aggregate.

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

Thailand won 3–1 on aggregate.

Final

First leg
Singapore 3–1 Thailand
Fahrudin 10' (pen.)
Khairul 61'
Baihakki 90+1'		 Report Adul 59'
Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)
Second leg

Singapore won 3–2 on aggregate.

Awards

 2012 AFF Championship champion 

Singapore
Fourth title
Most Valuable Player Golden Boot Fair Play Award
Singapore Shahril Ishak Thailand Teerasil Dangda Malaysia 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
Indonesia Endra Prasetya Red card in Group B v Laos Group B v Singapore
Laos Sopha Saysana Red card in Group B v Indonesia Group B v Malaysia
Singapore Irwan Shah Yellow card Yellow-red card in Group B v Indonesia Group B v Laos
Thailand Pichitphong Choeichiu Yellow card in Group A v Philippines
Yellow card in Group A v Myanmar		 Group A v Vietnam
Vietnam Âu Văn Hoàn Yellow card in Group A v Myanmar
Yellow card in Group A v Thailand
Vietnam Lê Tấn Tài Yellow card in Group A v Philippines
Yellow card in Group A v Thailand
Singapore Hariss Harun Yellow card in Group B v Malaysia
Yellow card in Group B v Indonesia		 Group B v Laos
Indonesia Wahyu Wijiastanto Yellow card in Group B v Laos
Yellow card in Group B v Singapore		 Group B v Malaysia
Indonesia Muhammad Taufiq Yellow card in Group B v Singapore
Yellow card in Group B v Malaysia
Indonesia Oktovianus Maniani Yellow card in Group B v Singapore
Yellow card in Group B v Malaysia
Thailand Arthit Sunthornpit Red card 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, Sindo TV
 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

References

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  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. 1 2 "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.
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