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]

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
2010
2014

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

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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

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the Muang Thong Stadium as the alternative venue for the final match day in Group A on 27 November, after itself had been replaced by the Muang Thong Stadium on 17 October.[9] If Thailand reached the semifinals and finals, their home games were played at the Supachalasai Stadium as the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

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  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

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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

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Final tournament

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Group stage

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

Tie-breaking criteria

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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

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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: [citation needed]
Vietnam  1–1  Myanmar
Lê Tấn Tài   34' Report Kyi Lin   53' (pen.)
Thailand  2–1  Philippines
Jakkraphan   39'
Anucha   41'
Report Mulders   77'

Vietnam  0–1  Philippines
Report Caligdong   86'
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)
Thailand  3–1  Vietnam
Kirati   21', 65'
Nguyễn Gia Từ   82' (o.g.)
Report Nguyễn Văn Quyết   72'

Group B

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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: [citation needed]
Indonesia  2–2  Laos
Maitimo   43'
Vendry   90'
Report Khampheng   30' (pen.)
Keoviengphet   80'
Malaysia  0–3  Singapore
Report Shahril   32', 38'
Đurić   75'

Indonesia  1–0  Singapore
Andik   88' Report
Laos  1–4  Malaysia
Khonesavanh   38' Report Safiq   15'
Safee   67'
Zack   76'
Khyril   80'

Singapore  4–3  Laos
Shahril   45+1', 52'
Khairul   63'
Fazrul   65'
Report Khampheng   21', 81' (pen.)
Keoviengphet   40'

Knockout stage

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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

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First Leg
Malaysia  1–1  Thailand
Norshahrul   48' Report Teerasil   78'

Second Leg
Singapore  1–0  Philippines
Khairul   19' Report

Singapore won 1–0 on aggregate.

Thailand  2–0  Malaysia
Teerasil   60'
Theerathon   65'
Report

Thailand won 3–1 on aggregate.

Final

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First leg
Singapore  3–1  Thailand
Fahrudin   10' (pen.)
Khairul   61'
Baihakki   90+1'
Report Adul   59'
Second leg
Thailand  1–0  Singapore
Kirati   45' Report

Singapore won 3–2 on aggregate.

Awards

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 2012 AFF Championship champion 
 
Singapore

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

Player statistics

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Discipline

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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

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

Team statistics

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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: [citation needed]

Media coverage

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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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  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. ^ a b "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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