2024 ASEAN Championship

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The 2024 ASEAN Championship (officially the ASEAN Mitsubishi Electric Cup 2024 due to sponsorship reasons) is the 15th edition of the ASEAN Championship (formerly the AFF Championship) football tournament of nations affiliated to the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF).[1]

2024 ASEAN Championship
Tournament details
Dates8 December 2024 – 5 January 2025
Teams10 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)11 (in 11 host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored70 (3.5 per match)
Attendance266,705 (13,335 per match)
Top scorer(s)Singapore Shawal Anuar
(4 goals)
2022
2026
All statistics correct as of 21 December 2024.

The final tournament was originally scheduled to run from 23 November to 21 December. However, the AFF decided to change the schedule from 8 December 2024 to 5 January 2025 to avoid conflicts with continental club competitions.

Thailand are the two-time defending champions.

Format

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The 2024 ASEAN Championship will follow the 2018 and 2022 format. In the current format, the nine highest ranked teams would automatically qualify, with the 10th and 11th ranked teams playing a two-legged qualifiers. The 10 teams would be split in two groups of five and play a round robin system with each team playing two home and two away fixtures. The top two sides of each group will advance to the knockout stages consisting of two-legged semi-finals and finals.[2]

Qualification

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Nine teams automatically qualified to the ASEAN Championship final tournament. They were separated in respective pots, based on performance of the last two editions.

Brunei and East Timor, who were two lowest-performing teams, played a two-legged qualifier to determine the 10th and final qualifier. On 15 Oct 2024, East Timor beat Brunei by 1–0 on aggregate to become the last participant.[3]

Australia, a member since 2013, did not enter the tournament, due to restriction imposed by the AFF.[4]

Qualified teams

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Team Appearance Previous best performance
  Cambodia 10th Group stage (1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022)
  Indonesia 15th Runners-up (2000, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2016, 2020)
  Laos 14th Group stage (1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2020, 2022)
  Malaysia 15th Winners (2010)
  Myanmar 15th Fourth place / Semi-finalists (2004, 2016)
  Philippines 14th Semi-finalists (2010, 2012, 2014, 2018)
  Singapore 15th Winners (1998, 2004, 2007, 2012)
  Thailand 15th Winners (1996, 2000, 2002, 2014, 2016, 2020, 2022)
  East Timor 4th Group stage (2004, 2018, 2020)
  Vietnam 15th Winners (2008, 2018)

Draw

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The tournament's official draw was held on 21 May 2024 in Hanoi, Vietnam at 14:00 (GMT+07:00). The pot placements followed each team's progress based on the two previous editions. If the results are equal, the most recent tournament will be given priority.

At the time of the draw, the identity of the team that secured qualification was unknown and was automatically placed into Pot 5.

Ranking in the two previous tournaments
Pots Teams 2022 2020
1   Thailand 1 1
  Vietnam 2 3
2   Indonesia 4 2
  Malaysia 3 6
3   Singapore 5 4
  Philippines 7 5
4   Cambodia 6 7
  Myanmar 8 8
5   Laos 9 9
  East Timor NQ 10

Squads

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Schedule

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All matches will be played from 8 December 2024 to 5 January 2025.

Group stage Group A Group B
Date Matches Date Matches
Matchday 1 8 December 2024 4 v 2
5 v 1
9 December 2024 4 v 2
5 v 1
Matchday 2 11 December 2024 2 v 5
3 v 4
12 December 2024 2 v 5
3 v 4
Matchday 3 14 December 2024 5 v 3
1 v 2
15 December 2024 5 v 3
1 v 2
Matchday 4 17 December 2024 3 v 1
4 v 5
18 December 2024 3 v 1
4 v 5
Matchday 5 20 December 2024 1 v 4
2 v 3
21 December 2024 1 v 4
2 v 3
Knockout stage Semi-finals
Date Matches Date Matches
First leg 26 December 2024 2nd A v 1st B 27 December 2024 2nd B v 1st A
Second leg 29 December 2024 1st B v 2nd A 30 December 2024 1st A v 2nd B
Finals
Date Matches
First leg 2 January 2025 Semi-final Winner 1 v Semi-final Winner 2
Second leg 5 January 2025 Semi-final Winner 2 v Semi-final Winner 1

Officiating

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On 4 July 2024, the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) has officially confirmed the comprehensive use of video assistant referee (VAR) technology during the tournament.[5][6] To ensure uniformity and professionalism, the VAR system will be managed by a third-party provider rather than utilizing the resources available in member countries. For the group stage matches, 10 cameras will be deployed to capture the action, with the number increasing to 12 cameras starting from the semifinals. This initiative marks the first time VAR was used in the senior ASEAN Championship and only the second time it was used in an AFF tournament after the 2024 U-19 Boys Championship.[7]

List of officials

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The following officials were chosen for the competition.

Referees

  •   Ismaeel Habib Ali
  •   Tam Ping Wun
  •   Wong Wai Lun
  •   Hiroki Kasahara
  •   Hiroyuki Kimura
  •   Koki Nagamine
  •   Koji Takasaki
  •   Ryo Tanimoto
  •   Ahmed Faisal Al-Ali
  •   Omar Al-Yaqoubi
  •   Kim Dae-yong
  •   Kim Woo-sung
  •   Ko Hyung-jin
  •   Mohammed Al-Hoiash
  •   Abdullah Dhafer Al-Shehri
  •   Rustam Lutfullin
  •   Firdavs Norsafarov
  •   Akobirxuja Shukurullaev

Assistant referees

  •   Salah Abdulaziz Janahi
  •   Faisal Alawi Sayed
  •   Lam Nai Kei Sam
  •   So Kai Man
  •   Wong Ping Chung
  •   Yudi Nurcahya
  •   Bangbang Syamsudar
  •   Takeshi Asada
  •   Jun Mihara
  •   Isao Nishihashi
  •   Takumi Takagi
  •   Yosuke Takebe
  •   Tomoyuki Umeda
  •   Kota Watanabe
  •   Hamamoto Yusuke
  •   Ayman Faisal Hamzeh Obeidat
  •   Ahmad Mansour Samara Muhsen
  •   Jeon Jin-hee
  •   Kang Dong-ho
  •   Kwak Seung-soon
  •   Park Sang-jun
  •   Mohd Yusri bin Muhammad
  •   Abu Bakar
  •   Ibrahim Al-Dakhil
  •   Saad Al-Subaie
  •   Khalaf Al-Shammari
  •   Saad Saud
  •   Abdul Hannan bin Abdul Hasim
  •   Supawan Hinthong
  •   Warintorn Sassadee
  •   Bakhtiyorkhuja Shavkatov
  •   Sanjar Shayusupov
  •   Timur Gaynulin
  •   Andrey Tsapenko
  •   Alisher Usmonov
  •   Nguyễn Trung Hậu
  •   Nguyễn Trung Việt

Fourth officials

  •   Thoriq Alkatiri
  •   Yudi Nurcahya
  •   Ryan Saputra
  •   Mohd Kamil Zakaria bin Ismail
  •   Muhammad Usaid bin Jamal
  •   Tuan Mohd Yaasin bin Tuan Mohd Hanafiah
  •   Ahmad A'Qashah
  •   Foo Chuan Hui
  •   Apichit Nophuan
  •   Mongkolchai Pechsri
  •   Pansa Chaisanit
  •   Songkran Bunmeekiart
  •   Wiwat Jumpa-on
  •   Hoàng Ngọc Hà
  •   Lê Vũ Linh
  •   Ngô Duy Lân
  •   Nguyễn Mạnh Hải

Video Assistant officials

Venues

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  Kuala Lumpur   Kallang   Bangkok   Yangon   Phnom Penh
Bukit Jalil National Stadium National Stadium[a] Rajamangala Stadium Thuwunna Stadium Olympic Stadium
Capacity: 87,500 Capacity: 55,000 Capacity: 51,560 Capacity: 50,000 Capacity: 50,000
         
  Việt Trì   Vientiane
Việt Trì Stadium[b] New Laos National Stadium
Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 25,000
   
  Hanoi   Surakarta   Manila   Jalan Besar
Hàng Đẫy Stadium[c] Manahan Stadium[d] Rizal Memorial Stadium Jalan Besar Stadium[a]
Capacity: 22,500 Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 12,880 Capacity: 10,000
       

Group stage

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Tiebreakers

Ranking in each group shall be determined as follows:

  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. Penalty shoot-out if only the teams are tied, and they met in the last round of the group;
  3. Drawing lots by the Organising Committee.

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Thailand 4 4 0 0 18 4 +14 12 Advance to knockout stage
2   Singapore 4 2 1 1 7 5 +2 7
3   Malaysia 4 1 2 1 5 5 0 5
4   Cambodia 4 1 1 2 7 8 −1 4
5   East Timor 4 0 0 4 3 18 −15 0
Cambodia  2–2  Malaysia
  • Coulibaly   52'
  • Ty   60'
Report
Attendance: 24,886
Referee: Kim Woo-sung (South Korea)
East Timor  0–10  Thailand
Report
Attendance: 1,239
Referee: Kim Dae-yong (South Korea)

Singapore  2–1  Cambodia
Report
Attendance: 12,391
Referee: Ahmed Faisal Al-Ali (Jordan)
Malaysia  3–2  East Timor
Report

East Timor  0–3  Singapore
Report
Thailand  1–0  Malaysia
Gustavsson   57' Report
Attendance: 25,619
Referee: Rustam Lutfullin (Uzbekistan)

Cambodia  2–1  East Timor
Report
Attendance: 17,109
Referee: Firdavs Norsafarov (Uzbekistan)
Singapore  2–4  Thailand
Report
Attendance: 22,611
Referee: Ismaeel Habib Ali (Bahrain)

Thailand  3–2  Cambodia
Report
Coulibaly   90+6'
Attendance: 15,261
Referee: Tam Ping Wun (Hong Kong)
Malaysia  0–0  Singapore
Report
Attendance: 31,127
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Vietnam 4 3 1 0 11 2 +9 10 Advance to knockout stage
2   Philippines 4 1 3 0 4 3 +1 6
3   Indonesia 4 1 1 2 4 5 −1 4
4   Myanmar 4 1 1 2 4 9 −5 4
5   Laos 4 0 2 2 7 11 −4 2
Myanmar  0–1  Indonesia
Report
Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Wong Wai Lun (Hong Kong)
Laos  1–4  Vietnam
Report



Philippines  1–1  Myanmar
Report
Attendance: 1,589
Referee: Kim Dae-yong (South Korea)
Indonesia  3–3  Laos
Report
Attendance: 14,455
Referee: Hiroki Kasahara (Japan)

Laos  1–1  Philippines
Baldisimo   34' (o.g.) Report Reyes   77'
Attendance: 6,389
Referee: Ryo Tanimoto (Japan)
Vietnam  1–0  Indonesia
Report
Attendance: 16,669
Referee: Abdullah Dhafer Al-Shehri (Saudi Arabia)



Myanmar  3–2  Laos
Report
Attendance: 8,150
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)
Philippines  1–1  Vietnam
Report
Attendance: 3,346
Referee: Akobirxuja Shukurullaev (Uzbekistan)

Vietnam  5–0  Myanmar
Report
Attendance: 16,869
Referee: Koki Nagamine (Japan)


Indonesia  0–1  Philippines
Report
Attendance: 17,390
Referee: Koji Takasaki (Japan)


Knockout stage

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Bracket

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Semi-finals Final
          
A2   Singapore
B1   Vietnam
Winner of Semi-final 1
Winner of Semi-final 2
B2   Philippines
A1   Thailand


Semi-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Singapore     Vietnam 26 Dec 29 Dec
Philippines     Thailand 27 Dec 30 Dec

First leg

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Singapore  v  Vietnam
Report



Second leg

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Finals

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Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Winner Semi-final 1Winner Semi-final 22 Jan '255 Jan '25

First leg

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Winner Semi-final 1vWinner Semi-final 2
Report

Second leg

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Winner Semi-final 2vWinner Semi-final 1
Report

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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There have been 70 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 3.5 goals per match (as of 21 December 2024).

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Discipline

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In the tournament, a player will be suspended for the subsequent match in the competition for either getting red card or accumulating two yellow cards in two different matches.

Player Offense(s) Suspension(s)
  Peeradon Chamratsamee     in 2022 final 2nd leg v Vietnam Group A v East Timor (8 December 2024)
  Wai Lin Aung   in Group B v Indonesia
  in Group B v Philippines
Group B v Laos (18 December 2024)
  Marselino Ferdinan     in Group B v Laos Group B v Vietnam (15 December 2024)
  Phathana Phommathep   in Group B v Indonesia
  in Group B v Philippines
Group B v Myanmar (18 December 2024)
  Yudai Ogawa   in Group A v Singapore
  in Group A v East Timor
Group A v Thailand (20 December 2024)
  Maung Maung Lwin   in Group B v Indonesia
  in Group B v Laos
Group B v Vietnam (21 December 2024)
  Amani Aguinaldo   in Group B v Indonesia
  in Group B v Vietnam
Semi-finals v Thailand (27 December 2024)
  Muhammad Ferarri   in Group B v Philippines Team already eliminated from tournament
Maybe suspension in the first match of next edition

Tournament teams ranking

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This table will show the ranking of teams throughout the tournament.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Champions
2 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Runners-up
3 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Semi-finalists
4 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5   Malaysia 4 1 2 1 5 5 0 5 Eliminated in
group stage
6   Cambodia 4 1 1 2 7 8 −1 4
7   Indonesia 4 1 1 2 4 5 −1 4
8   Myanmar 4 1 1 2 4 9 −5 4
9   Laos 4 0 2 2 7 11 −4 2
10   East Timor 4 0 0 4 3 18 −15 0
Source: ASEAN United FC

Marketing

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Official match ball

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The tournament's official match ball, Adidas Tiro Pro, was unveiled on 14 August 2024.[11] This marks the return of Adidas as the ASEAN Championship Official Supplier after 20 years.

Sponsorship

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Title Partner Presenting Partners Official Sponsors Official Performance Partner

Media coverage

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2024 ASEAN Championship television broadcasters in Southeast Asia
Country Broadcastings network Television Radio Live streaming
  Brunei RTB, Astro RTB Aneka, Astro Arena RTBGo, Astro GO, Sooka
  Cambodia Bayon Television BTV Cambodia
  Indonesia MNC Media[12][13] RCTI, GTV, iNews, Soccer Channel, Sportstars MNC Trijaya FM[14] Vision+, Blive
  Laos BG Sports Co. BG SPORTS
  Malaysia Astro Astro Arena Astro GO, Sooka
  Myanmar Sky Net Sky Net Sports HD, Sky Net Sports 4
  Philippines TAP DMV Premier Football and Sports channels Blast TV
  Singapore Mediacorp CH5 meWATCH
  Thailand Triple V Broadcast Co., Ltd.,[15][16] BG Sports Co.,[17][18][19] AIS Play Thairath TV Thairath Sport BG SPORTS AIS Play
  Vietnam FPT Play,[20] VTV[21] VTV2, VTV5, VTV Cần Thơ FPT Play,[note 1] VTVgo
2024 ASEAN Championship international television broadcasters
Rest of World YouTube ASEAN United FC
  China Leisu[22] Leisu Sports Channel Leisu TV
  South Korea Eclat Media[23] SPOTV SPOTV Now

Incidents

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Prior to the match between Cambodia and Malaysia's national teams, a Malaysian woman in Malaysia's Sarawak state was pronounced missing, and after a week her body was found in a badly decomposed state.[24][25] A Malaysian man was arrested shortly following the remains discovery, where the suspect confessed to the killing and said the reason was due to his desperation to catch a match between the two countries in Phnom PenhCambodia, on 8 December, where he had pawned the victim's jewellery, comprising a gold bracelet and gold earrings to cover his trip expenses to the country.[26]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Singapore originally scheduled to play all of its home matches at the National Stadium, but later the stadium was booked for a concert of JJ Lin from 28 to 29 December. As a result, Singapore hosted its knock-out game at the Jalan Besar Stadium.
  2. ^ Vietnam originally scheduled to play its home matches at the Mỹ Đình National Stadium, but later the stadium was booked for a concert on 7 December.[8] As a result, Vietnam hosted its game at the Việt Trì Stadium.[9]
  3. ^ East Timor played their home games in a neutral venue, due to the National Stadium in Dili failing to meet FIFA standards.
  4. ^ Indonesia played their group stage games in Surakarta, before moved to either Bogor or Surabaya should they qualify to the knockouts[10]
  1. ^ Also on FPT Play YouTube channel

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  22. ^ "Leisu Sports to stream ASEAN Mitsubishi Electric Cup™ 2024 and ASEAN Club Championship Shopee Cup™ in China". ASEAN Football Federation. 27 November 2024. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  23. ^ "[많다 축구 보자 SPOTV] 12/4(수) ~ 12/10(화) 해외축구 주요 생중계 일정 안내" [[Let’s watch a lot of soccer SPOTV] Information on major overseas soccer live broadcast schedules from December 4th (Wed) to December 10th (Tue)]. spotv.net. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
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