Soccer Southeast Asian Championship 1998

1998 ASEAN Football Championship 1998 Tiger Cup ™

Number of nations	10
Southeast Asian Champion	Singapore Singapore
venue	Vietnam
opening	August 26, 1998
Endgame	5th September 1998
Gates	55
Top scorer (s)	Myanmar 1974 Myo Hlaing Win (4)

The 1998 ASEAN soccer championship (officially 1998 Tiger Cup ) was the second edition of the Southeast Asian soccer competition and took place in Vietnam from August 26 to September 5, 1998 . The name of the competition is derived from the sponsor Tiger Beer .

The qualifying round, which was held for the first time, took place in Myanmar from March 14 to March 28, 1998 . All Southeast Asian national soccer teams that belonged to the ASEAN Football Federation were eligible to participate .

competition

The following countries took part in the tournament:

Brunei Brunei
Cambodia Cambodia
Indonesia Indonesia
Laos Laos
Malaysia Malaysia
Myanmar 1974 Myanmar
Philippines Philippines
Singapore Singapore
Thailand Thailand
Vietnam Vietnam

Of the 10 participating countries, the four semi-finalists of the 1996 ASEAN soccer championship Thailand (defending champion), Malaysia (second), Vietnam (third) and Indonesia (fourth) were pre-qualified. The remaining 6 participants played in two groups with three teams each, of which the first and second placed qualified for the final round.

The final round was played in two groups of four teams each. The group winners and runners-up met in the semi-finals, the winners of the semi-finals then determined the winner of the 1998 ASEAN championship. The semi-final losers played off the tournament third.

Mursyid Effendi , who plays for Indonesia, scored an own goal in the last group game against Thailand so that his team would not have to face Vietnam in the semi-finals.

qualification

Group A

The Group A games were played in the Thuwanna Stadium in Rangoon .

team	Pt	Sp	S.	N	T +	T-	TD
Laos Laos	6th	2	2	0	5	1	+4
Myanmar 1974 Myanmar	3	2	1	1	4th	4th	0
Brunei Brunei	0	2	0	2	2	6th	−4

March 14, 1998	Myanmar	-	Brunei	4: 1
March 16, 1998	Brunei	-	Laos	1: 2
3/18/1998	Laos	-	Myanmar	3-0

Group B

Group B games were also played in the Thuwanna Stadium in Rangoon .

team	Pt	Sp	S.	U	N	T +	T-	TD
Singapore Singapore	6th	2	2	0	0	4th	0	+4
Philippines Philippines	1	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1
Cambodia Cambodia	1	2	0	1	1	1	4th	−3

March 24, 1998	Singapore	-	Philippines	1-0
March 26, 1998	Philippines	-	Cambodia	1: 1
March 28, 1998	Cambodia	-	Singapore	0: 3

Finals

Group A

The Group A games were played at Thống Nhất Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City .

team	Pt	Sp	S.	U	N	T +	T-	TD
Thailand Thailand	7th	3	2	1	0	7th	4th	+3
Indonesia Indonesia	6th	3	2	0	1	11	5	+6
Myanmar 1974 Myanmar	4th	3	1	1	1	8th	9	−1
Philippines Philippines	0	3	0	0	3	4th	11	−7

August 27, 1998	Indonesia	-	Philippines	3: 1
August 27, 1998	Thailand	-	Myanmar	1: 1
8/29/1998	Thailand	-	Philippines	3: 1
8/29/1998	Myanmar	-	Indonesia	2: 6
8/31/1998	Philippines	-	Myanmar	2: 5
08/31/1998	Thailand	-	Indonesia	3: 2

Group B

Group B games were played at the Singapore National Stadium in Singapore .

team	Pt	Sp	S.	U	N	T +	T-	TD
Singapore Singapore	7th	3	2	1	0	6th	1	+5
Vietnam Vietnam	7th	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4
Malaysia Malaysia	1	3	0	1	2	0	3	−3
Laos Laos	1	3	0	1	2	2	8th	−6

8/26/1998	Singapore	-	Malaysia	2-0
8/26/1998	Vietnam	-	Laos	4: 1
8/28/1998	Malaysia	-	Laos	0-0
8/28/1998	Vietnam	-	Singapore	0-0
8/30/1998	Singapore	-	Laos	4: 1
8/30/1998	Vietnam	-	Malaysia	1-0

Semifinals

September 2, 1998				Hanoi , Vietnam	Vietnam Vietnam	-	Thailand Thailand	3-0
September 2, 1998				Ho Chi Minh City	Singapore Singapore	-	Indonesia Indonesia	2: 1