Soccer Southeast Asian Championship 2008
| ASEAN Football Championship 2008 | |
|---|---|
|
|
| Number of nations | 8 (of 11 applicants) |
| Southeast Asian Champion | Vietnam (1st title) |
| venue | Thailand and Indonesia |
| Opening game | December 5, 2008 |
| Endgame | December 28, 2008 |
| Games | 18th |
| Gates | 56 (⌀: 3.11 per game) |
| Top scorer |
 Agu Casmir Budi Sudarsono
|
| Best player |
 Dương Hồng Sơn
|
The seventh edition of the ASEAN soccer championship took place from December 5th to 28th, 2008. The official name of the event was the 2008 Suzuki Cup according to the agreement between the ASEAN Football Federation and Suzuki AFF . The group matches were played in Thailand and Indonesia , while the semi-finals and the final were played in home and away matches. All Southeast Asian national soccer teams were eligible to participate .
The winner received a winning prize of 100,000 US dollars .
qualification
In addition to the two hosts, defending champions Singapore, Malaysia, Myanmar and Vietnam were automatically qualified for the tournament in Thailand and Indonesia.
The teams from Brunei , Cambodia , Laos , East Timor and the Philippines first had to compete against each other in a qualification. Here these five teams played in a championship system for the two places still to be allocated.
The qualifying tournament took place from October 17th to October 25th, 2008 in the Olympic Stadium in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh , in the end Laos and the selection of the host could qualify for the final round.
| rank | country | Gates | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Laos
|
9: 7 | 9 |
| 2 |
 Cambodia
|
9: 8 | 7th |
| 3 |
 Philippines
|
6: 5 | 7th |
| 4th |
 Brunei
|
8: 7 | 4th |
| 5 |
 East Timor
|
4: 9 | 1 |
| October 17, 2008 | Philippines | - | East Timor | 1: 0 (0: 0) | |||
| October 17, 2008 | Cambodia | - | Laos | 3: 2 (2: 1) | |||
| October 19, 2008 | East Timor | - | Cambodia | 2: 2 (1: 0) | |||
| October 19, 2008 | Brunei | - | Philippines | 1: 1 (1: 1) | |||
| October 21, 2008 | Brunei | - | East Timor | 4: 1 (2: 0) | |||
| October 21, 2008 | Philippines | - | Laos | 1: 2 (1: 0) | |||
| October 23, 2008 | Laos | - | Brunei | 3: 2 (1: 1) | |||
| October 23, 2008 | Cambodia | - | Philippines | 2: 3 (2: 2) | |||
| October 25, 2008 | Brunei | - | Cambodia | 1: 2 (1: 1) | |||
| October 25, 2008 | Laos | - | East Timor | 2: 1 (1: 0) | |||
Final tournament
The game 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 2008 ASEAN championship. The semi-finals and the final were played in home and away matches.
Group A
Group A matches were played at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta and Jalak Harupat Stadium in Bandung , Indonesia .
| team | Pt | Sp | S. | U | N | T + | T- | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Singapore
|
9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 |
|
Indonesia
|
6th | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7th | 2 | +5 |
.svg){kind=small} Myanmar
|
3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4th | 8th | −4 |
|
Cambodia
|
0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | −10 |
| December 5, 2008 | Singapore | - | Cambodia | 5-0 | |||
| December 5, 2008 | Indonesia | - | Myanmar | 3-0 | |||
| December 7, 2008 | Singapore | - | Myanmar | 3: 1 | |||
| December 7, 2008 | Cambodia | - | Indonesia | 0: 4 | |||
| December 9, 2008 | Myanmar | - | Cambodia | 3: 2 | |||
| December 9, 2008 | Indonesia | - | Singapore | 0: 2 | |||
Group B
Group B games were played at Surakul Stadium in Phuket , Thailand . Originally, the games were supposed to be played in Bangkok . However, due to the political unrest, the games were moved to Phuket.
| team | Pt | Sp | S. | U | N | T + | T- | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Thailand
|
9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | +11 |
|
Vietnam
|
6th | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7th | 4th | +3 |
 Malaysia
|
3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6th | −1 |
|
Laos
|
0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | −13 |
| December 6, 2008 | Malaysia | - | Laos | 3-0 | |||
| December 6, 2008 | Thailand | - | Vietnam | 2-0 | |||
| December 8, 2008 | Malaysia | - | Vietnam | 2: 3 | |||
| December 8, 2008 | Laos | - | Thailand | 0: 6 | |||
| December 10, 2008 | Vietnam | - | Laos | 4-0 | |||
| December 10, 2008 | Thailand | - | Malaysia | 3-0 | |||
Semifinals
The first legs took place on December 16 and 17, 2008, the second legs on December 20 and 21, 2008.
| total | First leg | Return leg | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Indonesia
|
1: 3 |
Thailand
|
0: 1 | 1: 2 |
|
Vietnam
|
1-0 |
Singapore
|
0-0 | 1-0 |
final
The first leg took place on December 24, 2008 in Bangkok's Rajamangala Stadium , the second leg on December 28, 2008 in the Mỹ Đình National Stadium in Hanoi .
| total | First leg | Return leg | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Thailand
|
2: 3 |
Vietnam
|
1: 2 | 1: 1 |
gallery
ASEAN Cup 2008, Thailand vs Vietnam group game, December 6, 2008
ASEAN Cup 2008, Thailand vs Vietnam group game, December 6, 2008
ASEAN Cup 2008, Thailand vs Vietnam group game, December 6, 2008
ASEAN Cup 2008, Thailand vs Vietnam group game, December 6, 2008
ASEAN Cup 2008, Malaysia vs Laos group game, December 6, 2008
ASEAN Cup 2008, Malaysia vs Laos group game, December 6, 2008
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ aseanfootball.org: SUZUKI SPONSOR AFF SUZUKI CUP 2008 ( Memento of the original from June 30, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed August 7, 2008
- ↑ bangkokpost.com: Report of the Bangkok Post online edition about the relocation of the games ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
