Soccer Southeast Asian Cup 2016

Soccer Southeast Asian Championship AFF Championship 2016
ASEAN Football Federation logo
Number of nations	8  (of 11 applicants)
venue	Myanmar Philippines
Opening game	19th November 2016
Endgame	December 14, 2016 (first leg) December 17, 2016 (second leg)

The Southeast Asian Football Championship 2016 (officially AFF Championship 2016 , also called AFF Suzuki Cup 2016 for sponsorship reasons ) was the eleventh edition of the tournament and took place from November 19 to December 17, 2016 in Myanmar and the Philippines . The two countries hosted the group stage for the first time.

Eleven teams from Southeast Asia competed for the title of Southeast Asian champion. The tournament was won by the defending champion, the team from Thailand .

Venue and mode

In December 2013, Myanmar and the Philippines were announced as hosts. It is the first time the tournament has been held for both countries. In February 2016, the Philippine Football Association PFF withdrew from hosting the event because no suitable venue was available. Malaysia and the two hosts from 2014, Singapore and Vietnam, made the offer to replace them. In mid-March 2016, however, the AFF decided that the Philippines would retain the hosting rights after the PFF had reached an agreement with the Philippine Sports Stadium about a use for the tournament.

The mode had changed only slightly compared to the 2014 tournament . Initially, the four weaker teams from 2014 each played once against each other in the qualifying round. The group winners qualified for the finals, for which the stronger seven teams were already seeded.

The eight participants were divided into two groups of four teams each. The group winner and the runner-up reached the semi-finals, the winners of the semi-finals played the final. The semi-finals and the final were played in home and away games . A game for third place did not take place.

qualification

The first five games took place in the Olympic Stadium in Phnom Penh and the remainder of the game in the RSN Stadium in Phnom Penh ( Cambodia ). Times are given in local time ( UTC + 7 ).

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Cambodia	3	3	0	0	008: 300	+5	09
2.	Laos	3	2	0	1	007: 600	+1	06th
3.	Brunei	3	1	0	2	005: 800	−3	03
4th	East Timor	3	0	0	3	004: 700	−3	00

October 15, 2016, 3:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.
Brunei	-	East Timor	2: 1 (2: 1)
Cambodia	-	Laos	2: 1 (1: 0)
October 18, 2016, 3:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.
East Timor	-	Laos	1: 2 (0: 1)
Brunei	-	Cambodia	0: 3 (0: 3)
October 21, 2016, both 6:30 p.m.
Cambodia	-	East Timor	3: 2 (2: 2)
Laos	-	Brunei	4: 3 (1: 1)

Finals

draw

The draw took place in Rangoon on August 2, 2016 . The following groups were drawn:

Group A	Group B
Philippines	Myanmar
Thailand	Malaysia
Singapore	Vietnam
Indonesia	Cambodia

Group A

The group was hosted by the Philippines . Five games were played at the Philippine Sports Stadium in Bocaue and one at the Rizal Memorial Stadium in Manila .

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Thailand	3	3	0	0	006: 200	+4	09
2.	Indonesia	3	1	1	1	006: 700	−1	04th
3.	Philippines	3	0	2	1	002: 300	−1	02
4th	Singapore	3	0	1	2	001: 300	−2	01

19th November 2016
Thailand	-	Indonesia	4: 2 (2: 0)
Philippines	-	Singapore	0: 0 (0: 0)
22nd November 2016
Thailand	-	Singapore	1: 0 (0: 0)
Indonesia	-	Philippines	2: 2 (1: 1)
November 25, 2016
Singapore	-	Indonesia	1: 2 (1: 0)
Philippines	-	Thailand	0: 1 (0: 0)

Group B

The group was hosted by Myanmar . Five games took place in the Thuwanna Stadium in Rangoon and one in the Bogyoke Aung San Stadium , also in Rangoon.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Vietnam	3	3	0	0	005: 200	+3	09
2.	Myanmar	3	2	0	1	005: 300	+2	06th
3.	Malaysia	3	1	0	2	003: 400	−1	03
4th	Cambodia	3	0	0	3	004: 800	−4	00

20th November 2016
Malaysia	-	Cambodia	3: 2 (1: 1)
Myanmar	-	Vietnam	1: 2 (0: 1)
23rd November 2016
Malaysia	-	Vietnam	0: 1 (0: 0)
Cambodia	-	Myanmar	1: 3 (1: 2)
November 26, 2016
Vietnam	-	Cambodia	2: 1 (1: 0)
Myanmar	-	Malaysia	1: 0 (0: 0)

Semifinals

The first legs took place on December 3 and 4, the second legs on December 7 and 8, 2016.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Indonesia	4: 3	Vietnam	2: 1 (1: 1)	2: 2 a.d. (0: 0, 1: 2)
Myanmar	0: 6	Thailand	0: 2 (0: 1)	0: 4 (0: 1)

final

The first leg took place on December 14th and the second leg on December 17th, 2016.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Indonesia	2: 3	Thailand	2: 1 (0: 1)	0: 2 (0: 1)

Overall table

The overall table served as the basis for qualifying for the 2018 Southeast Asian Championship .

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Thailand	7th	6th	0	1	015: 400	+11	18th
2.	Indonesia	7th	3	2	2	012:130	−1	11
3.	Vietnam	5	3	1	1	008: 600	+2	10
4th	Myanmar	5	2	0	3	005: 900	−4	06th
5.	Malaysia	3	1	0	2	003: 400	−1	03
6th	Philippines	3	0	2	1	002: 300	−1	02
7th	Singapore	3	0	1	2	001: 300	−2	01
8th.	Cambodia	3	0	0	3	004: 800	−4	00

Web links

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Myanmar and Philippines to Host AFF Suzuki Cup 2016 . In: ASEANFootball.org . December 22, 2013. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
2. ↑ PFF releases statement on Suzuki Cup hosting . In: CNNPhilippines.com . February 25, 2016. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
3. ↑ Lan Phuong: Vietnam offers to co-host 2016 AFF Cup as Philippines pulls out . In: ThanhNienNews.com . February 26, 2016. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
4. ↑ Eric Samuel: Sorry Malaysia, the Philippines is back as Suzuki Cup host . In: TheStar.com . March 12, 2016. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
5. ↑ Champions Thailand and Singapore to face off in AFF Suzuki Cup . In: AFFSuzukiCup.com . August 2, 2016. Archived from the original on August 6, 2016. 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. Retrieved August 3, 2016. 
6. ↑ - ( Memento of the original from November 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
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