| 2008 Kejuaraan Sepak Bola ASEAN 2008 อาเซียนฟุตบอลแชมเปียนชิพ | |
|---|---|
 AFF Suzuki Cup 2008 official logo | |
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Indonesia Thailand (for group stage) |
| Dates | 5–28 December |
| Teams | 8 |
| Venue | 3 (in 3 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Vietnam (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Thailand |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 18 |
| Goals scored | 56 (3.11 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Agu Casmir Budi SudarsonoTeerasil Dangda(4 goals) |
| Best player | Dương Hồng Sơn |
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The2008AFF Championship was the seventh edition of the tournament. It was primarily sponsored bySuzuki and therefore officially known as the2008 AFF Suzuki Cup.[1] The group stage was held inIndonesia andThailand from 5 to 10 December 2008. Two-legged home-and-away semi-finals and finals were held between 16 and 28 December 2008 in Singapore and Vietnam.
Singapore were the two-time defending champions, but were eliminated byVietnam in the semi-finals.Vietnam, managed by PortugueseHenrique Calisto, won the tournament by a 3–2 victory in the two-legged final againstThailand to win their first title. In 2008, this was rank 7th of the top ten greatest football events in Asia byGoal.com.[2][3]
The tournament would originally have been hosted byMyanmar because of the rotation system among ASEAN countries, however, they withdrew in August 2007 due tosecurity concerns.[4] In the third AFF council meeting inBali, Indonesia and Thailand beat three other countries to win the right to host (the other three wereMalaysia,Myanmar andVietnam). However, if both countries are unable to fulfill certain obligations set by theASEAN Football Federation (AFF), Vietnam will step in and host the tournament. The winning team will take home USD100,000, runners-up USD 50,000, and USD 15,000 for the losing semi-finalists.Nike will be an official supplier for the 2008 AFF Championship.[5]
10 days before the start of the tournament, safety issues were raised contending the safety of the teams who were due to play in Bangkok. This was because of the riots that were happening in the city which also resulted in the closure of theSuvarnabhumi Airport (see2008 Thai political crisis for further information). Due to the political crisis, theFootball Association of Thailand stated that the Group Stages in the Thai capitalBangkok would go ahead, or if the situation got worse, games would be moved toChiang Mai in the north of the country orPhuket in the South of the country.[6][7][8]
As well as Thailand confirming themselves as steady hosts, Vietnam and Malaysia also stated that they would be prepared to host the tournament at short notice.[9][10]
On 29 November, with less than one week before the start of the tournament, the group stages held in Thai sport were moved from the capitalBangkok to the southern provincePhuket.[11]
Indonesia prepareGelora Bung Karno Stadium in the capital city andSi Jalak Harupat Stadium inBandung, while Thailand prepareRajamangala Stadium andSuphachalasai Stadium where both of them located inBangkok. All of the stadiums are2007 AFC Asian Cup venues except ofSi Jalak Harupat Stadium. Bung Karno Stadium will be the opening match venue, while Rajmangala Stadium will be the final match venue.
Group stage matches in Thai sport were switched from the capitalBangkok to the southern provincesPhuket atSurakul Stadium inPhuket City on 29 November due tosecurity issues inBangkok.[11][12]
| Jakarta | Bandung | Phuket |
|---|---|---|
| Gelora Bung Karno Stadium | Si Jalak Harupat Stadium | Surakul Stadium |
| Capacity:88,083 | Capacity:27,000 | Capacity:15,000 |
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| Bangkok | Hanoi | Singapore |
| Rajamangala Stadium | Mỹ Đình National Stadium | Singapore National Stadium |
| Capacity:49,722 | Capacity:40,192 | Capacity:55,000 |
 |  |  |
The qualification took place inPhnom Penh, the capital ofCambodia, from 17 October 2008 to 25 October 2008. The five lower-ranked teams inSoutheast Asia play within a round-robin tournament format and the top two countries in the group will qualify for this tournament.
The following eight teams qualified for the tournament.
| Country | Previous best performance |
|---|---|
| Thailand | Winners (1996,2000,2002) |
| Singapore | Winners (1998,2004,2007) |
| Indonesia | Runners-up (2000,2002,2004) |
| Vietnam | Runners-up (1998) |
 Malaysia | Runners-up (1996) |
 Myanmar | Fourth-place (2004) |
 Laos | Group stage (1996,1998,2000,2002,2004,2007) |
 Cambodia | Group stage (1996,2000,2002,2004) |
Confirmed referees during the tournament:[13]
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singapore | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 9 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 6 |
 Myanmar | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 3 |
| Cambodia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 0 |
| Singapore | 3–1 | Myanmar |
|---|---|---|
Alam Shah 1'Casmir 16',74' | Myo Min Tun 28' |
| Myanmar | 3–2 | Cambodia |
|---|---|---|
| Moe Win 29' Ya Zar Win Thein 35'Myo Min Tun 85' | Sokumpheak 40' Borey 77' |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | +11 | 9 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 3 |
| Laos | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | −13 | 0 |
| Malaysia | 3–0 | Laos |
|---|---|---|
| Safee 68',87' Indra Putra 73' |
| Malaysia | 2–3 | Vietnam |
|---|---|---|
| Indra Putra 20',85' | Phạm Thành Lương 16' Nguyễn Vũ Phong 72',86' |
| Vietnam | 4–0 | Laos |
|---|---|---|
| Nguyễn Việt Thắng 48' Phạm Thành Lương 63'Huỳnh Quang Thanh 66'Phan Thanh Bình 80' |
Note: Although the knockout stages are two-legged,away goals rule is not applied. If the total aggregate score of both teams after both matches remained the same, extra time would have been played, followed by apenalty shootout if necessary.
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| B1 | Thailand | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
| A2 | Indonesia | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| B1 | Thailand | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| B2 | Vietnam | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| A1 | Singapore | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| B2 | Vietnam | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Thailand won 3–1 on aggregate.
Vietnam won 1–0 on aggregate.
| Thailand | 1–2 | Vietnam |
|---|---|---|
| Dương Hồng Sơn 75' (o.g.) | Report | Nguyễn Vũ Phong 40' Lê Công Vinh 42' |
| Vietnam | 1–1 | Thailand |
|---|---|---|
| Lê Công Vinh 90+4' | Report | Teerasil 21' |
Vietnam won 3–2 on aggregate.
| 2008 AFF Championship |
|---|
 Vietnam First title |
| Most Valuable Player | Golden Boot | Fair Play Award |
|---|---|---|
| Dương Hồng Sơn | Agu CasmirBudi SudarsonoTeerasil Dangda | Thailand |
This table shows all team performance.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Final | |||||||||
| 1 | Vietnam | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 14 |
| 2 | Thailand | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 16 |
| Semi-finals | |||||||||
| 3 | Singapore | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 10 |
| 4 | Indonesia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 6 |
| Eliminated in the group stage | |||||||||
| 5 | Malaysia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 3 |
| 6 | Myanmar | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 3 |
| 7 | Cambodia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 0 |
| 8 | Laos | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | −13 | 0 |
