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| Organiser(s) | AFF |
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| Founded | 1996; 29 years ago (1996) |
| Region | Southeast Asia |
| Teams | 10 (finals) 11 (eligible to enter qualification) |
| Qualifier for | AFF–EAFF Champions Trophy |
| Current champions |  Vietnam (3rd title) |
| Most championships |  Thailand (7 titles) |
| Website | aseanutdfc.com |
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TheASEAN Championship (formerly known as theAFF Championship orAFF Cup), currently known as theASEANHyundai Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the biennialfootball tournament organised by theASEAN Football Federation (AFF) for men's national teams inSoutheast Asia.
A biennial international competition, it is contested to determine the sub-continental champion of Southeast Asia. The competition has been held every two years since1996, scheduled to be in the even-numbered year, except for2007, and2020.
Four national teams have won the ASEAN Championship title;Thailand has won seven titles,Singapore four,Vietnam three, andMalaysia one. To date, Thailand and Singapore are the only teams to have won consecutive titles. Thailand did it three times: in 2000, 2002, 2014, 2016, 2020, and 2022, while Singapore did it once in 2004 and 2007.Australia, an AFF member since 2013, has not played the ASEAN Championship. It is one of the most watched football tournaments in the region. The ASEAN Championship is recognised as an 'A' international tournament byFIFA withFIFA ranking points being awarded since 1996.[1]
Since 2018, the championship winners would compete in the followingAFF–EAFF Champions Trophy, against the winner of theEAFF E-1 Football Championship (East Asia).
The defending tournament champions areVietnam, after a 5–3 aggregate victory overThailand in the2024 ASEAN Championship final.
FIFA presidentGianni Infantino announced the launch of the FIFA ASEAN Cup on 26 October 2025 during the2025 ASEAN Summits inKuala Lumpur,[2][3] although no further details about its format are disclosed as of yet.
The first ASEAN Championship took place in1996 with the six founding members of the ASEAN Federation competing with four nations being invited that came in that region. The final saw Thailand becoming the first champions of ASEAN as they defeated Malaysia 1–0 inSingapore.[4] The top four nations automatically qualified through to the finals in thefollowing edition. This meant the other six nations had to compete in qualifying for the remaining four spots.Myanmar, Singapore,Laos andPhilippines all made it through to the main tournament. The tournament has been the only regional competition for national teams sincemen's football at theSEA Games was for U23 in 2001. No country has ever won the AFF Championship title three times in a row.Singapore (2004 and 2007) andThailand (2000 and 2002 and again in 2014 and 2016) have won twice in a row.
In February 2024, the AFF announced that the competition will be rebranded as the ASEAN Championship.[5]
Although having joined the AFF on 27 August 2013,Australia, because of its superior level compared to Southeast Asia, has not played the ASEAN Championship as part of the initial agreement, though Australia has started searching for ways to enter the tournament in recent years due to growth of various Southeast Asian national teams, due to internal pressures, and due to Southeast Asian interests in seeing more competitive football to improve consistency.[6][7][8]
On October 26, 2025, FIFA announced the launch of the FIFA ASEAN Cup following the signing of a memorandum of agreement at the47th ASEAN Summit. It remains unclear what implication the new FIFA tournament would mean for the conduct of the ASEAN Championship.[9][10]
Sports marketing, media, and event management firm,Sportfive (formerlyLagardère Sports) has been involved in the tournament since the inaugural edition in 1996.[citation needed]
It was founded as the Tiger Cup, after Singapore-basedAsia Pacific Breweries brandTiger Beer sponsored the competition from its inauguration in1996 until the2004 edition. After Asia Pacific Breweries withdrew as title sponsor, the competition was known simply as the AFF Championship for the2007 edition. In 2008,Suzuki bought the naming rights for the competition and the competition was named the AFF Suzuki Cup until the2020 edition.[11] On 23 May 2022, AFF announced a new title sponsorship deal withMitsubishi Electric and the competition was named the AFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup starting in the 2022 edition.[12]
As part of the competition's rebranding in February 2024, the competition was renamed to the ASEAN Mitsubishi Electric Cup.[5] In May 2025, AFF announcedHyundai Motor Company to be the next title sponsor for the tournament, naming it the ASEAN Hyundai Cup.[13]
| Period | Sponsor | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1996–2004 | Tiger Beer | Tiger Cup |
| 2007 | No title sponsor | AFF Championship |
| 2008–2020 | Suzuki | AFF Suzuki Cup |
| 2022 | Mitsubishi Electric | AFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup |
| 2024 | ASEAN Mitsubishi Electric Cup | |
| 2026–present | Hyundai Motor | ASEAN Hyundai Cup |
| Current sponsorship | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Title Partner | Presenting Partner | Official Supplier | Official Supporters |
| Hyundai Motor | Shopee | Adidas | Acecook Vietnam Pocari Sweat |
| Year | Official match ball name | Manufacturer |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Adidas Questra | Adidas |
| 1998 | Adidas Tricolore | |
| 2000 | Adidas Tricolore | |
| 2002 | Adidas Fevernova | |
| 2004 | Adidas Roteiro | |
| 2007 | Nike Total 90 Aerow II (Yellow winter) | Nike |
| 2008 | Nike Total 90 Omni (Yellow winter) | |
| 2010 | Nike Total 90 Tracer (Yellow winter) | |
| 2012 | Nike Maxim (Yellow winter) | |
| 2014 | Mitre Delta V12S | Mitre |
| 2016 | Mitre Delta Fluo Hyperseam (Yellow winter) | |
| 2018 | Grand Sport Primero Mundo X Star | Grand Sport |
| 2020 | Warrix Asean Pulse | Warrix |
| 2022 | Warrix Bersatu | |
| 2024 | Adidas Tiro Pro | Adidas |
Since 2004, the knockout stage has been played over two legs in a home-and-away format. Since the 2007 edition, there was no third-place match; semi-finalists are listed in alphabetical order. Theaway goals rule was applied for the knockout stage in 2010-2022 editions.[a]
Starting with the 2018 edition, a new format for group state was applied. The nine highest-ranked teams qualified automatically while the 10th and 11th ranked teams played in a two-legged qualifier to determine the final team to qualify. The 10 teams were split into two groups of five and played a round-robin system, with each team playing two home and two away fixtures. A draw was made to determine where the teams play while the format of the knockout round remained unchanged.[14]
| Regular format (1996–2002) | ||||||||||
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| Year | Host | Final | Third place playoff | Number of teams | Total matches played | Total goals in tournament | ||||
| Winners | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | |||||
| 1996 |  Singapore | Thailand | 1–0 |  Malaysia | Vietnam | 3–2 |  Indonesia | 10 | 24 | 93 |
| 1998 | Vietnam | Singapore | 1–0 | Vietnam | Indonesia | 3–3 (a.e.t.) (5–4p) | Thailand | 8 | 16 | 55 |
| 2000 | Thailand | Thailand | 4–1 | Indonesia | Malaysia | 3–0 | Vietnam | 9 | 20 | 67 |
| 2002 | IndonesiaSingapore | Thailand | 2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–2p) | Indonesia | Vietnam | 2–1 | Malaysia | 9 | 20 | 92 |
| Home-and-away format in knockout (2004–2016) | ||||||||||
| Year | Group stage hosts | Final | Third-place playoff or losing semi-finalists | Number of teams | Total matches played | Total goals in tournament | ||||
| Winners | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | |||||
| 2004 | MalaysiaVietnam | Singapore | 3–1 2–1 | Indonesia | Malaysia | 2–1 |  Myanmar | 10 | 27 | 113 |
| won5–2 onaggregate | ||||||||||
| 2007 | SingaporeThailand | Singapore | 2–1 1–1 | Thailand | Malaysia and Vietnam | 8 | 18 | 50 | ||
| won3–2 onaggregate | ||||||||||
| 2008 | IndonesiaThailand | Vietnam | 2–1 1–1 | Thailand | Indonesia and Singapore | 8 | 18 | 56 | ||
| won3–2 onaggregate | ||||||||||
| 2010 | IndonesiaVietnam | Malaysia | 3–0 1–2 | Indonesia |  Philippines and Vietnam | 8 | 18 | 51 | ||
| won4–2 onaggregate | ||||||||||
| 2012 | MalaysiaThailand | Singapore | 3–1 0–1 | Thailand | Malaysia and Philippines | 8 | 18 | 48 | ||
| won3–2 onaggregate | ||||||||||
| 2014 | SingaporeVietnam | Thailand | 2–0 2–3 | Malaysia | Philippines and Vietnam | 8 | 18 | 65 | ||
| won4–3 onaggregate | ||||||||||
| 2016 |  MyanmarPhilippines | Thailand | 1–2 2–0 | Indonesia | Myanmar and Vietnam | 8 | 18 | 50 | ||
| won3–2 onaggregate | ||||||||||
| Home-and-away format throughout the tournament (2018–present) | ||||||||||
| Year | Final | Losing semi-finalists | Number of teams | Total matches played | Total goals in tournament | |||||
| Winners | Score | Runners-up | ||||||||
| 2018 | Vietnam | 2–2 1–0 | Malaysia | Philippines and Thailand | 10 | 26 | 80 | |||
| won3–2 onaggregate | ||||||||||
| 2020[b] |  Thailand[c] | 4–0 2–2 |  Indonesia[c] | Singapore and Vietnam | 10 | 26 | 88 | |||
| won6–2 onaggregate | ||||||||||
| 2022 | Thailand | 2–2 1–0 | Vietnam | Indonesia and Malaysia | 10 | 26 | 90 | |||
| won3–2 onaggregate | ||||||||||
| 2024 | Vietnam | 2–1 3–2 | Thailand | Philippines and Singapore | 10 | 26 | 92 | |||
| won5–3 onaggregate | ||||||||||
| 2026 | ||||||||||
| Team | 1996 (10) | 1998 (8) | 2000 (9) | 2002 (9) | 2004 (10) | 2007 (8) | 2008 (8) | 2010 (8) | 2012 (8) | 2014 (8) | 2016 (8) |  2018 (10) | 2020 (10) | 2022 (10) | 2024 (10) | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Australia | OFC member | × | × | × | × | × | × | 0 | ||||||||
 Brunei | GS | • | × | × | × | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | × | GS | • | 2 |
 Cambodia | GS | • | GS | GS | GS | • | GS | • | • | • | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 10 |
 Timor-Leste | Part ofIndonesia | × | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | GS | • | GS | 4 | ||
| Indonesia | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | GS | SF | 2nd | GS | GS | 2nd | GS | 2nd | SF | GS | 15 |
 Laos | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | • | GS | GS | GS | GS | 14 |
| Malaysia | 2nd | GS | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | SF | GS | 1st | SF | 2nd | GS | 2nd | GS | SF | GS | 15 |
| Myanmar | GS | GS | GS | GS | 4th | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | SF | GS | GS | GS | GS | 15 |
| Philippines | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | • | SF | SF | SF | GS | SF | GS | GS | SF | 14 |
| Singapore | GS | 1st | GS | GS | 1st | 1st | SF | GS | 1st | GS | GS | GS | SF | GS | SF | 15 |
| Thailand | 1st | 4th | 1st | 1st | GS | 2nd | 2nd | GS | 2nd | 1st | 1st | SF | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 15 |
| Vietnam | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | GS | SF | 1st | SF | GS | SF | SF | 1st | SF | 2nd | 1st | 15 |
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In this ranking3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided inextra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided bypenalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored.
| Rank | Team | Part | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thailand | 15 | 94 | 59 | 20 | 15 | 213 | 108 | +105 | 197 |
| 2 | Vietnam | 15 | 87 | 48 | 23 | 16 | 182 | 83 | +99 | 167 |
| 3 | Indonesia | 15 | 80 | 39 | 18 | 23 | 193 | 134 | +59 | 135 |
| 4 | Singapore | 15 | 72 | 35 | 17 | 20 | 126 | 78 | +48 | 122 |
| 5 | Malaysia | 15 | 79 | 35 | 17 | 27 | 136 | 93 | +43 | 122 |
| 6 | Myanmar | 15 | 54 | 16 | 9 | 29 | 66 | 119 | –53 | 57 |
| 7 | Philippines | 14 | 54 | 13 | 7 | 34 | 62 | 67 | –5 | 46 |
| 8 | Cambodia | 10 | 38 | 7 | 1 | 30 | 46 | 118 | –72 | 22 |
| 9 | Laos | 14 | 49 | 2 | 8 | 39 | 39 | 181 | –142 | 14 |
| 10 | Brunei | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 37 | –34 | 3 |
| 11 | Timor-Leste | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 68 | –59 | 0 |
| Team | Champions | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 7 (1996,2000,2002,2014,2016,2020,2022) | 4 (2007,2008,2012,2024) |
| Singapore | 4 (1998,2004,2007,2012) | 0 |
| Vietnam | 3 (2008,2018,2024) | 2 (1998,2022) |
| Malaysia | 1 (2010) | 3 (1996,2014,2018) |
| Indonesia | 0 | 6 (2000,2002,2004,2010,2016,2020) |
| Total | 15 | 15 |
| Rank | Player | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teerasil Dangda | 25 |
| 2 | Noh Alam Shah | 17 |
| 3 | Worrawoot Srimaka | 15 |
| Lê Công Vinh | ||
| 5 | Lê Huỳnh Đức | 14 |
| 6 | Nguyễn Tiến Linh | 13 |
| Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto | ||
| Adisak Kraisorn | ||
| 9 | Bambang Pamungkas | 12 |
| Kiatisuk Senamuang |
Thailand, 2014, 2016, 2020, 2022) Singapore, 2007) Singapore vs Laos, 2007) Thailand, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, and 2022) Malaysia vs Philippines on4 September 1996) Thailand vsTimor-Leste on12 December 2004)Timor-Leste vs Thailand on5 December 2021) Indonesia vs Philippines on2 January 2023) Singapore vs Malaysia on3 January 2023) Singapore vs Malaysia on25 November 2012) Singapore, 2004, 2007 and 2012)The country has also been denied the right to display its national flag at any such events (international football events).
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