2016 AFF Championship

2016 AFF Championship
Tournament details
Host countries Myanmar
Philippines
Dates 19 November – 17 December 2016
Teams 8 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s) 4 (in 4 host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 14
Goals scored 37 (2.64 per match)
Attendance 153,408 (10,958 per match)
Top scorer(s) Thailand Teerasil Dangda
(5 goals)

The 2016 AFF Championship, sponsored by Suzuki and officially known as the AFF Suzuki Cup 2016,[1] is the eleventh edition of the AFF Championship, the football championship of nations affiliated to the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF). The whole tournament will run from 19 November to 17 December 2016.[2] After the recognition by FIFA as a "category A" tournament, the 2016 edition of the tournament will grant international ranking points for each match.[3]

The group stages of the championships were held for the first time at Myanmar and the Philippines from 19–26 November 2016.[4]

Hosts

At the 11th ASEAN Football Federation Council meeting in Naypyidaw on 21 December 2013, Myanmar and the Philippines were named as co-hosts of the tournament. This will mark the first time that both countries will host the group stages of said competition.[5]

The Philippine Football Federation (PFF) initially withdrew as co-host of the group stages in February 2016, citing issues with the Rizal Memorial Stadium as well as the availability of another venue.[6] The replacing host were said to be announced on 12 March 2016,[7] with Malaysia and 2014 co-hosts Singapore and Vietnam announcing they have or were to apply.[8] The Philippines also later announced that they would appeal to keep their hosting rights.[9]

On 7 March, the AFF accepted the appeal of the Philippines while Malaysia were named 'standby host', with Vietnam and Singapore withdrawing their bids. The Philippines were given until 11 March in order to secure a contract to use the Philippine Sports Stadium (PSS) as a venue.[10] Rizal Memorial Stadium is to be used as a secondary venue during the final simultaneous group matches.[11] On 12 March, it was confirmed that the Philippines retained hosting rights, following an AFF Council Meeting in Da Nang, Vietnam. The PFF was able to present a contract with the PSS to the AFF as well as a letter of guarantee from the Philippine Sports Commission.[12]

Venues

Thailand Bangkok Vietnam Hanoi Indonesia Bogor Myanmar Yangon
Rajamangala Stadium Mỹ Đình National Stadium Pakansari Stadium Thuwunna Stadium[13]
Capacity: 65,000 Capacity: 40,192 Capacity: 30,000 Capacity: 32,000
Location of stadiums of the 2016 AFF Championship.
Green: Semi-final. Yellow: Group Stage.
Myanmar Naypyidaw Philippines Bocaue Philippines Manila
Wunna Theikdi Stadium[13] Philippine Sports Stadium Rizal Memorial Stadium
Capacity: 30,000 Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 12,873

Qualification

  Qualified for AFF Championship
  Failed to qualify
  Did not enter
  Not an AFF member

Also during the AFF Council Meeting in Naypyidaw (Myanmar), Cambodia were named as hosts for the qualification tournament.[14] Myanmar and the Philippines automatically qualify to the final round as hosts.[15]

The Football Association of Indonesia was suspended by FIFA and they wouldn't have been able to participate in the tournament if suspension imposed on them won't be lifted by in time for the tournament. The AFF had given Indonesia a deadline of before 5 August 2016 to have the suspension lifted.[16] The suspension was lifted at the 66th FIFA Congress.[17]

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the competition.

Team Appearance Previous best performance
 Myanmar 11th Fourth place (2004)
 Philippines 10th Semi-finalists (2010, 2012, 2014)
 Thailand 11th Winners (1996, 2000, 2002, 2014)
 Malaysia 11th Winners (2010)
 Vietnam 11th Winners (2008)
 Indonesia 11th Runners-up (2000, 2002, 2004, 2010)
 Singapore 11th Winners (1998, 2004, 2007, 2012)
 Cambodia 6th Group stage (1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008)

Draw

The draw for the 2016 AFF Championships was made on 2 August 2016,[18] with Indonesia placed in the bottom pot after the FIFA's suspension.[19]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
 Myanmar (co-hosts)
 Philippines (co-hosts)		  Thailand (holders)
 Malaysia		  Singapore
 Vietnam		  Indonesia
 Cambodia

Squads

Match officials

The following referees were chosen for the competition.

Group stage

Result of teams participating in 2016 AFF Championship

  Pending competition
  Group stage

Key to colours in group tables
Top two placed teams advanced to the semi-finals

Tiebreakers

Ranking in each group shall be determine as follows:

  1. Greater number of points obtained in all the group matches;
  2. Goal difference in all the group matches;
  3. Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches.

If two or more teams are equal on the basis on the above three criterias, the place shall be determined as follows:

  1. Result of the direct match between the teams concerned;
  2. Kicks from the penalty mark if the teams concerned are still on the field of play;
  3. Drawing lots by the Organising Committee.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Thailand 3 3 0 0 6 2 +4 9 Knockout phase
2  Indonesia 3 1 1 1 6 7 −1 4
3  Philippines (H) 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
4  Singapore 3 0 1 2 1 3 −2 1
Source: AFF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.

19 November 2016 (2016-11-19)
16:30
Thailand  4–2  Indonesia
Peerapat  5'
Teerasil  36', 79', 90+4'		 Report Boaz  10'
Lerby  11'

19 November 2016 (2016-11-19)
20:00
Philippines  0–0  Singapore
Report
Philippine Sports Stadium, Bocaue
Attendance: 4,339
Referee: Masoud Tufaylieh (Syria)

22 November 2016 (2016-11-22)
16:30
Thailand  1–0  Singapore
Sarawut  89' Report
Philippine Sports Stadium, Bocaue
Attendance: 359
Referee: Arumughan Rowan (India)

22 November 2016 (2016-11-22)
20:00
Indonesia  2–2  Philippines
Fachrudin  7'
Boaz  68'		 Report Bahadoran  31'
P. Younghusband  82'
Philippine Sports Stadium, Bocaue
Attendance: 2,068
Referee: Yu Ming-hsun (Chinese Taipei)

25 November 2016 (2016-11-25)
20:00
Singapore  1–2  Indonesia
Khairul  27' Report Andik  62'
Lilipaly  85'
Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila
Attendance: 467
Referee: Masoud Tufaylieh (Syria)

25 November 2016 (2016-11-25)
20:00
Philippines  0–1  Thailand
Report Sarawut  81'

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Vietnam 3 3 0 0 5 2 +3 9 Knockout phase
2  Myanmar (H) 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6
3  Malaysia 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3
4  Cambodia 3 0 0 3 4 8 −4 0
Source: AFF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.

20 November 2016 (2016-11-20)
15:00
Malaysia  3–2  Cambodia
Syazwan  37'
Amri  69', 80'		 Report Vathanaka  8', 59'
Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
Attendance: 576
Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baki (Oman)

20 November 2016 (2016-11-20)
18:00
Myanmar  1–2  Vietnam
Aung Thu  73' Report Quyết  24'
Vinh  80'
Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
Attendance: 28,040
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)

23 November 2016 (2016-11-23)
15:00
Malaysia  0–1  Vietnam
Report Hoàng  80'

23 November 2016 (2016-11-23)
18:00
Cambodia  1–3  Myanmar
Suhana  14' Report Zaw Min Tun  36', 40'
Aung Thu  56'
Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
Attendance: 15,236
Referee: Kim Dong-jin (South Korea)

26 November 2016 (2016-11-26)
18:00
Vietnam  2–1  Cambodia
Vinh  20'
Tola  50' (o.g.)		 Report Polroth  65'
Wunna Theikdi Stadium, Naypyidaw
Attendance: 685
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)

26 November 2016 (2016-11-26)
18:00
Myanmar  1–0  Malaysia
David Htan  89' Report
Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
Attendance: 32,758
Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baki (Oman)

Knockout phase

Bracket

  Semi-finals Finals
                         
A2   Indonesia 2  
B1   Vietnam 1  
     
   
B2   Myanmar 0
A1   Thailand 2  

Semi-finals

First Leg

3 December 2016 (2016-12-03)
19:00 UTC+7:00
Indonesia  2–1  Vietnam
Hansamu  7'
Boaz  50' (pen.)		 Report Quyết  17' (pen.)
Pakansari Stadium, Cibinong
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Jarred Gillett (Australia)

4 December 2016 (2016-12-04)
18:00 UTC+6:30
Myanmar  0–2  Thailand
Report Teerasil  23', 55'
Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)
Second leg

7 December 2016 (2016-12-07)
19:00 UTC+7:00
Vietnam  v  Indonesia

8 December 2016 (2016-12-08)
19:00 UTC+7:00
Thailand  v  Myanmar

Finals

First Leg

14 December 2016 (2016-12-14)
SF1 Winners v SF2 Winners
Second Leg

17 December 2016 (2016-12-17)
SF2 Winners v SF1 Winners

Statistics

Goalscorers

Note: Players in bold are still active in the competition.

5 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Discipline

In the final tournament, a player is suspended for the subsequent match in the competition for either getting a red card, or accumulating two yellow cards in two different matches.

Player Offences Suspensions
Singapore Hafiz Abu Sujad Red card in Group A v Philippines Group A v Thailand
Indonesia Fachrudin Aryanto in Group A v Philippines
in Group A v Singapore		 Semi-Finals 1st-leg v Vietnam
Indonesia Rudolof Basna in Group A v Philippines
in Group A v Singapore		 Semi-Finals 1st-leg v Vietnam
Vietnam Trương Đình Luật Red card in Group B v Cambodia Semi-Finals 1st-leg v Indonesia

Tournament team rankings

This table will show the ranking of teams throughout the tournament.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Champions
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Runners-up
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Semi-finalists
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5  Malaysia 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3 Eliminated in
group stage
6  Philippines 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
7  Singapore 3 0 1 2 1 3 −2 1
8  Cambodia 3 0 0 3 4 8 −4 0
Updated to match(es) played on 26 November 2016. Source: AFF

Marketing

Match balls

The official ball for AFF Suzuki Cup 2016 used the Mitre Delta Fluo Hyperseam. Based on the Delta Hyperseam design, the ball will be the first fluo coloured official match ball in the AFF Suzuki Cup.[20]

Sponsorship

Title sponsors Official sponsors Official supporters

Media coverage

2016 AFF Championship television broadcasters in Southeast Asia
Country Broadcast network Television station
 Australia Optus Optus Sport
 Brunei RTB RTB1
 Cambodia Bayon Radio And Television BTV News
 Indonesia MNC Media RCTI, iNews TV[25]
 Laos LNTV LNTV1
 Malaysia RTM TV2, TVi
 Myanmar MRTV MRTV-4
 Philippines TV5 Network Inc. AksyonTV
 Singapore MediaCorp Okto: Sports on Okto
 Thailand BBTV, TrueVisions CH7, 7HD True Sport HD,
 Timor-Leste RTTL TTL
 Vietnam VTV VTV6[26]
2016 AFF Championship international television broadcasters
Asia-wide Fox International Channels Fox Sports Asia

Controversy

On 23 November, three days before the match between Malaysia and Myanmar, the Malaysian Minister of Youth and Sport Khairy Jamaluddin said that he had petitioned his country football association to boycott Myanmar as the group B host because of Myanmar government's alleged persecution to the Rohingya Muslims after repeated calls from West Malaysian Malay Muslim individuals and political groups of United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), People's Justice Party (PKR), National Trust Party (AMANAH) Penang branch as well from Malay extreme group of Pertubuhan Pribumi Perkasa to boycott the country.[27] In response, the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) warned Malaysia if they suddenly withdraw from the ongoing tournament without giving any valid reasons for the team problems just because of political concerns, the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) will facing a long-term sanction from FIFA for letting political interference spread into the association.[28] Two days latter on 25 November, FAM stated that they will not going to boycott the tournament and said that they would continue playing their last group match against Myanmar,[29] with both of the team coaches playing down the issues before the match.[30][31] However in the last group B match, Myanmar shocked Malaysia with a 1–0 score and advance to the semi-finals for the first time since 2004, while Malaysia failed to advance for the first time since 2010.[32]

References

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