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)	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

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

Qualification

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	07 !Fourth place (2004)
Philippines	10th	03 !Semi-finalists (2010, 2012, 2014)
Thailand	11th	01 !Winners (1996, 2000, 2002, 2014)
Malaysia	11th	02 !Winners (2010)
Vietnam	11th	04 !Winners (2008)
Indonesia	11th	05 !Runners-up (2000, 2002, 2004, 2010)
Singapore	11th	06 !Winners (1998, 2004, 2007, 2012)
Cambodia	6th	08 !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

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

• All matches played in the Philippines
• Times listed are local (UTC+8:00)

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

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Group B

• All matches to be played in Myanmar.
• Times listed are local (UTC+6:30)

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

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Knockout phase

Bracket

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

Semi-finals

First Leg

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Second leg

Finals

First Leg

Second Leg

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
Hafiz Abu Sujad	in Group A v Philippines	Group A v Thailand
Fachrudin Aryanto	in Group A v Philippines in Group A v Singapore	Semi-Finals 1st-leg v Vietnam
Rudolof Basna	in Group A v Philippines in Group A v Singapore	Semi-Finals 1st-leg v Vietnam
Trương Đình Luật	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

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
Suzuki[21]	Dulux[22] Epson GT Radial[23] Konica Minolta Toshiba[24] Yanmar Z.com	BlueScope FamilyMart Hyundai Heavy Industries Mitre Nikon Corporation PINACO

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

External links

• AFF Suzuki Cup 2016 - Official website