2010 AFF Championship

2010 AFF Championship

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Tournament details
Host country	Indonesia Vietnam (for group stage)
Dates	1–29 December
Teams	8
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Malaysia (1st title)
Runners-up	Indonesia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	51 (2.83 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Safee Sali (5 goals)
Best player(s)	Firman Utina
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The 2010 AFF Championship, sponsored by Suzuki and P&G and officially known as the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup,^[1] was the 8th edition of the AFF Championship, took place on 1–29 December 2010.^[2] Indonesia and Vietnam hosted the group stage from 1 to 8 December. Two-legged home-and-away semi-finals and finals were held between 15 and 29 December 2010.^[3]

Vietnam were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Malaysia in the semi-finals. Indonesia appeared in their fourth final while the Philippines qualified for the semi-finals for the first time under the management of Simon McMenemy.^[4] Malaysia subsequently won their first ever title since they first appeared in the final in the inaugural edition,^[5] beating Indonesia 4–2 on aggregate in the finals. Malaysia became the first nation to win the AFF Cup (including tournaments held under earlier formats), despite losing two games in the tournament (both to Indonesia).

On 17 February 2009, Vietnam declared their interest in hosting the group stage.^[6] On 21 April 2009, the Vietnamese newspaper VietNamNet announced that Vietnam would co-host the group stage along with Indonesia.^[7][8]

There were two main venues; the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta and the My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi with two secondary venues which will be used simultaneously with the main venue on the final match day of the group stage. Originally, the secondary venue for Group B was the Hàng Đẫy Stadium in Hanoi. However, on 22 November 2010, the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) announced that it would not be ready in time for the tournament due to ongoing renovations and was replaced by the Thiên Trường Stadium.^[9] For Group A, the original secondary venue was the Si Jalak Harupat Stadium in Bandung but on 24 November 2010 a week after an AFF meeting, it was announced that it would be replaced with the Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium.^[10][11] Teams qualifying for the semi-finals would also host a game, in this case, Malaysia whom qualified used their Bukit Jalil National Stadium for the semi-final and final.

Qualification took place from 22 to 26 October 2010 in Laos, with the four lower-ranked teams (Laos, Cambodia, the Philippines and Timor-Leste) battling for two spots to the finals.^[3] However, the qualification tournament was held without Brunei due to FIFA's continued suspension of the Football Federation of Brunei Darussalam.^[12]

Six teams qualified for the finals, based on tournament records:

•  Indonesia
•  Malaysia
•  Myanmar
•  Singapore
•  Thailand
•  Vietnam

Two teams qualified via the qualification tournament:

•  Laos (Qualification winners)
•  Philippines (Qualification runners-up)

The following eight teams qualified for the tournament.

Country	Previous best performance
Vietnam	Winners (2008)
Thailand	Winners (1996, 2000, 2002)
Singapore	Winners (1998, 2004, 2007)
Indonesia	Runners-up (2000, 2002, 2004)
Malaysia	Runners-up (1996)
Myanmar	Fourth-place (2004)
Laos	Group stage (1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008)
Philippines	Group stage (1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2007)

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

• All matches were played in Indonesia.
• Times listed are UTC+7.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Indonesia	3	3	0	0	13	2	+11	9
Malaysia	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4
Thailand	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2
Laos	3	0	1	2	3	13	−10	1

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• All matches were played in Vietnam.
• Times listed are UTC+7

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Vietnam	3	2	0	1	8	3	+5	6
Philippines	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5
Singapore	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
Myanmar	3	0	1	2	2	9	−7	1

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	Semi-finals							Final
	A2	Malaysia	2	0	2
	B1	Vietnam	0	0	0
								A2	Malaysia	3	1	4
								A1	Indonesia	0	2	2
	B2	Philippines	0	0	0
	A1	Indonesia	1	1	2

First Leg

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Second Leg

Malaysia won 2–0 on aggregate.

Indonesia won 2–0 on aggregate.

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^† The first leg of the semi-finals was supposed to be played in the Philippines. However, due to the unavailability of a stadium that passes AFF standards, both legs were hosted by Indonesia.^[13]

First Leg

Second Leg

Malaysia won 4–2 on aggregate.

2010 AFF Championship champion
Malaysia First title

Most Valuable Player	Golden Boot	Fair Play Award
Firman Utina	Safee Sali	Philippines[14]

5 goals

• Safee Sali

3 goals

• Cristian Gonzáles
• Muhammad Ridwan

2 goals

1 goal

Own goals

• Asraruddin Putra Omar (playing against Indonesia)

This table shows all team performance.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Final
1	Malaysia	7	3	2	2	12	8	+4
2	Indonesia	7	6	0	1	17	6	+11
Semi-finals
3	Vietnam	5	2	1	2	8	5	+3
4	Philippines	5	1	2	2	3	3	0
Eliminated in the group stage
5	Singapore	3	1	1	1	3	3	0
6	Thailand	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1
7	Myanmar	3	0	1	2	2	9	−7
8	Laos	3	0	1	2	3	13	−10

2010 AFF Championship Broadcasters in Southeast Asia
Country	Network Station	Television Station	Radio Station
Brunei	Radio Televisyen Brunei	RTB TV1	Radio Nasional Brunei
Cambodia	National Radio and Television of Cambodia	National Television of Cambodia	National Radio of Cambodia
Indonesia	Media Nusantara Citra	RCTI	Trijaya FM
Laos	Lao National Radio and Television	Lao National Television	Lao National Radio
Malaysia	RTM	TV1	Hot FM
Myanmar	Myanmar Radio and Television	Myanmar Television	Myanmar Radio
Philippines	ABS-CBN	Studio 23	DZSR Sports Radio 918
Singapore	Media Corporation of Singapore, SingTel	MediaCorp TV Channel 5, mio TV	938LIVE
Thailand	Channel 7 (Thailand)	CH7	NBT Network 1 Radio in Thailand
East Timor	Radio-Televisão Timor Leste	Televisão Timor Leste	Radio Timor Leste
Vietnam	Vietnam Television	VTV2	Voice of Vietnam

During the group match between Indonesia and Malaysia at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, some Indonesian fans are seen pointing green laser lights towards Malaysian goalkeeper Mohd Sharbinee when Indonesia scored their fifth goal as seen here. Other incidents also occurred soon after Malaysia's semi-final home leg against Vietnam, when Vietnamese goalkeeper Bùi Tấn Trường stated that he was targeted with green laser pointers from the Malaysian fans when he prepared for goal kicks and when saving the ball, which caused him to turn his head away.^[15] During the final, Malaysia's fans again targeted the opposition players with green laser pointers. The first leg, also at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium, was stopped for eight minutes starting in the 53rd minute when the Indonesian players walked off in protest and complained to referee Masaaki Toma about the laser lights.^[16][17] Malaysia scored their first goal right after play was resumed.^[18] The return-leg final in Jakarta saw Indonesian fans also pointing green laser lights again towards Malaysian goalkeeper Khairul Fahmi Che Mat.^{[19][20][21][22]}

• AFF Suzuki Cup official website
• ASEAN Football Federation official website