2018 AFF Championship qualification

The 2018 AFF Championship qualification tournament was the qualification process for the 2018 AFF Championship, the twelfth edition of the AFF Championship. Brunei and Timor-Leste contested the tenth and final remaining berth for the AFF Championship final tournament in two home-and-away matches.[1] On 7 August 2018, organising committees confirmed the venue where Timor-Leste will play Brunei has been changed due to floodlighting issues. The opening match was held at Kuala Lumpur Stadium, Malaysia, not as per originally planned at National Stadium, Dili.[2]

2018 AFF Championship qualification
Timor-Leste Brunei
East Timor Brunei
3 2
First leg
Timor-Leste Brunei
3 1
Date1 September 2018 (2018-09-01)
VenueKuala Lumpur Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
RefereeDmitry Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)
Second leg
Brunei Timor-Leste
1 0
Date8 September 2018 (2018-09-08)
VenueHassanal Bolkiah National Stadium, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
RefereeMooud Bonyadifar (Iran)

Timor-Leste advanced to the AFF Championship group stage and were placed in Group B after winning by 3–2 on aggregate from two qualifying matches.[3][4]

Venues
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan
Kuala Lumpur Stadium Hassanal Bolkiah Stadium
Capacity: 18,000 Capacity: 28,000

Qualification
Timor-Leste 3–1 Brunei
Henrique 28', 32'
Garcia 90+2'		 Report Azwan 57'
Attendance: 261
Referee: Dmitry Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)
Brunei 1–0 Timor-Leste
Najib 75' Report
Attendance: 2,345
Referee: Mooud Bonyadifar (Iran)

Timor-Leste won 3–2 on aggregate.

Goalscorers
2 goals
1 goal

References
  1. "New format for AFF Suzuki Cup 2018". ASEAN Football Federation. 23 September 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  2. "Venue change for AFF Suzuki Cup qualification round match". ASEAN Football Federation. 7 August 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  3. Gabriel Tan (8 September 2018). "Timor-Leste book AFF Suzuki Cup berth despite Brunei loss". Fox Sports Asia. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  4. Huaxia (9 September 2018). "Timor-Leste through to AFF Championship group stage after 3-2 win over Brunei". Xinhua News Agency. Archived from the original on 9 September 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
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