2010 AFF Championship

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]

2010 AFF Championship
Kejuaraan Sepak Bola ASEAN 2010
Giải vô địch bóng đá Đông Nam Á 2010
Tournament details
Host countryIndonesia
Vietnam
(for group stage)
Dates1–29 December
Teams8
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Malaysia (1st title)
Runners-up Indonesia
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored51 (2.83 per match)
Top scorer(s)Malaysia Safee Sali
(5 goals)
Best player(s)Indonesia Firman Utina

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).

Hosts

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]

Venues

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.

Location of stadiums of the 2010 AFF Championship.
Yellow: Group Stage.
Red: Final.
 Indonesia Jakarta Indonesia Palembang Vietnam Hanoi Vietnam Nam Dinh Malaysia Kuala Lumpur
Gelora Bung Karno Stadium Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium Mỹ Đình National Stadium Thiên Trường Stadium Bukit Jalil National Stadium
Capacity: 88,083 Capacity: 36,000 Capacity: 40,192 Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 110,000

Qualification
Main article: 2010 AFF Championship qualification
  Qualified
  Failed to qualify
  Banned

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:

Two teams qualified via the qualification tournament:

Qualified teams

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)

Squads
Main article: 2010 AFF Championship squads

Final tournament

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

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Indonesia 3300132+119
 Malaysia 31116604
 Thailand 302134−12
 Laos 3012313−101
Thailand 2–2 Laos
Sarayuth 67', 90' Report Konekham 53'
Kanlaya 81'
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)
Indonesia 5–1 Malaysia
Asraruddin 22' (o.g.)
Gonzáles 33'
Ridwan 52'
Arif 76'
Irfan 90+4'		 Report Norshahrul 18'
Attendance: 62,000
Thailand 0–0 Malaysia
Report
Referee: Win Cho (Myanmar)
Laos 0–6 Indonesia
Report Firman 26' (pen.), 51'
Ridwan 33'
Irfan 63'
Arif 77'
Okto 82'
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Daud Abbas (Singapore)
Malaysia 5–1 Laos
Amri 4', 41'
Amirul 74'
Norshahrul 77'
Mahali 90+3'		 Report Lamnao 8'
Indonesia 2–1 Thailand
Bambang 82' (pen.), 90+1' (pen.) Report Suree 69'
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Vietnam 320183+56
 Philippines 312031+25
 Singapore 31113304
 Myanmar 301229−71
Singapore 1–1 Philippines
Đurić 65' Report C. Greatwich 90+3'
Vietnam 7–1 Myanmar
Nguyễn Anh Đức 13', 56'
Nguyễn Minh Phương 30'
Lê Tấn Tài 51'
Nguyễn Trọng Hoàng 73', 83'
Nguyễn Vũ Phong 90+4'		 Report Aung Kyaw Moe 16'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Pratap Singh (India)
Singapore 2–1 Myanmar
Đurić 62'
Casmir 90+4'		 Report Khin Maung Lwin 13'
Philippines 2–0 Vietnam
C. Greatwich 38'
P. Younghusband 79'		 Report
Attendance: 40,000
Myanmar 0–0 Philippines
Report
Referee: Pratap Singh (India)
Vietnam 1–0 Singapore
Nguyễn Vũ Phong 32' Report
Attendance: 40,000

Knockout stage
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

Semi-finals
First Leg
Malaysia 2–0 Vietnam
Safee 60', 79' Report
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Sun Baojie (China PR)
Philippines 0–1 Indonesia
Report Gonzáles 32'
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)
Second Leg
Vietnam 0–0 Malaysia
Report
Attendance: 40,000

Malaysia won 2–0 on aggregate.

Indonesia 1–0 Philippines
Gonzáles 43' Report
Attendance: 88,000

Indonesia won 2–0 on aggregate.

† 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]

Final
First Leg
Malaysia 3–0 Indonesia
Safee 61, 72'
Ashaari 68'		 Report
Attendance: 98,543
Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)
Second Leg
Indonesia 2–1 Malaysia
Nasuha 72'
Ridwan 87'		 Report Safee 54'
Attendance: 88,000

Malaysia won 4–2 on aggregate.

Awards
 2010 AFF Championship champion 

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

Goalscorers
5 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goals

Team statistics

This table shows all team performance.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD
Final
1 Malaysia 7322128+4
2 Indonesia 7601176+11
Semi-finals
3 Vietnam 521285+3
4 Philippines 5122330
Eliminated in the group stage
5 Singapore 3111330
6 Thailand 302134−1
7 Myanmar 301229−7
8 Laos 3012313−10

Media coverage
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

Incidents
See also: List of violent spectator incidents in sports § 2010

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]

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