ASEAN Championship

The first ASEAN Championship took place in 1996 with the six founding members of the ASEAN Federation competing with four nations being invited that came in that region. The final saw Thailand becoming the first champions of ASEAN as they defeated Malaysia 1–0 in Singapore.^[3] The top four nations automatically qualified through to the finals in the following edition. This meant the other six nations had to compete in qualifying for the remaining four spots. Myanmar, Singapore, Laos and Philippines all made it through to the main tournament. No country have ever won the AFF Championship title three times in a row. Singapore (2004 and 2007) and Thailand (2000 and 2002 and again in 2014 and 2016) have won twice in a row.

Sports marketing, media and event management firm, Sportfive (formerly Lagardère Sports) has been involved in the tournament since the inaugural edition in 1996.^{[citation needed]}

It was founded as the Tiger Cup, after Singapore-based Asia Pacific Breweries brand Tiger Beer sponsored the competition from its inauguration in 1996, until the 2004 edition. After Asia Pacific Breweries withdrew as title sponsor, the competition was known simply as the AFF Championship for the 2007 edition. In 2008, Japanese auto-company Suzuki bought the naming rights for the competition, and the competition was named the AFF Suzuki Cup until the 2020 edition.^[4] On 23 May 2022, AFF announced a new title sponsorship deal with Japanese company Mitsubishi Electric and the competition was named the AFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup starting in the 2022 edition.^[5]

On 29 February 2024, AFF and Mitsubishi Electric, who is the title partner of the championship, launched a new logo and brand identity for the event. As part of the rebranding, the region’s premier competition formerly known as the AFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup, was also renamed to the ASEAN Mitsubishi Electric Cup.

From 2004, the knockout stage is played over two legs on a home-and-away format. Since the 2007 edition, there was no third place match; semi-finalists are listed in alphabetical order. The away goals rule has been applied for knockout stage since the 2010 edition.^[a]

Starting with the 2018 edition, a new format was applied. The nine highest ranked teams qualified automatically while the 10th and 11th ranked teams playing in a two-legged qualifier. The 10 teams were split in two groups of five and play a round robin system, with each team playing two home and two away fixtures. A draw was made to determine where the teams play while the format of the knockout round remained unchanged.^[6]

Legend

Notes

As of the 2022 edition

As of 2022 final

1. Bold denotes players still playing international football

• Indonesia (2004), Thailand (2008) and Vietnam (2022) did not concede a single goal in their group stage campaigns in the indicated years
• The 2002 AFF Championship Final is still the only final to have been settled on penalties

•   Thailand – 7 (1996, 2000, 2002, 2014, 2016, 2020, 2022)

•   Thailand – 3 (2000 and 2002, 2014 and 2016, 2020 and 2022)
•   Singapore – 1 (2004 and 2007)

•   Indonesia 13–1   Philippines on 23 December 2002 at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta)

• Radojko Avramović – 3 (  Singapore, 2004, 2007 and 2012)

• Sarach Yooyen – 4 (  Thailand, 2014, 2016, 2020, 2022)

• Noh Alam Shah – 10 (  Singapore, 2007)

• Noh Alam Shah – 7 (for   Singapore vs   Laos, 2007)

• Teerasil Dangda – 4 (  Thailand, 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020)

• K. Sanbagamaran – 53 minutes (for   Malaysia vs   Philippines on 4 September 1996)

• Sarayuth Chaikamdee – 4 minutes (for   Thailand vs   Timor-Leste on 12 December 2004)

• Zenivio – 16 years 7 months 13 days old (for   Timor-Leste vs   Thailand on 5 December 2021)

• Marselino Ferdinan – 18 years 3 months 24 days (for   Indonesia vs   Philippines on 2 January 2023)

• Hassan Sunny – 38 years 9 months 1 day old (for   Singapore vs   Malaysia on 3 January 2023)

• Aleksandar Đurić – 42 years 3 months 7 day old (for   Singapore vs   Malaysia on 25 November 2012)

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