2020 AFF Championship

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2020 AFF Championship
File:AFF Suzuki Cup 2020 - Official Logo.svg
Tournament details
Host countryFile:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore
Dates5 December 2021 – 1 January 2022
Teams10 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFile:THA AFF 2020.png Thailand (6th title)
Runners-upFile:Indonesia coat of arms with name.svg Indonesia
Tournament statistics
Matches played26
Goals scored88 (3.38 per match)
Attendance104,143 (4,006 per match)
Top scorer(s)Malaysia Safawi Rasid
Philippines Bienvenido Marañón
Thailand Chanathip Songkrasin
Thailand Teerasil Dangda
(4 goals each)
Best player(s)Thailand Chanathip Songkrasin
Best young playerIndonesia Pratama Arhan
Fair play awardFile:Indonesia coat of arms with name.svg Indonesia
2018
2022

The 2020 AFF Championship (officially AFF Suzuki Cup 2020[1] for sponsorship reasons) was the 13th edition of the AFF Championship, the football championship of nations affiliated to the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF), the 7th and the last edition under the name AFF Suzuki Cup.[2] The final tournament was originally scheduled to run from 23 November to 31 December 2020.[3] However the tournament was postponed and rescheduled at least twice due to the COVID-19 pandemic; the tournament was first rescheduled to run from 11 April to 8 May 2021[4] and the schedule later pushed backed further to 5 December 2021 to 1 January 2022.[5] Singapore later was chosen for host this tournament in a centralized venue.[6] Vietnam were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Thailand in the semi-finals. Thailand won the tournament by a 6–2 victory in the two-legged final against Indonesia to secure their sixth title.[7][8]

Format

The AFF Suzuki Cup 2020 was hosted in a centralized venue due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Southeast Asia. On 28 September 2021, it was announced that Singapore would host the tournament.[6] Cambodia, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam also expressed interest in hosting the tournament.[9][10][11][12] In the group stage of the competition proper, ten teams were drawn in two groups of five with single round-robin format. The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals. The organizers preferred to hold the tournament under its original format, which featured two-leg home-and-away games.[4] Away goals rule wouldn't be applied. Up to five substitutions may be allowed as per recommendation of FIFA.[13]

Qualification

File:2020 AFF Suzuki Cup Teams.svg
  Qualified for AFF Championship
  Withdrew
  Did not enter
  Not an AFF member

Nine teams automatically qualified to the AFF Championship final tournament; they were separated into their respective pots based on their performance of the last two editions. Brunei and Timor-Leste who were the two lowest-performing teams were supposed to play a match where the winner will secure a spot to the final tournament but Brunei withdrew citing the COVID-19 pandemic.[14] Australia applied to attend the 2020 AFF Championship but was rejected by the AFF.[15] Due to non-compliance with conditions set by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), Thailand and Indonesia were not allowed to be represented by their national flags.[16][17]

Qualified teams

Team Appearance Previous best performance
File:Flag of Cambodia.svg Cambodia 8th Group Stage (1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2016, 2018)
File:Indonesia coat of arms with name.svg Indonesia[lower-alpha 1] 13th Runners-up (2000, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2016)
File:Flag of Laos.svg Laos 12th Group Stage (1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2018)
File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia 13th Winners (2010)
File:Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar 13th Fourth place / Semi-finalists (2004, 2016)
File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines 12th Semi-finalists (2010, 2012, 2014, 2018)
File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore 13th Winners (1998, 2004, 2007, 2012)
File:THA AFF 2020.png Thailand[lower-alpha 1] 13th Winners (1996, 2000, 2002, 2014, 2016) 2020) 2022)
File:Flag of East Timor.svg East Timor 3rd Group Stage (2004, 2018)
File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam 13th Winners (2008, 2018)
Notes
  1. 1.0 1.1 Due to non-compliance with conditions set by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), Thailand and Indonesia were not allowed to be represented by their national flags.[16][18] The sanctions took effect in October 2021.[19] Thailand is represented by its national team logo while Indonesia is represented by its coat of arms.

Draw

The draw for the 2020 AFF Championship was originally set to be held on 10 August 2021[20] in Singapore but due to the enhanced COVID-19 restrictions in the country, the draw was postponed.[21] The draw was done virtually and held on 21 September 2021.[12][22] The pot placements followed each teams progress in the previous two editions.[23] At the time of the draw, the identity of the national team that secured qualification was unknown, as it was supposed to be contested between Brunei and Timor Leste. Timor Leste qualified to the group stage after the withdrawal of Brunei from the qualification play-off.[24]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5

Squads

Each team were allowed a preliminary squad of 50 players. A final squad of 30 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers) 23 players registered for each match.[citation needed]

Officials

The following officials were chosen for the competition. Referees

Assistant referees

Venues

File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore
Kallang Bishan
National Stadium Bishan Stadium
Capacity: 55,000 Capacity: 6,254
File:Singapore Singapore-Sports-Hub-with-National-Stadium-01.jpg File:Bishan Stadium and Sports Hall.JPG

Group stage

Tiebreakers

Ranking in each group shall be determined 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 criteria, the place shall be determined as follows:

  1. Result of the direct match between the teams concerned;
  2. Penalty shoot-out if only the teams are tied, and they met in the last round of the group;
  3. Drawing lots by the Organising Committee.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 File:THA AFF 2020.png Thailand 4 4 0 0 10 1 +9 12 Advance to semi-finals
2 File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore (H) 4 3 0 1 7 3 +4 9
3 File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines 4 2 0 2 12 6 +6 6
4 File:Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar 4 1 0 3 4 10 −6 3
5 File:Flag of East Timor.svg East Timor 4 0 0 4 0 13 −13 0
Source: AFF
(H) Hosts

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Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 File:Indonesia coat of arms with name.svg Indonesia 4 3 1 0 13 4 +9 10 Advance to semi-finals
2 File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam 4 3 1 0 9 0 +9 10
3 File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia 4 2 0 2 8 8 0 6
4 File:Flag of Cambodia.svg Cambodia 4 1 0 3 6 11 −5 3
5 File:Flag of Laos.svg Laos 4 0 0 4 1 14 −13 0
Source: AFF

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Knockout stage

Bracket

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Semi-finals

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First leg

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Second leg

{{#lst:2020 AFF Championship knockout stage|sf1-2ndleg}} Indonesia won 5–3 on aggregate. {{#lst:2020 AFF Championship knockout stage|sf2-2ndleg}} Thailand won 2–0 on aggregate.

Final

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First leg

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Second leg

{{#lst:2020 AFF Championship Final|f-2ndleg}} Thailand won 6–2 on aggregate.

Statistics

Winner

2020 AFF Championship
File:THA AFF 2020.png
Thailand
6th title

Awards

Most Valuable Player[25] Young Player of the Tournament[25] Top Scorer Award[25] Fair Play Award[25]
Thailand Chanathip Songkrasin Indonesia Pratama Arhan Malaysia Safawi Rasid
Philippines Bienvenido Marañón
Thailand Chanathip Songkrasin
Thailand Teerasil Dangda
File:Indonesia coat of arms with name.svg Indonesia

Goalscorers

There were 88 goals scored in 26 matches, for an average of 3.38 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: AFF

Discipline

In the final tournament, a player was suspended for the subsequent match in the competition for either getting red card or accumulating two yellow cards in two different matches.

Player Offences Suspensions
Cambodia Ken Chansopheak Yellow card in Group B v Malaysia
Yellow card in Group B v Vietnam
Team already eliminated from tournament
Indonesia Ramai Rumakiek Yellow card in Group B v Cambodia
Yellow card in Group B v Malaysia
Semi-finals 1st-leg v Singapore
Indonesia Pratama Arhan Yellow card in Semi-finals 1st-leg v Singapore
Yellow card in Semi-finals 2nd-leg v Singapore
Finals 1st-leg v Thailand
Laos Aphixay Thanakhanty Yellow card in Group B v Malaysia
Yellow card in Group B v Indonesia
Group B v Cambodia
Myanmar Nyein Chan Yellow card in Group A v Singapore
Yellow card in Group A v Philippines
Team already eliminated from tournament
Philippines Stephan Schröck Yellow card in Group A v Singapore
Yellow card in Group A v Thailand
Group A v Myanmar
Philippines Martin Steuble Yellow card in Group A v Thailand
Yellow card in Group A v Myanmar
Team already eliminated from tournament
Singapore Safuwan Baharudin Yellow card in Semi-finals 1st-leg v Indonesia
Yellow card Yellow-red card in Semi-finals 2nd-leg v Indonesia
Team already eliminated from tournament
Singapore Irfan Fandi Red card in Semi-finals 2nd-leg v Indonesia Team already eliminated from tournament
Singapore Hassan Sunny Red card in Semi-finals 2nd-leg v Indonesia Team already eliminated from tournament
Thailand Theerathon Bunmathan Yellow card in Semi-finals 1st leg v Vietnam
Yellow card in Semi-finals 2nd-leg v Vietnam
Finals 1st-leg v Indonesia

In addition, 4 Indonesian players (Elkan Baggott, Victor Igbonefo, Rizky Ridho and Rizky Dwi Febrianto) were barred from the 2nd leg of the Indonesia-Thailand Final on 1 January 2022 for breaching COVID-19 safety measures by leaving the team hotel without authorisation.[26]

Tournament teams ranking

This table will show the ranking of teams throughout the tournament.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1 File:THA AFF 2020.png Thailand 8 6 2 0 18 3 +15 20 Champion
2 File:Indonesia coat of arms with name.svg Indonesia 8 4 3 1 20 13 +7 15 Runner-up
3 File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam 6 3 2 1 9 2 +7 11 Semi-final
4 File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore 6 3 1 2 10 8 +2 10
5 File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines 4 2 0 2 12 6 +6 6 Eliminated in
group stage
6 File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia 4 2 0 2 8 8 0 6
7 File:Flag of Cambodia.svg Cambodia 4 1 0 3 6 11 −5 3
8 File:Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar 4 1 0 3 4 10 −6 3
9 File:Flag of Laos.svg Laos 4 0 0 4 1 14 −13 0
10 File:Flag of East Timor.svg East Timor 4 0 0 4 0 13 −13 0
Source: AFF

Marketing

Matchballs

The official ball for AFF Suzuki Cup 2020 is the ASEAN PULSE,[27] which is sponsored by Warrix.[28]

Sponsorship

Title sponsor Official sponsors Official supporters

Media coverage

2020 AFF Championship television broadcasters in Southeast Asia
Country Broadcast network Television Radio Streaming
File:Flag of Brunei.svg Brunei RTB RTB Aneka
File:Flag of Cambodia.svg Cambodia Smart Axiata[42] Hang Meas HDTV[42]
File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia MNC Media, Emtek RCTI (Indonesian matches only), iNews (FTA), Champions TV [id] (Pay)[43] RCTI+ [id], Vision+, Vidio
File:Flag of Laos.svg Laos Next Media
File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia Astro, RTM Astro Arena, Sukan RTM
File:Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar Next Media
File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines TAP DMV Premier Sport (Pay) TAP Go
File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore Mediacorp meWATCH
File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand BBTV CH7 Bugaboo, AIS Play
File:Flag of East Timor.svg East Timor RTTL TVTL
File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam VTV,[42] Next Media VTV5, VTV6[42] On 365 FM TV360, VTVcab ON, FPT Play
2020 AFF Championship international television broadcasters
International YouTube AFF Suzuki Cup
(unsold markets only)

File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong

Hong Kong Cable Television

File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea

Seoul Broadcasting System SBS, SBS Sports (Indonesian and Vietnamese matches only)[44][45]

Notes

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Sources
  • Thailand: "Thailand loses right to host tournaments". Bangkok Post. Bangkok Post Public Co. Ltd. Retrieved 25 November 2021. The country has also been denied the right to display its national flag at any such events (international football events)."WADA confirms non-compliance of five Anti-Doping Organizations (7 October 2021)". World Anti-Doping Agency. 7 October 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  • Indonesia: "Chairman Of PSSI: Regarding The Flag At AFF 2020, We Will Follow Whatever The Decision Is". VOI. 24 November 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2021."WADA confirms non-compliance of five Anti-Doping Organizations (7 October 2021)". World Anti-Doping Agency. 7 October 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.

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