The 2010 AFF Championship, sponsored by Suzuki and P&G and officially known as the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup, was the 8th edition of the AFF Championship, took place on 1–29 December 2010. 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.

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. Malaysia subsequently won their first ever title since they first appeared in the final in the inaugural edition, 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. On 21 April 2009, the Vietnamese newspaper VietNamNet announced that Vietnam would co-host the group stage along with Indonesia.

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. 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. 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.

JakartaPalembangHanoiNam DinhKuala LumpurLocation of stadiums of the 2010 AFF Championship. Yellow: Group Stage. Red: Final.Indonesia JakartaIndonesia PalembangVietnam HanoiVietnam Nam DinhMalaysia Kuala Lumpur
Gelora Bung Karno StadiumGelora Sriwijaya StadiumMỹ Đình National StadiumThiên Trường StadiumBukit Jalil National Stadium
Capacity: 88,083Capacity: 36,000Capacity: 40,192Capacity: 20,000Capacity: 110,000

Qualification

QualifiedFailed to qualifyBanned

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. However, the qualification tournament was held without Brunei due to FIFA's continued suspension of the Football Federation of Brunei Darussalam.

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.

CountryPrevious best performance
VietnamWinners (2008)
ThailandWinners (1996, 2000, 2002)
SingaporeWinners (1998, 2004, 2007)
IndonesiaRunners-up (2000, 2002, 2004)
MalaysiaRunners-up (1996)
MyanmarFourth-place (2004)
LaosGroup stage (1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008)
PhilippinesGroup stage (1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2007)

Squads

Final tournament

Group stage

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

Group A

  • All matches were played in Indonesia.
  • Times listed are UTC+7.
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Indonesia3300132+119
Malaysia31116604
Thailand302134−12
Laos3012313−101
Thailand2–2Laos
Sarayuth 67', 90+1'Konekham 54' Kanlaya 82'
Indonesia5–1Malaysia
Asraruddin 22' (o.g.) Gonzáles 33' Ridwan 52' Arif 76' Irfan 90+4'Norshahrul 18'
Thailand0–0Malaysia
Laos0–6Indonesia
Firman 26' (pen.), 51' Ridwan 33' Irfan 63' Arif 77' Okto 82'
Malaysia5–1Laos
Amri 4', 41' Amirul 74' Norshahrul 77' Mahali 90+3'Lamnao 8'
Indonesia2–1Thailand
Bambang 82' (pen.), 90+1' (pen.)Suree 69'

Group B

  • All matches were played in Vietnam.
  • Times listed are UTC+7
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Vietnam320183+56
Philippines312031+25
Singapore31113304
Myanmar301229−71
Singapore1–1Philippines
Đurić 65'C. Greatwich 90+3'
Vietnam7–1Myanmar
Nguyễn Anh Đức 13', 56' Nguyễn Minh Phương 30' Lê Tấn Tài 51' Nguyễn Trọng Hoàng 73', 83' Nguyễn Vũ Phong 90+4'Aung Kyaw Moe 16'
Singapore2–1Myanmar
Đurić 62' Casmir 90+4'Khin Maung Lwin 13'
Philippines2–0Vietnam
C. Greatwich 38' P. Younghusband 79'
Myanmar0–0Philippines
Vietnam1–0Singapore
Nguyễn Vũ Phong 32'

Knockout stage

Semi-finalsFinal
A2Malaysia202
B1Vietnam000
A2Malaysia314
A1Indonesia022
B2Philippines000
A1Indonesia112

Semi-finals

First Leg

Malaysia2–0Vietnam
Safee 60', 79'
Philippines0–1Indonesia
Gonzáles 32'

Second Leg

Vietnam0–0Malaysia

Malaysia won 2–0 on aggregate.

Indonesia1–0Philippines
Gonzáles 43'

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.

Final

First Leg

Malaysia3–0Indonesia
Safee 61, 72' Ashaari 68'

Second Leg

Indonesia2–1Malaysia
Nasuha 72' Ridwan 87'Safee 54'

Malaysia won 4–2 on aggregate.

Awards

2010 AFF Championship champion
Malaysia First title
Most Valuable PlayerGolden BootFair Play Award
Indonesia Firman UtinaMalaysia Safee SaliPhilippines

Goalscorers

5 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Own goals

Team statistics

This table shows all team performance.

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGD
Final
1Malaysia7322128+4
2Indonesia7601176+11
Semi-finals
3Vietnam521285+3
4Philippines5122330
Eliminated in the group stage
5Singapore3111330
6Thailand302134−1
7Myanmar301229−7
8Laos3012313−10

Media coverage

2010 AFF Championship Broadcasters in Southeast Asia
CountryNetwork StationTelevision StationRadio Station
BruneiRadio Televisyen BruneiRTB TV1Radio Nasional Brunei
CambodiaNational Radio and Television of CambodiaNational Television of CambodiaNational Radio of Cambodia
IndonesiaMedia Nusantara CitraRCTITrijaya FM
LaosLao National Radio and TelevisionLao National TelevisionLao National Radio
MalaysiaRTMTV1Hot FM
MyanmarMyanmar Radio and TelevisionMyanmar TelevisionMyanmar Radio
PhilippinesABS-CBNStudio 23DZSR Sports Radio 918
SingaporeMedia Corporation of Singapore, SingTelMediaCorp TV Channel 5, mio TV938LIVE
ThailandChannel 7 (Thailand)CH7NBT Network 1 Radio in Thailand
Timor-LesteRadio-Televisão Timor LesteTelevisão Timor LesteRadio Timor Leste
VietnamVietnam TelevisionVTV2Voice of Vietnam

Incidents

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 . 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. 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. Malaysia scored their first goal right after play was resumed. The return-leg final in Jakarta saw Indonesian fans also pointing green laser lights again towards Malaysian goalkeeper Khairul Fahmi Che Mat.

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