2004 AFF Championship

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2004 AFF Championship
Giải vô địch bóng đá Đông Nam Á 2004
2004 Kejohanan Bola Sepak ASEAN
Tournament details
Host countryVietnam
Malaysia
(for group stage)
Dates7 December 2004 – 16 January 2005
Teams10
Venue(s)5 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Singapore (2nd title)
Runners-up Indonesia
Third place Malaysia
Fourth place Myanmar
Tournament statistics
Matches played27
Goals scored113 (4.19 per match)
Top scorer(s)Indonesia Ilham Jaya Kesuma
(7 goals)
Best player(s)Singapore Lionel Lewis
2002
2007

The 2004 AFF Championship (officially known as the 2004 Tiger Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 5th edition of the AFF Championship, the football championship of nations affiliated to the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF), and the last time under the name Tiger Cup. This was the first time a new format had been applied, with Group stage was jointly hosted by Vietnam and Malaysia from 7 to 16 December 2004, and top two teams from each group advanced to the Semi-finals and the Final, which was played in a two-leg home-and-away format from 28 December 2004 to 16 January 2005. This was also the final AFF Cup has a third-place match, then it wasn't continued since the 2007 edition.

Thailand were the defending champions, but were eliminated in Group stage. Singapore won the tournament by a 5–2 victory in the two-legged final against Indonesia to secure their second title.

Summary[edit]

In the group matches, Indonesia, coached by former Thailand coach Peter Withe, emerged as the Group A winners with ten points, 17 goals scored and none conceded. They were the hot favourites to win the 2004 AFF Championship after bundling out the hosts Vietnam with an unexpected 3–0 victory. Less than a day after the match had ended, the Vietnam Football Federation requested the resignation from its national coach Edson Tavares, despite his requests to stay on until the last match. Singapore, led by Radojko Avramović pipped out the hosts by just a single point and remained to be the only team in the championship to not lose a single match.

Following the tournament motto "Anything can happen", Myanmar, under coach Ivan Kolev emerged as the surprise, holding defending champions Thailand to a draw and beating Malaysia on their own turf.

Teams[edit]

All teams from member associations of the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) participated with the exception of Brunei. However, they would be replaced by East Timor when sponsors Tiger Beer stated in May 2004 that the world's newest country at the time would be joining the competition.[1] This kept the tournament at 10 teams.

Squads[edit]

Venues[edit]

Vietnam Hanoi Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam Hai Phong Indonesia Jakarta
Mỹ Đình National Stadium Thống Nhất Stadium Lạch Tray Stadium Gelora Bung Karno Stadium
Capacity: 40,192 Capacity: 15,000 Capacity: 32,000 Capacity: 110,000
Singapore Singapore Malaysia Kuala Lumpur
National Stadium Jalan Besar Stadium Bukit Jalil National Stadium KLFA Stadium
Capacity: 55,000 Capacity: 6,000 Capacity: 100,000 Capacity: 18,000

Tournament[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

  • All times are Indochina Time (ICT) – UTC+7
  • All matches played in Vietnam
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Indonesia 4 3 1 0 17 0 +17 10
 Singapore 4 2 2 0 10 3 +7 8
 Vietnam 4 2 1 1 13 5 +8 7
 Laos 4 1 0 3 4 16 −12 3
 Cambodia 4 0 0 4 2 22 −20 0
Laos 0–6 Indonesia
Boaz 25', 52'
Ilham 28', 33'
Elie 60'
Kurniawan 86'


Laos 2–1 Cambodia
Luang-Amath 63', 73' Darith 27'
Vietnam 0–3 Indonesia
Mauly 18'
Boaz 21'
Ilham 45'

Singapore 6–2 Laos
Hasrin 7'
Indra 19', 74'
Thongphachan 39' (o.g.)
Casmir 45', 90+2' (pen.)
Phaphouvanin 22'
Luang-Amath 72' (pen.)
Indonesia 8–0 Cambodia
Ilham 5', 48', 56'
Elie 30', 55'
Kurniawan 74', 76'
Ortizan 90'

Cambodia 0–3 Singapore
Dickson 20'
Baihakki 26'
Khairul 54'

Group B[edit]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Myanmar 4 3 1 0 6 2 +4 10
 Malaysia 4 3 0 1 11 3 +8 9
 Thailand 4 2 1 1 13 4 +9 7
 Philippines 4 1 0 3 4 9 −5 3
 East Timor 4 0 0 4 2 18 −16 0

Malaysia 4–1 Philippines
Liew 17'
Khalid 67', 77' (pen.)
Kaironnisam 74'
Gould 90+3'


Malaysia 2–1 Thailand
Khalid 63', 65' S. Chaikamdee 45'

Knockout stage[edit]

Semifinals Finals
          
A1  Indonesia 1 4 5
B2  Malaysia 2 1 3
A1  Indonesia 1 1 2
A2  Singapore 3 2 5
B1  Myanmar 3 2 5
A2  Singapore (a.e.t.) 4 4 8

Semi-finals[edit]

First Leg
Indonesia 1–2 Malaysia
Kurniawan 6' Liew 28', 47'

Myanmar 3–4 Singapore
S. M. Min 34', 90'
M. Thu 36'
Bennett 20'
Casmir 38'
Alam Shah 63'
Shahril 81'
Second Leg
Singapore 4–2 (a.e.t.) Myanmar
Alam Shah 74', 94', 96'
Casmir 108'
S. M. Min 15'
A. K. Moe 50'

Singapore win 8–5 on aggregate


Indonesia win 5–3 on aggregate

Third place play-off[edit]

Malaysia 2–1 Myanmar
Khalid 15'
Ismail 56'
S. M. Min 52'

Final[edit]

First Leg
Second Leg
Singapore 2–1 Indonesia
Indra 6'
Casmir 41' (pen.)
Elie 77'

Singapore win 5–2 on aggregate

View of the Singapore National Stadium just before the commencement of the 2004 AFF Championship finals match.

Awards[edit]

 2004 AFF Championship 

Singapore

Second title
Most Valuable Player Golden Boot
Singapore Lionel Lewis Indonesia Ilham Jaya Kesuma

Goal scorers[edit]

7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

Team statistics[edit]

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD
Finals
1  Singapore 8 6 2 0 23 10 +13
2  Indonesia 8 4 1 3 24 8 +16
Semifinals
3  Malaysia 7 5 0 2 16 9 +7
4  Myanmar 7 3 1 3 12 12 0
Eliminated in the group stage
5  Thailand 4 2 1 1 13 4 +9
6  Vietnam 4 2 1 1 13 5 +8
7  Philippines 4 1 0 3 4 9 −5
8  Laos 4 1 0 3 4 16 −12
9  East Timor 4 0 0 4 2 18 −16
10  Cambodia 4 0 0 4 2 22 −20

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ This match was moved by two days from 1 January 2005 as a mark for respect for the victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami catastrophe.[2][3][4]

References[edit]

General
Specific
  1. ^ "East Timor to play in Southeast Asia's 2004 Tiger Cup soccer tournament". Associated Press. 7 May 2004.
  2. ^ "Hoãn trận bán kết Tiger Cup lượt về Malaysia - Indonesia". VnExpress. Retrieved 3 January 2005.
  3. ^ "Soccer : Around the globe, the show goes on". New York Times. Retrieved 3 January 2005.
  4. ^ "Tiger Cup game hit by tsunami". RTE. 30 December 2004. Retrieved 3 January 2005.

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