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2007 AFF Championship
2007 Kejohanan Bola Sepak ASEAN
2007 東盟足球錦標賽
2007 ஏசியான் கால்ப கோப்பை
2007 อาเซียนฟุตบอลแชมเปียนชิพ
Tournament details
Host countries Singapore
 Thailand
Dates12 January – 4 February 2007
Teams8
Venue(s)4 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Singapore (3rd title)
Runners-up Thailand
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored50 (2.78 per match)
Top scorer(s)Singapore Noh Alam Shah
(10 goals)
Best player(s)Singapore Noh Alam Shah
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The 2007 AFF Championship was the 6th edition of the AFF Championship, the football championship of Southeast Asia. It was co-hosted by Singapore and Thailand and took place from 12 January to 4 February 2007.

It was renamed from the Tiger Cup, due to the cup's main sponsor, Tiger Beer, not continuing their title sponsorship. This was the last event held at Singapore's National Stadium before its redevelopment.

Singapore set an AFF Cup record of a 15-match unbeaten run under coach Radojko Avramović, stretching back to the 2004 AFF Championship, and 17-match unbeaten run since the 4–0 defeat at home to neighbours Malaysia in the same competition on 18 December 2002.

Hosts

The 2007 AFF Cup was co-hosted by three-time champions, Thailand, and defending champions and eventual winners Singapore. The two hosts are the only two teams that have won the championship since its inception in 1996.

Qualification

Main article: 2007 AFF Championship qualification

The qualifying round for the lower ranked teams in Southeast Asia was held in Bacolod, Philippines from 12–20 November 2006. It was played in a single round-robin format with the top two teams advancing to the finals. This was the first time since 1998 where a qualification tournament was held.

Six teams as qualified directly to the finals.

Two teams qualified via the qualification tournament.

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the tournament.

Country Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearance in tournament1
 Thailand Co-host 12 January 2007 5 (1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004)
 Singapore 2004 AFF Championship winners 16 January 2005 5 (1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004)
 Indonesia 2004 AFF Championship runner-up 16 January 2005 5 (1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004)
 Malaysia 2004 AFF Championship 3rd place 15 January 2005 5 (1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004)
 Myanmar 2004 AFF Championship 4th place 15 January 2005 5 (1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004)
 Vietnam Direct Entry for 6th top AFF rank 12 January 2007 5 (1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004)
 Laos Qualification winners 18 November 2006 5 (1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004)
 Philippines Qualification runner-up 20 November 2006 5 (1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year.

Squads

Main article: 2007 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
 Thailand 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 7
 Malaysia 3 1 1 1 4 1 +3 4
 Myanmar 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 3
 Philippines 3 0 1 2 0 8 −8 1
Malaysia 4 – 0 Philippines
Hairuddin 9', 80'
Nizaruddin 16'
Del Rosario 69' (o.g.)		 Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Abbas Daud (Singapore)
Thailand 1 – 1 Myanmar
Nutnum 90+4' Report Si Thu Win 25'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Hajime Matsuo (Japan)
Malaysia 0 – 0 Myanmar
Report
Attendance: 28,000
Thailand 4 – 0 Philippines
Chaikamdee 15', 28'
Thonkanya 21'
Samana 84'		 Report
Attendance: 30,000
Myanmar 0 – 0 Philippines
Report
Attendance: 500
Referee: Abbas Daud (Singapore)
Thailand 1 – 0 Malaysia
Chaikamdee 48' Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Hajime Matsuo (Japan)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Singapore 3 1 2 0 13 2 +11 5
 Vietnam 3 1 2 0 10 1 +9 5
 Indonesia 3 1 2 0 6 4 +2 5
 Laos 3 0 0 3 1 23 -22 0
Indonesia 3 – 1 Laos
Atep 51', 75'
Saktiawan 67'		 Report Saysongkham 13'
Singapore 0 – 0 Vietnam
Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Chanwalit Sananwai (Thailand)
Indonesia 1 – 1 Vietnam
Saktiawan 90' Report Supardi 35' (o.g.)
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Mohamed Shahbuddin (Brunei)
Singapore 11 – 0 Laos
Ridhuan 10'
Alam Shah 11', 24', 61', 72', 76', 88', 90+2'
Shahril 47'
Khairul 71'
Dickson 78'		 Report
Attendance: 5,224
Referee: U Hla Tint (Myanmar)
Vietnam 9 – 0 Laos
Lê Công Vinh 1', 28', 58'
Phan Thanh Bình 29', 73' (pen.), 81', 84'
Nguyễn Văn Biển 45', 90'		 Report
Attendance: 1,005
Singapore 2 – 2 Indonesia
Alam Shah 10' (pen.)
Indra Sahdan 52'		 Report Ilham 27'
Zaenal 56'
Attendance: 13,819
Referee: Chanwalit Sananwai (Thailand)

Knockout stage

Note: Although the knockout stages were two-legged, away goals rule was not applied. If the total aggregate score of both teams after both matches remained the same, extra time would have been played, followed by a penalty shootout if necessary.

Semifinals Finals
          
A1  Thailand 2 0 2
B2  Vietnam 0 0 0
A1  Thailand 1 1 2
B2  Singapore 2 1 3
B1  Singapore (a.e.t.) 1 1 2 (5)
A2  Malaysia 1 1 2 (4)

Semi-finals

First Leg
Malaysia 1 – 1 Singapore
Hardi 57' Report Alam Shah 73'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Wan Daxue (China PR)
Vietnam 0 – 2 Thailand
Report Thonglao 28'
Thonkanya 81'
Attendance: 40,000
Second Leg
Singapore 1 – 1 (a.e.t.) Malaysia
Ridhuan 74' Report Eddy Helmi 57'
Penalties
Indra Sahdan soccer ball with check mark
Alam Shah soccer ball with check mark
Mustafić soccer ball with check mark
Fazrul soccer ball with check mark
Jiayi soccer ball with check mark		 5 – 4 soccer ball with check mark Hardi
soccer ball with check mark Rezal
soccer ball with check mark Samransak
soccer ball with check mark Thirumurgan
soccer ball with red X Khyril
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Cheung Yim Yau (Hong Kong)

2–2 on aggregate. Singapore won via a penalty shootout.

Thailand 0 – 0 Vietnam
Report
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Suresh Srinivasan (India)

Thailand won 2–0 on aggregate.

Final

After a group stage with two pools of four the two host nations met in a two-game final. In the first leg of the final, a controversial penalty was awarded to Singapore at the 83rd minute of the match, and the Thailand team walked off the pitch as a protest to the referee's decision. The Thailand team returned to the pitch at the 98th minute, and Singapore later won 2-1.

In the second leg of the final, Singapore had a goal controversially chalked off for being offside, but finally drew 1-1 to fellow co-host Thailand, with Khairul Amri scoring the decisive goal in the closing stages of the match, thus giving Singapore their 2nd title in succession, winning with an aggregate score of 3-2, and successfully defending the title. While Thailand can point to the controversial penalty for their defeat in the first leg, they failed to defeat Singapore in the Bangkok second-leg. It could have been worse for Thailand had the match officials seen Thai midfielder Datsakorn Thonglao head-butt Singapore's Khairul Amri to vent his anger after the equaliser.[1]

First Leg
Singapore 2 – 1 Thailand
Alam Shah 17'
Mustafić 83' (pen.)		 Report Thonkanya 50'
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: C. Ravichandran (Malaysia)
Second Leg
Thailand 1 – 1 Singapore
Thonkanya 37' Report Khairul 81'
Attendance: 40,000

Singapore won 3–2 on aggregate.

Awards

 2007 AFF Championship 

Singapore
Third title
Most Valuable Player Golden Boot
Singapore Noh Alam Shah Singapore Noh Alam Shah

Goalscorers

11goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

Team statistics

This table shows all team performance.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD
Final
1  Singapore 7 2 5 0 18 6 +12
2  Thailand 7 3 3 1 10 4 +6
Semi-finals
3  Vietnam 5 1 3 1 10 3 +7
4  Malaysia 5 1 3 1 6 3 +3
Eliminated in the group stage
5  Indonesia 3 1 2 0 6 4 +2
6  Myanmar 3 0 3 0 1 1 0
7  Philippines 3 0 1 2 0 8 –8
8  Laos 3 0 0 3 1 23 –22

References

  1. ^ Withers, Andy. "Thailand". Fox Sports.
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