2014 AFF Championship

May 2018 May 2018 AFF Championship 2014 2014 Kejohanan Bola Sepak ASEAN2014 東盟足球錦標賽2014 ஏசியான் கால்ப கோப்பைGiải vô địch bóng đá Đông Nam Á 2014 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup Logo.svg 200px SingaporeVietnam(for group stage) 22 November – 20 December 8 1 8 5 Thailand 4 Malaysia 18 65 MAS Mohd Safiq Rahim(6 goals) THA Chanathip Songkrasin VIE 2012 2016 The 2014 AFF Championship, sponsored by Suzuki and officially known as the 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup,http://www.aseanfootball.org/v2/?p=16949 Suzuki Motor Corporation renew relationship with ASEAN Football Championship ASEAN Football Federation 16 July 2014 18 July 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140726025543/http://www.aseanfootball.org/v2/?p=16949 26 July 2014 live was the 10th edition of the AFF Championship, an international association football competition consisting of national teams of member nations of the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF). Co-hosting rights to the group stages were awarded to Singapore and Vietnam with matches held from 22 November to 20 December 2014. Meanwhile, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand also hosted knockout stage matches, as their teams advanced to the semi-finals with Vietnam.http://www.globalsuzuki.com/globalnews/2014/0716.html Suzuki Motor Corporation Renew Relationship with ASEAN Football Championship Global Suzuki 16 July 2014 29 July 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140815202924/http://www.globalsuzuki.com/globalnews/2014/0716.html 15 August 2014 live Singapore were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the group stage.http://www.tnp.sg/sports/singapore-soccer/heartbreak-lions-crash-out-suzuki-cup Heartbreak as Singapore crash out of Suzuki Cup Lim Say Heng The New Paper 29 November 2014 29 November 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141203232251/http://www.tnp.sg/sports/singapore-soccer/heartbreak-lions-crash-out-suzuki-cup 3 December 2014 dead dmy-all Thailand won the tournament 4–3 in a two-legged final against Malaysia,http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/451141/suzuki-cup-glory-for-thailand Suzuki Cup glory for Thailand Bangkok Post 20 December 2014 21 December 2014 with manager Kiatisuk Senamuang being the first coach to win the competition also as a player.http://www.thestar.com.my/Sport/Football/2014/12/21/Thailand-coach-wants-to-look-beyond-Asean-football/ Thailand coach wants to look beyond Asean football K. Rajan The Star 20 December 2014 21 December 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141223120010/http://www.thestar.com.my/Sport/Football/2014/12/21/Thailand-coach-wants-to-look-beyond-Asean-football/ 23 December 2014 live Hosts Singapore and Vietnam were announced as co-hosts of the group stage by the AFF Council on 3 April 2013.http://www.aseanfootball.org/v2/?p=12574 Vietnam and Singapore are hosts of AFF Suzuki Cup 2014 ASEAN Football Federation 3 April 2013 3 April 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130930173959/http://www.aseanfootball.org/v2/?p=12574 30 September 2013 live Initially the Philippines and Indonesia were also considered as possible co-hosts.http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Sports/Story/A1Story20121224-391457.html Singapore could defend title at home in 2014 asiaone 26 December 2012 16 June 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131021142945/http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Sports/Story/A1Story20121224-391457.html 21 October 2013 dead http://www.todayonline.com/sports/football/spore-expected-co-host-2014-aff S'pore expected to co-host 2014 AFF Today Online 9 December 2012 22 December 2012 Venues SIN Singapore VIE Hanoi, Vietnam National Stadium Jalan Besar Stadium Mỹ Đình National Stadium Hàng Đẫy Stadium Capacity: 55,000 Capacity: 8,000 Capacity: 40,192 Capacity: 22,500 220px|National Stadium 220px|Jalan Besar Stadium 220px|Mỹ Đình National Stadium 220px|Hàng Đẫy Stadiumcenter Southeast Asia Southeast Asia plus Timor Leste location map.svg 450 Location of stadiums of the 2014 AFF Championship.10px Blue: Finals; 10px Green: Semi-finals and Group Stage; 10px Yellow: Group Stage. Southeast Asia 14.56 120.99 Manila 100 right Green pog.svg Southeast Asia 21.20 105.76 Hanoi 100 top Green pog.svg Southeast Asia 13.75 100.62 Bangkok 100 top Blue pog.svg Southeast Asia 1.30 103.87 Singapore 100 left Yellow pog.svg Southeast Asia 3.82 101.54 Shah Alam 100 left Green pog.svg Southeast Asia 3.54 101.69 Kuala Lumpur 100 right Blue pog.svgTHA Bangkok, ThailandMAS Shah Alam, MalaysiaMAS Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaPHI Manila, PhilippinesRajamangala StadiumShah Alam Stadiumhttp://www.espnfc.com/league-name/story/2176450/headline Malaysia switch semifinal venue from Bukit Jalil to Shah Alam Stadium ESPN FC 2 December 2014 5 December 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141207105551/http://www.espnfc.com/league-name/story/2176450/headline 7 December 2014 liveBukit Jalil National Stadiumhttp://www.nst.com.my/node/62199 AFF Cup Final in Bukit Jalil New Straits Times 13 December 2014 13 December 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141214175907/http://www.nst.com.my/node/62199 14 December 2014 liveRizal Memorial StadiumAzkals yield 3-1 result to Vietnam, enter Suzuki Cup semis as 2nd seed http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/390267/sports/football/azkals-yield-3-1-result-to-vietnam-enter-suzuki-cup-semis-as-2nd-seed 28 November 2014 GMA News 28 November 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141129170842/http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/390267/sports/football/azkals-yield-3-1-result-to-vietnam-enter-suzuki-cup-semis-as-2nd-seed 29 November 2014 live Capacity: 49,722 Capacity: 80,372 Capacity: 110,000 Capacity: 12,873220px|Rajamangala Stadium220px|Shah Alam Stadium220px|Bukit Jalil National Stadium220px|Rizal Memorial Stadium Qualification 2014 AFF Championship qualification thumb|200px|right|#2a5d2c Qualified Teams.#770000 Teams Did not qualify. Qualification was to have been scrapped for this edition of the tournament,http://sg.sports.yahoo.com/news/singapore-vietnam-host-2014-aff-suzuki-cup-083400225--spt.html Singapore and Vietnam to host 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup Yahoo! News 3 April 2013 16 April 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130407043202/http://sg.sports.yahoo.com/news/singapore-vietnam-host-2014-aff-suzuki-cup-083400225--spt.html 7 April 2013 live but at the AFF Council Meeting in Naypyidaw, Myanmar in December 2013, it was decided that the qualifying round would be retained, and Laos were awarded the hosting rights.http://www.aseanfootball.org/v2/?p=15431 AFF to Organize ASEAN All-Stars Charity Match ASEAN Football Federation 21 December 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131224103817/http://www.aseanfootball.org/v2/?p=15431 24 December 2013 live It was to involve the five lower ranked teams in the region, with games taking place between 12 and 20 October 2014. In August 2013, Football Federation Australia became a full member of the AFF,http://www.aseanfootball.org/v2/?p=13812 Australia officially in AFF ASEAN Football Federation 27 August 2013 5 August 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20130926211612/http://www.aseanfootball.org/v2/?p=13812 26 September 2013 live thus making them eligible to compete in the ASEAN Football Championship starting with this edition of the tournament. However, Australia had no plans to compete against lower-ranked teams in the AFF Championship and that they would continue to play in future editions of the EAFF East Asian Cup.http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/sports/08/27/13/australia-joins-aff-wont-compete-suzuki-cup Australia joins AFF, won't compete in Suzuki Cup ABS CBN News 27 August 2013 13 December 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20150208111857/http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/sports/08/27/13/australia-joins-aff-wont-compete-suzuki-cup 8 February 2015 live Qualified teams The following eight teams qualified for the tournament. Country Previous best performance SIN Winners (1998, 2004, 2007, 2012) THA Winners (1996, 2000, 2002) VIE Winners (2008) MAS Winners (2010) IDN Runner-up (2000, 2002, 2004, 2010) PHI Semi-finals (2010, 2012) MYA Fourth place (2004) LAO Group stage (1996 to 2012) Draw The draw for the tournament was held on 5 August 2014 in Hanoi, Vietnam.http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/sports/89612/aff-inspects-vietnam-s-preparations-for-suzuki-cup-2014.html AFF inspects Vietnam's preparations for Suzuki Cup 2014 Vietnamnet 20 November 2013 20 November 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131202233129/http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/sports/89612/aff-inspects-vietnam-s-preparations-for-suzuki-cup-2014.html 2 December 2013 live Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4VIE (co-host)SIN (co-host)MASPHITHAIDNMYA (Qualification winners)LAO (Qualification runners-up) Squads 2014 AFF Championship squads Group stage Tie-breaking criteria Ranking in each group was determined as follows: Greater number of points obtained in all the group matches; Goal difference in all the group matches; Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches. If two or more teams were equal on the basis on the above three criteria, the placement was determined as follows: Result of the direct match between the teams in question; Penalty shoot-out if only two teams were tied and they met in the last round of the group; Drawing of lots by the Organising Committee. Group A All matches were played in Vietnam. Times listed are local (UTC+7) main WDL Q y VIE VIE PHI PHI IDN IDN LAO LAO 2 1 0 8 3 H 2 0 1 9 4 1 1 1 7 7 0 0 3 2 12 A A green1 Advance to knockout stage Cannot advance as group winner, may only advance as group runner-up complete 2014 11 22 y 16:00 PHI LAO 4–1 Rota 40P. Younghusband 45+1Reichelt 77 88 Khampheng 21 Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi Wang Di (China) Report 2014 11 22 y 19:00 VIE IDN 2–2 Quế Ngọc Hải 11Lê Công Vinh 68 Zulham 33Samsul 84 Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi Minoru Tōjō (Japan) Report 2014 11 25 y 16:00 PHI IDN 4–0 P. Younghusband 16 pen.Ott 52Steuble 68Gier 79 Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi Fahad Al-Marri (Qatar) Report 2014 11 25 y 19:00 LAO VIE 0–3 Vũ Minh Tuấn 27Lê Công Vinh 84Nguyễn Huy Hùng 88 Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi Ali Sabah (Iraq) Report 2014 11 28 y 19:00 IDN LAO 5–1 Evan 8Ramdhani 20 50Zulham 82Ketsada 89 o.g. Khampheng 28 pen. Hàng Đẫy Stadium, Hanoi Ali Sabah (Iraq) Report 2014 11 28 y 19:00 VIE PHI 3–1 Ngô Hoàng Thịnh 9Vũ Minh Tuấn 50Phạm Thành Lương 58 Mulders 60 Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi Minoru Tōjō (Japan) Report Group B All matches were played in Singapore. Times listed are local (UTC+8) Due to problems with the pitch at the Singapore National Stadium,http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/sport/sportsg-we-re-not-paying/1415182.html Pitch was far from satisfactory Channel News Asia 10 November 2014 10 November 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141030030023/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/sport/sportsg-we-re-not-paying/1415182.html 30 October 2014 live the ASEAN Football Federation have decided on using a second venue, the Jalan Besar Stadium, for Group B matches.http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/sport/football-national-stadium/1442202.html?cid=fbsg National Stadium and Jalan Besar Stadium to share Channel News Asia 30 October 2014 30 October 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141029203159/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/sport/football-national-stadium/1442202.html?cid=fbsg 29 October 2014 live main WDL Q y THA THA MAS MAS SIN SIN MYA MYA 3 0 0 7 3 1 1 1 5 4 1 0 2 6 7 H 0 1 2 2 6 A A green1 Advance to knockout stage Cannot advance as group winner, may only advance as group runner-up complete 2014 11 23 y 18:00A 1 MAS MYA 0–0 Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang Çarymyrat Kurbanow (Turkmenistan) Report 2014 11 23 y 20:10 SIN THA 1–2 Khairul 20 Mongkol 9Chappuis 89 pen. National Stadium, Kallang Alireza Faghani (Iran) Report 2014 11 26 y 19:30B 1 MAS THA 2–3 Amri 28Safiq 61 Adisak 43 90Chappuis 72 Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman) Report 2014 11 26 y 20:00 MYA SIN 2–4 Kyaw Zayar Win 55Kyaw Ko Ko 62 pen. Shaiful 15Hariss 35 42Khin Maung Lwin 75 o.g. National Stadium, Kallang Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan) Report 2014 11 29 y 20:00 THA MYA 2–0 Tanaboon 12Prakit 84 Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang Çarymyrat Kurbanow (Turkmenistan) Report 2014 11 29 y 20:00 SIN MAS 1–3 Khairul 83 Safee 61Safiq 90+3 pen.Indra Putra 90+5 National Stadium, Kallang Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman) Report Notes A 1 The match was delayed for one hour due to heavy rain. B 1 The match was delayed due to rain. Knockout stage Bracket Semi-finals Final A2 PHI 0 0 0 B1 THA 0 3 3 B2 MAS 1 4 5 A1 VIE 2 2 4 B1 THA 2 2 4 B2 MAS 0 3 3 Semi-finals First legs 2014 12 6 y 20:00 UTC+8 PHI THA 0–0 Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila Abdullah Balideh (Qatar) Report 2014 12 7 y 20:00 UTC+8 MAS VIE 1–2 Safiq 14 pen. Võ Huy Toàn 32Nguyễn Văn Quyết 60 Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam Ma Ning (China) Report thumb|Match between Malaysia and Vietnam during the AFF Championship in 2014 Second legs 2014 12 10 y 19:00 UTC+7 THA PHI 3–0 Chanathip 6Kroekrit 57 86 Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok Kim Sang-woo (South Korea) Report Thailand won 3–0 on aggregate. 2014 12 11 y 19:00 UTC+7 VIE MAS 2–4 Lê Công Vinh 22 pen. 79 Safiq 4 pen.Norshahrul 16Đinh Tiến Thành 29 o.g.Shukor 43 Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi Masaaki Toma (Japan) Report Malaysia won 5–4 on aggregate. Final First leg 2014 12 17 y 19:00 UTC+7 THA MAS 2–0 Chappuis 72 pen.Kroekrit 86 Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan) Report Second leg 2014 12 20 y 20:00 UTC+8 MAS THA 3–2 Safiq 6 pen. 57Indra Putra 45+2 Chappuis 82Chanathip 86 Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur Alireza Faghani (Iran) Report thumb|The Thai team celebrating after winning the 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup at Bukit Jalil Stadium, Malaysia. Thailand won 4–3 on aggregate. Statistics Winners fb 2014 AFF Championship champion Thailand Fourth Awards Most Valuable PlayerTop Scorer AwardFair Play AwardTHA Chanathip SongkrasinMAS Mohd Safiq RahimVIE Discipline In the final tournament, a player was suspended for the subsequent match in the competition for either getting a red card, or accumulating two yellow cards in two different matches. PlayerOffencesSuspensionsINA Rizky Pora in Group A v PhilippinesGroup A v LaosINA Supardi Nasir in Group A v LaosVIE Vũ Minh Tuấn in Group A v Indonesia in Group A v PhilippinesSemi-finals (1st Leg) v MalaysiaMAS Mohd Amri Yahyah in Group B v Myanmar in Group B v SingaporeSemi-finals (1st Leg) v VietnamMAS Shukor Adan in Group B v Thailand in Group B v SingaporeSemi-finals (1st Leg) v VietnamMAS Gary Steven Robbat2 in Group B v MyanmarGroup B v ThailandSIN Baihakki Khaizan in Group B v Thailand in Group B v MyanmarGroup B v MalaysiaTHA Adisak Kraisorn in Semi-finals (1st leg) v PhilippinesSemi-finals (2nd leg) v Philippines *Players who received a card during the final are not included here. Goalscorers 65 18 MAS Mohd Safiq Rahim THA Charyl Chappuis VIE Lê Công Vinh THA Kroekrit Thaweekarn IDN Ramdhani Lestaluhu IDN Zulham Zamrun LAO Khampheng Sayavutthi MAS Indra Putra Mahayuddin PHI Patrick Reichelt PHI Phil Younghusband SIN Hariss Harun SIN Khairul Amri THA Adisak Kraisorn THA Chanathip Songkrasin VIE Vũ Minh Tuấn IDN Evan Dimas IDN Samsul Arif MAS Mohd Amri Yahyah MAS Norshahrul Idlan Talaha MAS Safee Sali MAS Shukor Adan MYA Kyaw Ko Ko MYA Kyaw Zayar Win PHI Manuel Ott PHI Martin Steuble PHI Paul Mulders PHI Rob Gier PHI Simone Rota SIN Shaiful Esah THA Mongkol Tossakrai THA Prakit Deeporm THA Tanaboon Kesarat VIE Ngô Hoàng Thịnh VIE Nguyễn Huy Hùng VIE Nguyễn Văn Quyết VIE Phạm Thành Lương VIE Quế Ngọc Hải VIE Võ Huy Toàn LAO Ketsada Souksavanh (playing against Indonesia) MYA Khin Maung Lwin (playing against Singapore) VIE Đinh Tiến Thành (playing against Malaysia) Team statistics This table shows the ranking of all participating teams. Pos PositionTeamPld PlayedW WonD DrawnL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differenceP PointFinals1THA7511146+8162MAS73131312+110Semifinals3VIE5311128+4104PHI521297+27Eliminated in the group stage5IDN311177046SIN310267–137MYA301226–418LAO3003212–100 Media coverage 2014 AFF Championship television broadcasters in Southeast Asia Country Broadcast network Television station AUSNone BRU RTB RTB1 CAM TVK TVK INA MNC Media RCTI, MNCTV, Global TV LAO LNTV LNTV1 MAS Media Prima, Astro TV3, TV9, Astro Arena MYA MRTV MRTV PHI ABS-CBN Corporation ABS-CBN Sports+Action SIN MediaCorp Okto: Sports on Okto THA BBTV, TrueVisions CH7, 7HD True Sport HD, TLS RTTL TTL VIE VTV VTV2 and VTV6http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/sports/115218/vtv-wins-aff-cup-broadcast-rights.html VTV win AFF Cup broadcast rights vietnamnet.vn 31 October 2014 31 October 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141031223602/http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/sports/115218/vtv-wins-aff-cup-broadcast-rights.html 31 October 2014 live 2014 AFF Championship international television broadcasters Asia-wide Fox International Channels Fox Sports Asia Incidents and controversies During a group match between Singapore and Malaysia at the Singapore National Stadium, irate Singaporean fans began throwing bottles of water and toilet rolls on the pitch and players gate tunnel at the end of the match due to what was seen as awful decision-making by Oman referee Ahmed Al-Kaf, who awarded the Malaysian side a penalty kick resulting in an advantage for them.https://tnp.straitstimes.com/sports/team-singapore/irate-singapore-fans-targets-officials-after-loss Irate Singapore fans targets officials after loss Azim Azman The New Paper 30 November 2014 8 December 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141210043345/http://www.tnp.sg/sports/team-singapore/irate-singapore-fans-targets-officials-after-loss 10 December 2014 live Other incidents occurred soon during the first semi-final between Malaysia and Vietnam in Shah Alam Stadium, where some of the Malaysian fans were seen pointing green laser lights on the field, as recorded on the match video in television camera.http://vnmedia.vn/VN/the-thao/tin-tuc/khan-gia-malaysia-tan-cong-cdv-viet-nam-44-3234444.html Khán giả Malaysia tấn công CĐV Việt Nam! vi vnMedia.vn 7 December 2014 8 December 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20141209203921/http://vnmedia.vn/VN/the-thao/tin-tuc/khan-gia-malaysia-tan-cong-cdv-viet-nam-44-3234444.html 9 December 2014 The laser incident is a continuation from Malaysian hooligans, as it also happened during the previous edition of AFF Championship semi-final against Vietnam and in the final against Indonesia in 2010.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12081874 Indonesia anger over lasers in Malaysia football match BBC News 27 December 2010 11 December 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20150310181608/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12081874 10 March 2015 livehttp://tuoitrenews.vn/sports/24496/vietnam-warns-malaysian-fans-against-laser-beams-in-aff-suzuki-cup-semis Vietnam warns Malaysian fans against laser beams in AFF Suzuki Cup semis Tuổi Trẻ 6 December 2014 11 December 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141213222729/http://tuoitrenews.vn/sports/24496/vietnam-warns-malaysian-fans-against-laser-beams-in-aff-suzuki-cup-semis 13 December 2014 live At the end of Malaysia 1–2 loss to Vietnam, some Malaysian hooligan fans began attacking Vietnamese fans, resulting in injuries. The hooligans rushed to assault Vietnamese fans, who tried to flee and had no intention of fighting back. Bottles, smoke bombs and other dangerous objects continued to get thrown even after the Royal Malaysia Police arrived at the scene to quell the scuffles.http://www.thanhniennews.com/sports/malaysia-eats-humble-pie-after-soccer-hooligans-attack-vietnam-fans-34998.html Malaysia eats humble pie after soccer hooligans attack Vietnam fans Quang Tuyen Thanh Nien News 8 December 2014 8 December 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141222155727/http://www.thanhniennews.com/sports/malaysia-eats-humble-pie-after-soccer-hooligans-attack-vietnam-fans-34998.html 22 December 2014 dead This was heavily criticised by the Vietnamese side for the rioting shown by some of the Malaysian supporters. As a result, the website of the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) had been hacked in a denial of service attack, perhaps from Vietnam.http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/fam-website-hacked-vietnamese-attackers-suspected FAM website hacked, Vietnamese attackers suspected Julia Chan The Malay Mail 8 December 2014 8 December 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141225002615/http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/fam-website-hacked-vietnamese-attackers-suspected 25 December 2014 live Other Malaysian supporters together with the Malaysia Minister of Youth and Sports, Khairy Jamaluddin condemn the hooligan fans attitude and has offer their apologies to all Vietnamese fans, adding that five of the perpetrators had been arrested.http://news.asiaone.com/news/malaysia/malaysian-football-fans-apologise-over-violence-caused-hooligans Malaysian football fans apologise over violence caused by hooligans Rashvinjeet S. Bedi The Star/Asia News Network AsiaOne 8 December 2014 8 December 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141222172719/http://news.asiaone.com/news/malaysia/malaysian-football-fans-apologise-over-violence-caused-hooligans 22 December 2014 deadhttp://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/khairy-condemns-unruly-malaysians-offers-apology-to-vietnam-fans Khairy condemns unruly Malaysians, offers apology to Vietnamese fans The Malaysian Insider 8 December 2014 8 December 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20150317200921/http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/khairy-condemns-unruly-malaysians-offers-apology-to-vietnam-fans 17 March 2015 live Another nine people's was arrested for the same offence between 11 and 12 December.http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/nine-nabbed-over-assault-on-vietnam-football-fans Nine nabbed over assault on Vietnam football fans G. Prakash The Malay Mail 13 December 2014 16 December 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141225150258/http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/nine-nabbed-over-assault-on-vietnam-football-fans 25 December 2014 live The Philippines team received a death threat before their 2nd semi-final match against Thailand. Sources say the threat has something to do with the scuffle during 1st leg between Filipino defender Amani Aguinaldo and Thai striker Adisak Kraisorn, which led to Adisak being red-carded and suspended for the 2nd leg.http://www.philstar.com/sports/2014/12/10/1401063/phl-xi-receiving-threats-fans Phl XI receiving 'threats' from fans Olmin Leyba The Philippine Star 10 December 2014 12 December 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141218122050/http://www.philstar.com/sports/2014/12/10/1401063/phl-xi-receiving-threats-fans 18 December 2014 live In the semi-final between Malaysia and Vietnam, the Vietnam had won the first-leg in Malaysia with a 2–1 score. However, in the second-leg played in Hanoi, Vietnam lost 2–4, thus losing 4–5 on aggregate with Malaysia advancing to the finals. After that defeat, the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) launched a probe into the defeat, citing potential match-fixing due to the seemingly apathetic performance of the players compared to the first-leg.http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/sports/118724/match-fixing-probe-over-vietnam-loss-to-malaysia-launched.html Match-fixing probe over Vietnam loss to Malaysia launched VietnamNet 13 December 2014 21 December 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141221210136/http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/sports/118724/match-fixing-probe-over-vietnam-loss-to-malaysia-launched.html 21 December 2014 live However, the AFF said that the match was not fixed and went on to say that through Swiss-based sports integrity specialist Sportradar, no unusual betting had taken place during the match.http://www.nst.com.my/node/62200 AFF: Semi-final not fixed Ajitpal Singh New Straits Times 13 December 2014 21 December 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141221204851/http://www.nst.com.my/node/62200 21 December 2014 live References 2 External links Tournament Website The Official Tournament Website ASEAN Football Federation The Official Federation Website 2014 Championship Championship Category:2014 in Singaporean football Category:2014 in Vietnamese football 2014 2014 Category:November 2014 sports events in Asia Category:December 2014 sports events in Asia