| Tourney Name: | AFF Championship qualification |
| Year: | 2008 |
| Size: | 200px |
| Country: |  Cambodia |
| Dates: | 17 – 25 October 2008 |
| Num Teams: | 5 |
| Venues: | National Olympic Stadium |
| Cities: | Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
| Matches: | 10 |
| Goals: | 36 |
| Top Scorer: | Sam El Nasa (4 goals) |
| Prevseason: | 2007 |
| Nextseason: | 2010 |
The 2008 AFF Championship qualification was held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia from 17 to 25 October 2008 for the five lower-ranked teams in Southeast Asia. All teams play in a round-robin tournament format and the top two teams of the group qualify for the tournament proper.
| Phnom Penh | |
|---|---|
| Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium | |
| Capacity: 50,000 | |
| width=175 | Team | width=20 | Pld | width=20 | W | width=20 | D | width=20 | L | width=20 | GF | width=20 | GA | width=20 | GD | width=20 | Pts |
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| 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 1 |
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Teams who finished Top 2 on the group will qualify to the main tournament.
| Team | Main tournament standing | |
|---|---|---|
| 8th | ||
| 7th |
Phayvanh Lounglath Lamnao Singto Chandalaphone Liepvisay Saynakhonevieng Phommapanya
Rosito Soares José João Pereira Anggisu Barbosa Alfredo Esteves