2012 AFF Championship qualification explained

Tourney Name:AFF Championship qualification
Year:2012
Size:200px
Country: Myanmar
Dates:5–13 October 2012
Num Teams:5
Sub-Confederations:1
Venues:1
Cities:1
Matches:10
Goals:30
Top Scorer: Kyi Lin
Adelino Trindade
Alan Leandro
Murilo de Almeida
(3 goals)
Prevseason:2010
Nextseason:2014

The 2012 AFF Championship qualification tournament was the qualification process for the 2012 AFF Championship, the ninth edition of the ASEAN Football Championship. It was held in Yangon, Myanmar from 5 to 13 October 2012,[1] and involved the five lower ranked teams in Southeast Asia. The format was a single round-robin tournament with the top two teams qualifying for the tournament proper.

Brunei made a comeback, after being re-instated towards the end of May 2011 by FIFA, following their suspension since September 2009.[2] While the Philippines were one of the six seeded teams and gained direct entry to the main tournament,[1] [3] after reaching the semi-finals for the first time in the 2010 edition. They replaced Myanmar, who finished bottom of their group in 2010 and will be entering the qualification phase for the first time since 1998.

Venue

Yangon
Thuwunna Stadium
Capacity: 32,000

Fixtures

All times listed are local (UTC+6:30).

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Goal scorers

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Notes and References

  1. News: Myanmar to host qualifying rounds for 2012 AFF Suzki Cup . Yahoo News . Bernama . 9 December 2011 . 9 January 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120428083836/http://my.news.yahoo.com/myanmar-host-qualifying-rounds-2012-aff-suzuki-cup-090339706.html . 28 April 2012 . dead. dmy-all .
  2. News: FIFA lift Brunei suspension . https://web.archive.org/web/20180718174538/http://www.the-afc.com/en/member-association-news/asean-news/35105-fifa-lift-brunei-suspension . dead. 18 July 2018 . The-AFC.com . Asian Football Confederation . 31 May 2011 . 26 August 2011 . dmy .
  3. News: Azkals seeded into main draw in 2012 . Leyba, Olmin . The Philippine Star . 20 February 2011 . 26 August 2011 .