The 2010 AFF Championship, sponsored by Suzuki and P&G and officially known as the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup,^[1] was the 8th edition of the AFF Championship, took place on 1–29 December 2010.^[2] Indonesia and Vietnam hosted the group stage from 1 to 8 December. Two-legged home-and-away semi-finals and finals were held between 15 and 29 December 2010.^[3]

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2010 AFF Championship

Kejuaraan Sepak Bola ASEAN 2010 Giải vô địch bóng đá Đông Nam Á 2010
Tournament details
Host country	Indonesia Vietnam (for group stage)
Dates	1–29 December
Teams	8
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Malaysia (1st title)
Runners-up	Indonesia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	51 (2.83 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Safee Sali (5 goals)
Best player(s)	Firman Utina
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Vietnam were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Malaysia in the semi-finals. Indonesia appeared in their fourth final while the Philippines qualified for the semi-finals for the first time under the management of Simon McMenemy.^[4] Malaysia subsequently won their first ever title since they first appeared in the final in the inaugural edition,^[5] beating Indonesia 4–2 on aggregate in the finals. Malaysia became the first nation to win the AFF Cup (including tournaments held under earlier formats), despite losing two games in the tournament (both to Indonesia).

On 17 February 2009, Vietnam declared their interest in hosting the group stage.^[6] On 21 April 2009, the Vietnamese newspaper VietNamNet announced that Vietnam would co-host the group stage along with Indonesia.^[7][8]

There were two main venues; the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta and the My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi with two secondary venues which will be used simultaneously with the main venue on the final match day of the group stage. Originally, the secondary venue for Group B was the Hàng Đẫy Stadium in Hanoi. However, on 22 November 2010, the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) announced that it would not be ready in time for the tournament due to ongoing renovations and was replaced by the Thiên Trường Stadium.^[9] For Group A, the original secondary venue was the Si Jalak Harupat Stadium in Bandung but on 24 November 2010 a week after an AFF meeting, it was announced that it would be replaced with the Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium.^[10][11] Teams qualifying for the semi-finals would also host a game, in this case, Malaysia whom qualified used their Bukit Jalil National Stadium for the semi-final and final.

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Jakarta Palembang Hanoi Nam Dinh Kuala Lumpur Location of stadiums of the 2010 AFF Championship. Yellow: Group Stage. Red: Final.	Jakarta	Palembang	Hanoi	Nam Dinh	Kuala Lumpur
	Gelora Bung Karno Stadium	Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium	Mỹ Đình National Stadium	Thiên Trường Stadium	Bukit Jalil National Stadium
	Capacity: 88,083	Capacity: 36,000	Capacity: 40,192	Capacity: 20,000	Capacity: 110,000

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Qualification took place from 22 to 26 October 2010 in Laos, with the four lower-ranked teams (Laos, Cambodia, the Philippines and Timor-Leste) battling for two spots to the finals.^[3] However, the qualification tournament was held without Brunei due to FIFA's continued suspension of the Football Federation of Brunei Darussalam.^[12]

Six teams qualified for the finals, based on tournament records:

•  Indonesia
•  Malaysia
•  Myanmar
•  Singapore
•  Thailand
•  Vietnam

Two teams qualified via the qualification tournament:

•  Laos (Qualification winners)
•  Philippines (Qualification runners-up)

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the tournament.

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Country	Previous best performance
Vietnam	Winners (2008)
Thailand	Winners (1996, 2000, 2002)
Singapore	Winners (1998, 2004, 2007)
Indonesia	Runners-up (2000, 2002, 2004)
Malaysia	Runners-up (1996)
Myanmar	Fourth-place (2004)
Laos	Group stage (1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008)
Philippines	Group stage (1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2007)

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5 goals

• Safee Sali

3 goals

• Cristian Gonzáles
• Muhammad Ridwan

2 goals

1 goal

Own goals

• Asraruddin Putra Omar (playing against Indonesia)

This table shows all team performance.

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Final
1	Malaysia	7	3	2	2	12	8	+4
2	Indonesia	7	6	0	1	17	6	+11
Semi-finals
3	Vietnam	5	2	1	2	8	5	+3
4	Philippines	5	1	2	2	3	3	0
Eliminated in the group stage
5	Singapore	3	1	1	1	3	3	0
6	Thailand	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1
7	Myanmar	3	0	1	2	2	9	−7
8	Laos	3	0	1	2	3	13	−10

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During the group match between Indonesia and Malaysia at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, some Indonesian fans are seen pointing green laser lights towards Malaysian goalkeeper Mohd Sharbinee when Indonesia scored their fifth goal as seen here. Other incidents also occurred soon after Malaysia's semi-final home leg against Vietnam, when Vietnamese goalkeeper Bùi Tấn Trường stated that he was targeted with green laser pointers from the Malaysian fans when he prepared for goal kicks and when saving the ball, which caused him to turn his head away.^[15] During the final, Malaysia's fans again targeted the opposition players with green laser pointers. The first leg, also at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium, was stopped for eight minutes starting in the 53rd minute when the Indonesian players walked off in protest and complained to referee Masaaki Toma about the laser lights.^[16][17] Malaysia scored their first goal right after play was resumed.^[18] The return-leg final in Jakarta saw Indonesian fans also pointing green laser lights again towards Malaysian goalkeeper Khairul Fahmi Che Mat.^{[19][20][21][22]}