2018 AFF Championship qualification

The 2018 AFF Championship qualification tournament was the qualification process for the 2018 AFF Championship, the twelfth edition of the AFF Championship. Brunei and Timor-Leste contested the tenth and final remaining berth for the AFF Championship final tournament in two home-and-away matches.^[1] On 7 August 2018, organising committees confirmed the venue where Timor-Leste will play Brunei has been changed due to floodlighting issues. The opening match was held at Kuala Lumpur Stadium, Malaysia, not as per originally planned at National Stadium, Dili.^[2]

2018 AFF Championship qualification

Timor-Leste Brunei 3 2
First leg
Timor-Leste Brunei 3 1
Date	1 September 2018 (2018-09-01)
Venue	Kuala Lumpur Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Referee	Dmitry Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)
Second leg
Brunei Timor-Leste 1 0
Date	8 September 2018 (2018-09-08)
Venue	Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
Referee	Mooud Bonyadifard (Iran)
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Timor-Leste advanced to the AFF Championship group stage and were placed in Group B after winning by 3–2 on aggregate from two qualifying matches.^[3][4]

Venues

Kuala Lumpur	Bandar Seri Begawan
Kuala Lumpur Stadium	Hassanal Bolkiah Stadium
Capacity: 18,000	Capacity: 28,000
Kuala Lumpur Bandar Seri Begawan

Qualification

Timor-Leste	3–1	Brunei
Henrique 28', 32' Garcia 90+2'	Report	Azwan 57'

1 September 2018 (2018-09-01)

20:00 UTC+8

Kuala Lumpur Stadium, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)

Attendance: 261

Referee: Dmitry Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)

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Brunei	1–0	Timor-Leste
Najib 75'	Report

8 September 2018 (2018-09-08)

20:15 UTC+8

Hassanal Bolkiah Stadium, Bandar Seri Begawan

Attendance: 2,345

Referee: Mooud Bonyadifard (Iran)

Timor-Leste won 3–2 on aggregate.

Goalscorers

2 goals

• Henrique Cruz

1 goal

• Azwan Ali Rahman
• Najib Tarif
• Silveiro Garcia