2022 AFF U-23 Championship

The 2022 AFF U-23 Championship was the 3rd edition of the AFF U-23 Championship, organised by ASEAN Football Federation (AFF). The tournament was held from 14 to 26 February in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.^[1] Indonesia were the defending champions, having won the 2019 edition. The tournament was held amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Indonesia and Myanmar withdrew from the tournament after several of their players tested positive for COVID-19.^[2]

2022 AFF U-23 Championship

AFF U-23 Championship Cambodia 2022
Tournament details
Host country	Cambodia
Dates	14–26 February
Teams	9 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Vietnam (1st title)
Runners-up	Thailand
Third place	Timor-Leste  Laos
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	39 (2.79 per match)
Attendance	79,653 (5,690 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Teerasak Poeiphimai (3 goals)
Best player(s)	Bounphachan Bounkong
Best goalkeeper	Hul Kimhuy
← 2019 2023 →

Vietnam won the tournament for the first time after beating Thailand 1–0 in the final.^[3][4]

Qualified teams

There was no qualification, and all entrants advanced to the final tournament. The following teams from member associations of the AFF entered the tournament:

Team	Association	Appearance	Previous best performance
Brunei	FA Brunei Darussalam	1st	Debut
Cambodia	FF Cambodia	3rd	Fourth place (2019)
Laos	Lao FF	2nd	Group stage (2005)
Malaysia	FA Malaysia	3rd	Fourth place (2005)
Philippines	Philippine FF	3rd	Group stage (2005, 2019)
Singapore	FA Singapore	2nd	Runners-up (2005)
Thailand	FA Thailand	2nd	Champions (2005)
Timor-Leste	FF Timor-Leste	3rd	Group stage (2005, 2019)
Vietnam	Vietnam FF	2nd	Third place (2019)

Did not enter
Australia

Withdrew
Indonesia
Myanmar

Draw

The draw for the 2022 AFF U-23 Championship was held on 29 December 2021 at the Goodwood Park Hotel in Singapore.^[5]

Squads

Main article: 2022 AFF U-23 Championship squads

A final squad of 23 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers) must be registered one day before the first match of the tournament.

Match officials

• Zulfiqar Mustaffa
• Khoun Virak
• Abdul Hakim Mohd Haidi
• Yudi Nurcahya
• Souei Vongkham
• Tuan Yaasin Hanafiah
• Warintorn Sassadee
• Ngô Duy Lân

Venues

Phnom Penh
Morodok Techo National Stadium	Prince Stadium
Capacity: 60,000	Capacity: 15,000

Group stage

All times are local, ICT (UTC+7).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Timor-Leste	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7	Knockout stage
2	Cambodia (H)	3	2	0	1	7	1	+6	6
3	Philippines	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
4	Brunei	3	0	0	3	2	11	−9	0

Source: AFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) penalty shoot-out; 6) disciplinary points; 7) drawing of lots.^[6]
(H) Hosts

14 February 2022 (2022-02-14)

16:00

Timor-Leste	2–2	Philippines
Mouzinho 7' (pen.) Jaimito 55'	Report	Ouano 45', 63'

Morodok Techo National Stadium, Phnom Penh

Attendance: 540

Referee: Souei Vongkham (Laos)

14 February 2022 (2022-02-14)

19:00

Cambodia	6–0	Brunei
Chanthea 18' Sosidan 21' Ty 32' Bunchhai 72' Rotana 86' Kakada 88'	Report

Morodok Techo National Stadium, Phnom Penh

Attendance: 24,587

Referee: Tuan Yasin (Malaysia)

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17 February 2022 (2022-02-17)

16:00

Brunei	1–3	Timor-Leste
Hakeme 17'	Report	Mouzinho 30' Gali 45+2' Wafi 81' (o.g.)

Morodok Techo National Stadium, Phnom Penh

Attendance: 2,357

Referee: Ngô Duy Lân (Vietnam)

17 February 2022 (2022-02-17)

19:00

Philippines	0–1	Cambodia
	Report	Sovannmakara 81'

Morodok Techo National Stadium, Phnom Penh

Attendance: 17,080

Referee: Warintorn Sassadee (Thailand)

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20 February 2022 (2022-02-20)

19:00

Cambodia	0–1	Timor-Leste
	Report	Safy 18' (o.g.)

Morodok Techo National Stadium, Phnom Penh

Attendance: 25,307

Referee: Zulfiqar Mustaffa (Singapore)

20 February 2022 (2022-02-20)

19:00

Philippines	2–1	Brunei
Chung 48' Reyes 58'	Report	Hakeme 59'

Prince Stadium, Phnom Penh

Attendance: 285

Referee: Souei Vongkham (Laos)

Group B

After the withdrawal of Indonesia and Myanmar from the tournament, due to several of their players testing positive for COVID-19, the two remaining teams will play against each other twice. The winners will qualify for the knockout stage, while the losers will be eliminated.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Laos	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	6	Knockout stage
2	Malaysia	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0
3	Myanmar[a]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew
4	Indonesia[b]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: AFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) penalty shoot-out; 6) disciplinary points; 7) drawing of lots.^[6]
Notes:

1. Myanmar withdrew hours before their first match, due to multiple players tested positive for COVID-19.^[7]
2. Indonesia withdrew from the tournament on 11 February 2022 because seven players tested positive for COVID-19, four others were categorised as suspected COVID-19 cases and three players suffered injuries.^[8]

18 February 2022 (2022-02-18)

16:00

Laos	2–1	Malaysia
Bounphachan 56' Phetdavanh 79'	Report	Selvan 45+2'

Prince Stadium, Phnom Penh

Attendance: 316

Referee: Abdul Hakim Mohd Haidi (Brunei)

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21 February 2022 (2022-02-21)

19:00

Malaysia	0–2	Laos
	Report	Bounphachan 43' Souksakhone 86'

Morodok Techo National Stadium, Phnom Penh

Attendance: 75

Referee: Warintorn Sassadee (Thailand)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Vietnam	2	2	0	0	8	0	+8	6	Knockout stage
2	Thailand	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	3
3	Singapore	2	0	0	2	1	10	−9	0

Source: AFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) penalty shoot-out; 6) disciplinary points; 7) drawing of lots.^[6]

16 February 2022 (2022-02-16)

19:00

Thailand	3–1	Singapore
Teerasak 45', 62' Niphitphon 57'	Report	Ilhan 16'

Prince Stadium, Phnom Penh

Attendance: 570

Referee: Yudi Nurcahya (Indonesia)

19 February 2022 (2022-02-19)

19:00

Singapore	0–7	Vietnam
	Report	Nguyễn Văn Tùng 3', 37' Đinh Xuân Tiến 32' Dụng Quang Nho 56' Nguyễn Ngọc Thắng 78' Nguyễn Thanh Khôi 89' Vũ Tiến Long 90+5'

Prince Stadium, Phnom Penh

Attendance: 1,100

Referee: Khoun Virak (Cambodia)

22 February 2022 (2022-02-22)

19:00

Vietnam	1–0	Thailand
Nguyễn Trung Thành 29'

Prince Stadium, Phnom Penh

Attendance: 1,845

Referee: Tuan Yasin (Malaysia)

Ranking of second-placed teams

Only one second-placed team will qualify for the semi-finals.

Due to Indonesia and Myanmar's withdrawals, Group B is left with only two teams. Thus, the second-placed team from Group B will not be included to determine the best runner-up team.

Result against fourth-placed team in Group A was not considered for this ranking.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	C	Thailand	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	3	Knockout stage
2	A	Cambodia (H)	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3

Source: AFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) disciplinary points; 5) drawing of lots.
(H) Hosts

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, the penalty shoot-out was used to decide the winner if necessary.^[6]

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	24 February – Phnom Penh
	Laos	0
					26 February – Phnom Penh
	Thailand	2
					Thailand	0
	24 February – Phnom Penh
					Vietnam	1
	Timor-Leste	0 (3)
	Vietnam (p)	0 (5)
					Third Place
					26 February – Phnom Penh
					Laos
					Timor-Leste	w/o[a]

Semi-finals

24 February 2022 (2022-02-24)

16:00

Laos	0–2	Thailand
	Report	Teerasak 14' Kroekphon 52' (pen.)

Morodok Techo National Stadium, Phnom Penh

Attendance: 100

Referee: Yudi Nurcahya (Indonesia)

24 February 2022 (2022-02-24)

19:30

Timor-Leste	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Vietnam
	Report
Penalties
Filomeno Orcelio Gumario Firth	3–5	Trần Quang Thịnh Hồ Khắc Lương Vũ Đình Hai Trần Bảo Toàn Nguyễn Thanh Nhân

Morodok Techo National Stadium, Phnom Penh

Attendance: 1,256

Referee: Tuan Yasin (Malaysia)

Third place match

26 February 2022 (2022-02-26)

16:00

Laos	Cancelled[a]	Timor-Leste

Morodok Techo National Stadium, Phnom Penh

Final

26 February 2022 (2022-02-26)

19:30

Thailand	0–1	Vietnam
	Report	Trần Bảo Toàn 45'

Morodok Techo National Stadium, Phnom Penh

Attendance: 4,235

Referee: Khoun Virak (Cambodia)

Statistics

Winners

2022 AFF U-23 Championship winners
Vietnam First title

Awards

Most Valuable Player	Top Scorer Award	Best Goalkeeper Award
Bounphachan Bounkong	Teerasak Poeiphimai	Hul Kimhuy

Team of the Tournament

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Hul Kimhuy	Thawatchai Inprakhon Chonnapat Buaphan Trần Quang Thịnh Nguyễn Thanh Nhân	Mouzinho Jaimito Soares Bounphachan Bounkong Sin Sovannmakara Sandro Reyes	Teerasak Poeiphimai

Goalscorers

There were 39 goals scored in 14 matches, for an average of 2.79 goals per match.

3 goals

• Teerasak Poeiphimai

2 goals

• Hakeme Yazid Said
• Bounphachan Bounkong
• Ivan Ouano
• Mouzinho
• Nguyễn Văn Tùng

1 goal

• Narong Kakada
• Nhean Sosidan
• Sa Ty
• Sin Sovannmakara
• Sieng Chanthea
• Sor Rotana
• Taing Bunchhai
• Souksakhone Bouaphaivanh
• Phetdavanh Somsanid
• Selvan Anbualagan
• Dennis Chung
• Sandro Reyes
• Ilhan Fandi
• Kroekphon Abram
• Niphitphon Wongpanya
• Paulo Gali
• Jaimito Soares
• Đinh Xuân Tiến
• Dụng Quang Nho
• Nguyễn Ngọc Thắng
• Nguyễn Thanh Khôi
• Nguyễn Trung Thành
• Trần Bảo Toàn
• Vũ Tiến Long

1 own goal

• Wafi Aminuddin (against Timor-Leste)
• Yue Safy (against Timor-Leste)

Final ranking

This table shows the ranking of teams throughout the tournament.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	Vietnam	4	3	1	0	9	0	+9	10	Champions
2	Thailand	4	2	0	2	5	3	+2	6	Runners-up
3	Timor-Leste	4	2	2	0	6	3	+3	8	Third place[b]
4	Laos	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
5	Cambodia (H)	3	2	0	1	7	1	+6	6	Eliminated in the group stage
6	Philippines	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
7	Malaysia	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0
8	Brunei	3	0	0	3	2	11	−9	0
9	Singapore	2	0	0	2	1	10	−9	0

Source: Group stage, Knockout stage
(H) Hosts

Broadcasting rights

Territory	Rights holder(s)	Ref.
Brunei	Radio Television Brunei	[10]
Indonesia Timor Leste	SCTV (free TV) Champions TV (pay TV) Vidio (OTT)
Malaysia	Astro Media Prima
Myanmar Laos	FPT Telecom
Singapore	Football Association of Singapore (via social media channels)
Thailand	True Visions
Vietnam	FPT Telecom VTV

Notes

1. Timor-Leste won by walkover as Laos were unable to play after several of their players tested positive for COVID-19 before the match.
2. Originally, the third place was awarded automatically to Timor Leste, but the country proposed for the third place to be awarded to Laos as well. The proposal was accepted by the ASEAN Football Federation.^[9]