2004 AFF Championship


The 2004 AFF Championship, officially known as the 2004 Tiger Cup, was the 5th edition of the AFF Championship, was jointly hosted by Vietnam and Malaysia from 7 December to 16 January 2005 and participated by the national football teams of Southeast Asia.
The championship started off with group matches, where the top two teams from each group advanced to the semi-finals and the final, which was played in a home and away format.

Summary

In the group matches, Indonesia, coached by former Thailand coach Peter Withe, emerged as the Group A winners with ten points, 17 goals scored and none conceded. They were the hot favourites to win the 2004 AFF Championship after bundling out the hosts Vietnam with an unexpected 3–0 victory. Less than a day after the match had ended, the Vietnam Football Federation requested the resignation from its national coach Edson Tavares, despite his requests to stay on until the last match. Singapore, led by Radojko Avramović pipped out the hosts by just a single point and remained to be the only team in the championship to not lose a single match.
Following the tournament motto "Anything can happen", Myanmar, under coach Ivan Kolev emerged as the surprise, holding defending champions Thailand to a draw and beating Malaysia on their own turf.

Teams

All teams from member associations of the ASEAN Football Federation participated with the exception of Brunei. However, they would be replaced by the world's newest country when sponsors Tiger Beer stated in May 2004 that East Timor would be joining the competition. This kept the tournament at 10 teams.

Squads

Tournament

Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Semi-finals

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Singapore win 8–5 on aggregate
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Indonesia win 5–3 on aggregate

Third place play-off

Final

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;Second Leg
Singapore win 5–2 on aggregate

Awards

Most Valuable PlayerGolden Boot
Lionel Lewis Ilham Jaya Kesuma

Goal scorers

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This table will show the ranking of teams throughout the tournament.