2019 AFF U-15 Championship


The 2019 AFF U-15 Championship is the fourteenth edition of the AFF U-16 Championship, the annual international youth association football championship organised by the ASEAN Football Federation for men's under-15 national teams of Southeast Asia.
A total of 12 teams play in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2004 eligible to participate. Each match is scheduled to have a duration of 80 minutes, consisting of two halves of 40 minutes.
Malaysia beat Thailand 2–1 in the final for their second title in the championship.

Qualified teams

There was no qualification, and all entrants advanced to the final tournament.
The following 12 teams from member associations of the ASEAN Football Federation entered the tournament.
TeamAssociationAppearancePrevious best performance
Vietnam FF11thWinners
FA Thailand10thWinners
FF Australia7thWinners
Myanmar FF11thWinners
FA Indonesia10thWinners
FA Malaysia11thWinners'''
Lao FF10thRunners-up
FF Timor-Leste7thThird place
FA Singapore10thFourth place
FF Cambodia10thFourth place
Philippine FF8thGroup stage
FA Brunei DS8thGroup stage

Venues

The competition is being played at two venues in Chonburi, Chonburi Province: Chonburi Campus Stadium and Chonburi Stadium.
Chonburi ProvinceMueang Chonburi

Group stage and Knockout stageGroup stage
Chonburi Campus Stadium 1Chonburi Campus Stadium 2
Capacity: 12,000Capacity: 8,680

Officials

Referees
Assistant referees

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals.
;Tiebreakers
The teams are ranked according to points. If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
  1. Goal difference in all the group matches;
  2. Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches;
  3. Result of the direct match between the teams concerned;
  4. Kicks from the penalty mark if the teams concerned are still on the field of play.
  5. Lowest score using Fair Play Criteria;
  6. Drawing of lots.
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Group B


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Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, the penalty shoot-outs are used to decide the winner if necessary.

Bracket

Semi-finals

Third place match

Final

Winner

Awards

Goalscorers

Final ranking

Incidents and controversies

On 29 July 2019, the ASEAN Football Federation received official protest from two participating teams regarding the eligibility of an East Timorese player in the ongoing tournament. The protest was subsequently admitted upon compliance of the procedural requirements set out in the 2019 Tournament Regulations with the AFF began to carrying out the necessary investigation and have requested the parties involved to collaborate to establish the facts. On 3 August, the AFF further state that the relevant documents requested from the player and his team have been delivered and acknowledged by the AFF secretariat. In accordance to the tournament regulations, the conclusion of the investigation will be decided by the AFF Disciplinary and Ethics Committee. On 4 August, the AFF announced their findings that the said player is deemed to be eligible to participate in the tournament in accordance with Article 5.1 as stated in the tournament regulations and ruled the protest lodged by two countries as unfounded and dismissed it accordingly.
On 9 August, the final match between Thailand and Malaysia was marred with ugly incident that resulting Thai player Kongpop Sroirak and Malaysian player Khairil Zain were both issued a red card.