2018 AFF Championship knockout stage

The knockout stage was the second and final stage of the 2018 AFF Championship, following the group stage. It was played from 1 to 15 December with the top two teams from each group (two in total) advancing to the knockout stage to compete in a single-elimination tournament. Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. The away goals rule, extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary.

Vietnam won 3–2 on aggregate against Malaysia in the final to win their second title.

Qualified teams

The top two placed teams from each of the two groups advanced to the knockout stage. In Group A, Vietnam secured the group top spots with 10 points after defeating Cambodia by 3–0 in their last match while Malaysia became the group runners-up with 9 points after beating Myanmar with similar scores of 3–0.[1][2] Meanwhile in Group B, Thailand secured the group top spots with 10 points after defeating Singapore by 3–0 in their last match while Philippines became the group runners-up with 8 points after drawing 0–0 against Indonesia.[3][4]

Group Winners Runners-up
A  Vietnam  Malaysia
B  Thailand  Philippines

Schedule

The schedule of each round was as follows.

Round First leg Second leg
Semi-finals 1–2 December 2018 5–6 December 2018
Final 11 December 2018 15 December 2018

Bracket

Semi-finals Final
          
A2  Malaysia (a) 0 2 2
B1  Thailand 0 2 2
A2  Malaysia 2 0 2
A1  Vietnam 2 1 3
B2  Philippines 1 1 2
A1  Vietnam 2 2 4

Scores after extra time are indicated by (a.e.t.), and penalty shoot-out are indicated by (pen.).

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Malaysia  2–2  Thailand 0–0 2–2
Philippines  2–4  Vietnam 1–2 1–2

First leg

Malaysia vs Thailand

Malaysia
Thailand
GK 1 Farizal Marlias
RB 4 Syahmi Safari
CB 7 Aidil Zafuan Radzak
CB 3 Shahrul Saad
LB 6 Syazwan Andik  72'
RM 13 Mohamadou Sumareh  64'
CM 14 Syamer Kutty Abba
CM 12 Akram Mahinan  21'
LM 11 Safawi Rasid  42'
SS 9 Norshahrul Idlan Talaha
CF 8 Zaquan Adha Radzak (c)  81'
Substitutions:
FW 20 Hazwan Bakri  64'
DF 21 Nazirul Naim  72'
MF 10 Shahrel Fikri  81'
Manager:
Tan Cheng Hoe
GK 1 Chatchai Budprom
RB 5 Mika Chunuonsee
CB 4 Chalermpong Kerdkaew (c)
CB 6 Pansa Hemviboon
LB 24 Korrakot Wiriyaudomsiri
CM 17 Tanaboon Kesarat
CM 8 Thitipan Puangchan
CM 29 Sanrawat Dechmitr
RW 14 Nurul Sriyankem  59'
LW 22 Supachai Jaided  45'
CF 9 Adisak Kraisorn  90'
Substitutions:
MF 21 Pokklaw Anan  75'  45'
FW 25 Pakorn Prempak  59'
FW 2 Chananan Pombuppha  90'
Manager:
Milovan Rajevac

Man of the Match:
Syamer Kutty Abba (Malaysia)

Assistant referees:[7]
Abu Bakar Al-Amri (Oman)
Abdul Hannan Hasim (Singapore)
Fourth official:[7]
Oki Dwi Putra (Indonesia)

Overall[8]
Statistics Malaysia Thailand
Goals scored 0 0
Total shots 23 6
Shots on target 2 0
Ball possession 63% 37%
Corner kicks 6 3
Fouls committed 13 10
Offsides 0 2
Yellow cards 2 1
Red cards 0 0

Philippines vs Vietnam

Philippines 1–2 Vietnam
Reichelt 45+2' Report (AFFSZ)
Report (AFF)
Nguyễn Anh Đức 12'
Phan Văn Đức 48'
Philippines
Vietnam
GK 15 Michael Falkesgaard
RB 31 Adam Reed  77'
CB 3 Carli de Murga
CB 33 Álvaro Silva
LB 21 Martin Steuble  43'
RM 29 Patrick Reichelt
CM 14 Kevin Ingreso  52'
CM 8 Manuel Ott  45'
CM 26 Jovin Bedic  55'
LM 17 Stephan Schröck  54'
CF 10 Phil Younghusband (c)
Substitutions:
FW 5 Mike Ott  45'
MF 23 James Younghusband  55'
MF 19 Curt Dizon  77'
Manager:
Sven-Göran Eriksson
GK 23 Đặng Văn Lâm
CB 28 Đỗ Duy Mạnh
CB 21 Trần Đình Trọng
CB 3 Quế Ngọc Hải (c)
RWB 8 Nguyễn Trọng Hoàng
LWB 5 Đoàn Văn Hậu
CM 19 Nguyễn Quang Hải  21'  89'
CM 16 Đỗ Hùng Dũng
CM 15 Phạm Đức Huy
CF 20 Phan Văn Đức  80'
CF 11 Nguyễn Anh Đức  65'
Substitutions:
FW 25 Hà Đức Chinh  65'
FW 14 Nguyễn Công Phượng  80'
MF 29 Nguyễn Huy Hùng  89'
Manager:
Park Hang-seo

Man of the Match:
Phan Văn Đức (Vietnam)

Assistant referees:[11]
Saoud Al-Maqaleh (Qatar)
Bambang Syamsudar (Indonesia)
Fourth official:[11]
Nazmi Nasaruddin (Malaysia)

Overall[12]
Statistics Philippines Vietnam
Goals scored 1 2
Total shots 9 12
Shots on target 4 7
Ball possession 54% 46%
Corner kicks 1 1
Fouls committed 15 12
Offsides 2 0
Yellow cards 3 1
Red cards 0 0

Second leg

Thailand vs Malaysia

Thailand 2–2 Malaysia
Irfan 21' (o.g.)
Pansa 63'
Report (AFFSZ)
Report (AFF)
Syahmi 28'
Norshahrul 71'
Thailand
Malaysia
GK 1 Chatchai Budprom
RB 13 Philip Roller  38'  76'
CB 4 Chalermpong Kerdkaew (c)
CB 6 Pansa Hemviboon
LB 24 Korrakot Wiriyaudomsiri  12'
DM 17 Tanaboon Kesarat  45'
CM 8 Thitipan Puangchan  74'
CM 29 Sanrawat Dechmitr
RW 11 Mongkol Tossakrai  63'
LW 22 Supachai Jaided
CF 9 Adisak Kraisorn  57'
Substitutions:
MF 21 Pokklaw Anan  57'  45'
MF 7 Sumanya Purisai  63'
FW 14 Nurul Sriyankem  76'
Manager:
Milovan Rajevac
GK 1 Farizal Marlias
RB 4 Syahmi Safari  69'  90+4'
CB 7 Aidil Zafuan Radzak  18'
CB 3 Shahrul Saad
LB 21 Nazirul Naim
RM 13 Mohamadou Sumareh
CM 14 Syamer Kutty Abba
CM 12 Akram Mahinan
LM 11 Safawi Rasid  67'
SS 9 Norshahrul Idlan Talaha  80'
CF 8 Zaquan Adha Radzak (c)
Substitutions:
DF 17 Irfan Zakaria  18'
MF 19 Akhyar Rashid  67'
MF 15 Kenny Pallraj  80'
Manager:
Tan Cheng Hoe

Man of the Match:
Norshahrul Idlan Talaha (Malaysia)

Assistant referees:[15]
Ahmed Al-Roalle (Jordan)
Malang Nurhadi (Indonesia)
Fourth official:[15]
Thoriq Munir Alkatiri (Indonesia)

Overall[16]
Statistics Thailand Malaysia
Goals scored 2 2
Total shots 12 7
Shots on target 3 3
Ball possession 52% 48%
Corner kicks 2 2
Fouls committed 21 19
Offsides 1 0
Yellow cards 5 1
Red cards 0 1

Vietnam vs Philippines

Vietnam
Philippines
GK 23 Đặng Văn Lâm
CB 28 Đỗ Duy Mạnh
CB 21 Trần Đình Trọng
CB 3 Quế Ngọc Hải (c)
RWB 8 Nguyễn Trọng Hoàng
LWB 5 Đoàn Văn Hậu
CM 15 Phạm Đức Huy  57'  85'
CM 6 Lương Xuân Trường  62'
CM 19 Nguyễn Quang Hải
CF 11 Nguyễn Anh Đức  74'
CF 20 Phan Văn Đức
Substitutions:
MF 29 Nguyễn Huy Hùng  62'
FW 22 Nguyễn Tiến Linh  74'
FW 14 Nguyễn Công Phượng  85'  85'
Manager:
Park Hang-seo
GK 16 Patrick Deyto
CB 12 Amani Aguinaldo
CB 33 Álvaro Silva
CB 3 Carli de Murga  69'
RM 21 Martin Steuble
CM 14 Kevin Ingreso  83'
CM 31 Adam Reed
LM 7 Iain Ramsay
RW 10 Phil Younghusband (c)
LW 17 Stephan Schröck  90+2'
CF 29 Patrick Reichelt  90'
Substitutions:
MF 23 James Younghusband  69'
FW 26 Jovin Bedic  83'
Manager:
Sven-Göran Eriksson

Man of the Match:
Nguyễn Quang Hải (Vietnam)

Assistant referees:[19]
Akane Yagi (Japan)
Manoj Kalwani (Singapore)
Fourth official:[19]
Ahmad A'qashah (Singapore)

Overall[20]
Statistics Vietnam Philippines
Goals scored 2 1
Total shots 14 5
Shots on target 6 1
Ball possession 45% 55%
Corner kicks 2 3
Fouls committed 17 16
Offsides 3 2
Yellow cards 2 2
Red cards 0 0

Final

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Malaysia  2–3  Vietnam 2–2 0–1

First leg

Malaysia
Vietnam
GK 1 Farizal Marlias
RB 2 Amirul Azhan  60'
CB 17 Irfan Zakaria
CB 3 Shahrul Saad
LB 21 Nazirul Naim  28'  41'
RM 13 Mohamadou Sumareh
CM 14 Syamer Kutty Abba  62'
CM 12 Akram Mahinan
LM 11 Safawi Rasid
SS 9 Norshahrul Idlan Talaha  71'
CF 8 Zaquan Adha Radzak (c)  38'
Substitutions:
DF 5 Adam Nor Azlin  53'  41'
FW 18 Syafiq Ahmad  65'  60'
MF 19 Akhyar Rashid  71'
Manager:
Tan Cheng Hoe
GK 23 Đặng Văn Lâm
CB 3 Quế Ngọc Hải (c)
CB 21 Trần Đình Trọng  90+2'
CB 28 Đỗ Duy Mạnh  17'
RM 8 Nguyễn Trọng Hoàng
CM 15 Phạm Đức Huy  76'
CM 29 Nguyễn Huy Hùng
LM 5 Đoàn Văn Hậu  59'
RW 19 Nguyễn Quang Hải
LW 20 Phan Văn Đức  86'
CF 13 Hà Đức Chinh  53'
Substitutions:
FW 22 Nguyễn Tiến Linh  53'
FW 14 Nguyễn Công Phượng  76'
MF 16 Đỗ Hùng Dũng  86'
Manager:
Park Hang-seo

Man of the Match:
Safawi Rasid (Malaysia)

Assistant referees:[23]
Ronnie Koh Min Kiat (Singapore)
Bambang Syamsudar (Indonesia)
Fourth official:[23]
Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)

Overall[24]
Statistics Malaysia Vietnam
Goals scored 2 2
Total shots 8 15
Shots on target 4 4
Ball possession 58% 42%
Corner kicks 4 3
Fouls committed 20 15
Offsides 0 2
Yellow cards 5 3
Red cards 0 0

Second leg

Vietnam
Malaysia
GK 23 Đặng Văn Lâm  9'
CB 28 Đỗ Duy Mạnh  53'
CB 21 Trần Đình Trọng  19'
CB 3 Quế Ngọc Hải (c)
RWB 8 Nguyễn Trọng Hoàng  16'
LWB 5 Đoàn Văn Hậu  53'
CM 29 Nguyễn Huy Hùng  29'
CM 16 Đỗ Hùng Dũng  90+3'
RW 19 Nguyễn Quang Hải
LW 20 Phan Văn Đức  71'
CF 11 Nguyễn Anh Đức  81'
Substitutions:
DF 12 Nguyễn Phong Hồng Duy  71'
FW 13 Hà Đức Chinh  81'
MF 6 Lương Xuân Trường  90+3'
Manager:
Park Hang-seo
GK 1 Farizal Marlias
RB 4 Syahmi Safari
CB 7 Aidil Zafuan Radzak  9'  76'
CB 3 Shahrul Saad  36'  90+5'
LB 6 Syazwan Andik
RM 11 Safawi Rasid  83'
CM 14 Syamer Kutty Abba  40'
CM 12 Akram Mahinan  85'
LM 13 Mohamadou Sumareh
SS 9 Norshahrul Idlan Talaha
CF 8 Zaquan Adha Radzak (c)  80'
Substitutions:
FW 18 Syafiq Ahmad  79'  76'
MF 19 Akhyar Rashid  83'
FW 10 Shahrel Fikri  85'
Manager:
Tan Cheng Hoe

Man of the Match:
Nguyễn Quang Hải (Vietnam)

Assistant referees:[27]
Reza Ebrahim Sokhandan (Iran)
Mohammad Reza Mansouri (Iran)
Fourth official:[27]
Jansen Foo (Singapore)

Overall[28]
Statistics Vietnam Malaysia
Goals scored 1 0
Total shots 10 13
Shots on target 3 5
Ball possession 42% 58%
Corner kicks 1 8
Fouls committed 12 19
Offsides 2 0
Yellow cards 6 5
Red cards 0 1

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