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. 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.

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

1 December 201820:45 UTC+8

Malaysia	0–0	Thailand
	Report (AFFSZ) Report (AFF)

Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala LumpurAttendance: 87,545Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

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:
Abu Bakar Al-Amri (Oman)
Abdul Hannan Hasim (Singapore)
Fourth official:
Oki Dwi Putra (Indonesia)

Overall
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

2 December 201819:30 UTC+8

Philippines	1–2	Vietnam
Reichelt 45+2'	Report (AFFSZ) Report (AFF)	Nguyễn Anh Đức 12' Phan Văn Đức 48'

Panaad Stadium, BacolodAttendance: 5,489Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)

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:
Saoud Al-Maqaleh (Qatar)
Bambang Syamsudar (Indonesia)
Fourth official:
Nazmi Nasaruddin (Malaysia)

Overall
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

5 December 201819:00 UTC+7

Thailand	2–2	Malaysia
Irfan 21' (o.g.) Pansa 63'	Report (AFFSZ) Report (AFF)	Syahmi 28' Norshahrul 71'

Rajamangala Stadium, BangkokAttendance: 46,157Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)

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:
Ahmed Al-Roalle (Jordan)
Malang Nurhadi (Indonesia)
Fourth official:
Thoriq Munir Alkatiri (Indonesia)

Overall
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

6 December 201819:30 UTC+7

Vietnam	2–1	Philippines
Nguyễn Quang Hải 84' Nguyễn Công Phượng 87'	Report (AFFSZ) Report (AFF)	J. Younghusband 89'

Mỹ Đình National Stadium, HanoiAttendance: 38,816Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)

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:
Akane Yagi (Japan)
Manoj Kalwani (Singapore)
Fourth official:
Ahmad A'qashah (Singapore)

Overall
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

Main article: 2018 AFF Championship Final

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

First leg

11 December 201820:45 UTC+8

Malaysia	2–2	Vietnam
Shahrul 36' Safawi 61'	Report (AFFSZ) Report (AFF)	Nguyễn Huy Hùng 22' Phạm Đức Huy 25'

Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala LumpurAttendance: 88,482Referee: Chris Beath (Australia)

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:
Ronnie Koh Min Kiat (Singapore)
Bambang Syamsudar (Indonesia)
Fourth official:
Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)

Overall
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

15 December 201819:30 UTC+7

Vietnam	1–0	Malaysia
Nguyễn Anh Đức 6'	Report (AFFSZ) Report (AFF)

Mỹ Đình National Stadium, HanoiAttendance: 40,000Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

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:
Reza Ebrahim Sokhandan (Iran)
Reza Mansouri (Iran)
Fourth official:
Jansen Foo (Singapore)

Overall
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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