2012 AFF Championship qualification

2012 AFF Championship qualification
Tournament details
Host country	Myanmar
Dates	5–13 October 2012
Teams	5 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	30 (3 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Kyi Lin; Adelino Trindade; Alan Leandro; Murilo de Almeida; (3 goals)
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The 2012 AFF Championship qualification tournament was the qualification process for the 2012 AFF Championship, the ninth edition of the ASEAN Football Championship. It was held in Yangon, Myanmar from 5 to 13 October 2012,^[1] and involved the five lower ranked teams in Southeast Asia. The format was a single round-robin tournament with the top two teams qualifying for the tournament proper.

Brunei made a comeback, after being re-instated towards the end of May 2011 by FIFA, following their suspension since September 2009.^[2] While the Philippines were one of the six seeded teams and gained direct entry to the main tournament,^[1]^[3] after reaching the semi-finals for the first time in the 2010 edition. They replaced Myanmar, who finished bottom of their group in 2010 and will be entering the qualification phase for the first time since 1998.

Venue

Yangon
Thuwunna Stadium
Capacity: 32,000

Fixtures

All times listed are local (UTC+6:30).

Key to colours in group tables
	Group winner and runner-up qualify for the final tournament

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Myanmar (H)	4	3	1	0	6	1	+5	10	2012 AFF Championship
2	Laos	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1	7	2012 AFF Championship
3	Timor-Leste	4	2	0	2	10	6	+4	6
4	Brunei	4	2	0	2	6	7	−1	6
5	Cambodia	4	0	0	4	3	12	−9	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

5 October 2012

15:00

Cambodia	1 – 5	Timor-Leste
Sokngon 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Murilo 39', 44' Ade 57', 73' Alan 87' (pen.)

Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon

Attendance: 500

Referee: Mukhtar Al Yarimi (Yemen)

5 October 2012