2026 ASEAN Championship

2026 ASEAN Championship
Tournament details
Dates24 July – 26 August
Teams10 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venues10 (in 10 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Vietnam (4th title)
Runners-up Thailand
Tournament statistics
Matches played26
Goals scored87 (3.35 per match)
Attendance363,412 (13,977 per match)
Top scorers
Best playerVietnam Nguyễn Đình Bắc
Best young playerThailand Yotsakorn Burapha
Best goalkeeperVietnam Lê Giang Patrik
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The 2026 ASEAN Championship (officially the ASEAN Hyundai Cup 2026[1] for sponsorship reasons), or simply ASEAN Cup 2026, was the 16th edition of the ASEAN Championship, the biennal international men's football championship of Southeast Asia organised by the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) and was the 1st edition under the name ASEAN Hyundai Cup. The tournament was celebrated as the 30th anniversary of the competition.[2]

The event was held in the summer season from July to August for the first time, instead of the traditional monsoon season near the year-end.[3][4] The defending champions Vietnam defeated Thailand 4–2 by aggregate.[5]

It precedes the inaugural 2026 FIFA ASEAN Cup, first announced by FIFA in October 2025.[4]

Format

The 2026 ASEAN Championship follows the current 2018 format. In the current format, the nine highest ranked teams automatically qualified, with the 10th and 11th ranked teams playing in a two-legged qualifier. The 10 teams will be split in two groups of five and play a round-robin system, with each team playing two home and two away fixtures. The top two sides of each group will advance to the knockout stages, consisting of two-legged semi-finals and finals.[6] Away goals rule would not be applied, like the previous edition.

New rules

The 2026 ASEAN Championship introduced several rule changes just like the 2026 FIFA World Cup, primarily designed to reduce time-wasting.[7][8]

The new rules include:

  • 10-second substitutions: Players being substituted had ten seconds to exit the field; otherwise, the substitute had to wait for one minute before entering the match.
  • 5-second restarts: A visual 5-second countdown shown by the referee for throw-ins and goal kicks in situations of time-wasting. If the ball was not put into play in time, a restart was awarded to the opposing team; a corner kick was awarded if the infraction occurred with a goal kick.
  • Medical treatment: Any outfield player who received medical attention on the field has to wait for 1 minute before returning to play.
  • Expanded video assistant referee (VAR): The VAR could review and overturn wrongly awarded corner kicks, certain attacking fouls, and mistakes on cards.
  • Mouth-covering red cards: To stop confrontational or insulting behavior which was concealed to avoid lip-reading, any player who covered his mouth with his hand, arm, or shirt while confronting an opponent was sent off.
  • Player leaving the field in protest: Players or officials who left the field in protest were sent off.[7]

Another change was the tiebreaker formula used when two or more teams finish the group stage with an equal number of points. The first tiebreaker criterion was the number of points earned in head-to-head matches between the tied teams, not the goal difference among all matches.[A]

Qualification

Nine teams automatically qualified to the ASEAN Championship final tournament. They were separated in respective pots, based on their performance in the last two editions.

Brunei and East Timor, the two lowest-ranked teams, played a two-legged qualifier to determine the 10th and final qualifier. On 9 June 2026, East Timor beat Brunei by 6–1 on aggregate to become the last participant.

Australia, a member since 2013, did not enter the tournament.

Qualified teams

Team Appearance Previous best performance FIFA Ranking
(20 July 2026)
 Cambodia 11th Group stage (1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024) 175
 Indonesia 16th Runners-up (2000, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2016, 2020) 118
 Laos 15th Group stage (1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024) 185
 Malaysia 16th Winners (2010) 136
 Myanmar 16th Fourth place / Semi-finalists (2004, 2016) 158
 Philippines 15th Semi-finalists (2010, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2024) 135
 Singapore 16th Winners (1998, 2004, 2007, 2012) 148
 Thailand 16th Winners (1996, 2000, 2002, 2014, 2016, 2020, 2022) 94
 Vietnam 16th Winners (2008, 2018, 2024) 99
 Timor-Leste 5th Group stage (2004, 2018, 2020, 2024) 201

Draw

The tournament's draw was held on 15 January 2026 at RCTI studio in Jakarta, Indonesia at 16:00 UTC+7 (WIB).[12][13][14]

The pot placements followed each team's progress based on the two previous editions. If the results are equal, the most recent tournament will be given priority.

Vietnam, the defending champions, were automatically placed in A1, while Thailand were placed in B1. Due to political tensions between Thailand and Cambodia, Cambodia was automatically drawn to Group A and Myanmar to Group B.

At the time of the draw, the identity of the team that secured qualification was unknown and was automatically placed into Pot 5.

Ranking in the two previous tournaments
Pots Teams 2024 2022 AVG
1  Vietnam 1 2 1.5
 Thailand 2 1 1.5
2  Malaysia 5 3 4
 Singapore 4 5 4.5
3  Philippines 3 7 5
 Indonesia 7 4 5.5
4  Cambodia 6 6 6
 Myanmar 8 8 8
5  Laos 9 9 9
 Timor-Leste 10 NQ n/a

Squads

Schedule

AFF announced the tournament schedule on 14 November 2025.[2] The group stage starts from 24 July to 8 August. The knockout stage take place from 15 to 26 August.[2]

Group stage
Schedule
Matchday
Group A Group B
Date Matches Date Matches
Matchday 1 24 July 2026 4 v 2
5 v 1
25 July 2026 4 v 2
5 v 1
Matchday 2 27 July 2026 2 v 5
3 v 4
28 July 2026 2 v 5
3 v 4
Matchday 3 31 July 2026 5 v 3
1 v 2
1 August 2026 5 v 3
1 v 2
Matchday 4 3 August 2026 3 v 1
4 v 5
4 August 2026 3 v 1
4 v 5
Matchday 5 7 August 2026 1 v 4
2 v 3
8 August 2026 1 v 4
2 v 3
Knockout stage Semi-finals
Schedule
Leg(s)
Date Matches Date Matches
First leg 15 August 2026 A2 v B1 16 August 2026 B2 v A1
Second leg 18 August 2026 B1 v A2 19 August 2026 A1 v B2
Finals
Schedule
Leg(s)
Date Matches
First leg 22 August 2026 SF Winner 1 v SF Winner 2
Second leg 26 August 2026 SF Winner 2 v SF Winner 1

List of officials

The following officials were chosen for the competition.

Referees

  • Australia Tim Danaskos
  • China Jin Jingyuan
  • Hong Kong Mario Cheung Wai Lung
  • Japan Hiroki Kasahara
  • Japan Koji Takasaki
  • Japan Yusuke Ohashi
  • Kyrgyzstan Alimardon Bainazarov
  • Oman Abdullah Salim Khalfan Al-Amouri
  • Oman Mahmood Al-Majarafi
  • Malaysia Zakaria Ismail
  • Qatar Salman Falahi
  • Saudi Arabia Sami Al-Ismail
  • United Arab Emirates Ahmed Eisa Darwish
  • South Korea Choi Hyun-jai
  • South Korea Kim Hee-gon
  • South Korea Kim Woo-sung
  • Uzbekistan Rustam Lutfullin

Assistant referees

  • Australia Andrew Meimarakis
  • Australia Brad Wright
  • China Tang Chao
  • Hong Kong Lam Cheuk Hong
  • Indonesia Bangbang Syamsudar
  • Indonesia Fajar Furqon
  • Indonesia Nurhadi Sulchan
  • Japan Masaru Hasegawa
  • Japan Takeshi Asada
  • Japan Tomoyuki Umeda
  • Japan Satoshi Michiyama
  • Japan Yusuke Takebe
  • Kyrgyzstan İsmailjan Talipjanov
  • Oman Hamed Talib Saif Al Ghafri
  • Oman Nasser Salim Abdullah Ambusaidi
  • Malaysia Kesava Raj
  • Malaysia Muhammad Farhan
  • Malaysia Muhammad Shafiq bin Ahmad Said
  • Malaysia Zainal Abidin
  • Qatar Zahy Snaid Al Shammari
  • Saudi Arabia Hesham Mohammed Abdullah Al Refaei
  • Saudi Arabia Saad Al-Subaiee
  • United Arab Emirates Yaser Sabeil Almurshidi
  • United Arab Emirates Saeed Rashed Almarzooqi
  • Singapore Abdul Hannan
  • Singapore Huang Xin Jie
  • Singapore Muhammad Syafiq bin Juffri
  • South Korea Cheon Jin-hee
  • South Korea Jang Jong-pil
  • South Korea Park Sang-jun
  • Thailand Apichit Nophuan
  • Thailand Pattarapong Kijsathit
  • Thailand Rawut Nakarit
  • Uzbekistan Akmal G'iyosov
  • Uzbekistan Sanzhar Shoyusupov
  • Vietnam Nguyễn Trung Việt

Fourth officials

  • Indonesia Naufal Adya Fairuski
  • Indonesia Thoriq Alkatiri
  • Malaysia Izzul Fikri Kamaruzaman
  • Malaysia Mohammad Nawal
  • Malaysia Zakaria Ismail
  • Malaysia Tuan Mohd Yaasin bin Tuan Mohd Hanafiah
  • Singapore Muhammad Taqi
  • Singapore Ahmad A'Qashah
  • Singapore Muhammad Zulfiqar
  • Thailand Alongkorn Khonwai
  • Thailand Sivakorn Pu-udom
  • Thailand Wiwat Jumpao-on
  • Vietnam Hoàng Ngọc Hà
  • Vietnam Lê Vũ Linh
  • Vietnam Nguyễn Mạnh Hải

Video assistant officials

Venues

As the tournament was held outside the FIFA international match calendar, both Malaysia and Singapore were unable to use their usual home venues.

Malaysia hosted its home matches at Kuala Lumpur Stadium because Bukit Jalil National Stadium was unavailable due to restrictions associated with the Zeon Zoysia pitch sponsorship and usage agreement. Under the agreement, the stadium could only be used for FIFA international windows and designated domestic cup matches to preserve the quality of the playing surface. In addition, Bukit Jalil National Stadium was closed for extensive track and facility upgrade works in preparation for the upcoming 2027 SEA Games, rendering it unavailable for the duration of the campaign.

Meanwhile, Singapore played its home fixtures at Jalan Besar Stadium because the National Stadium was being used for rehearsals and preparations for the country's National Day celebrations.

Cambodia Phnom Penh Thailand Bangkok Myanmar Yangon
Morodok Techo National Stadium Rajamangala Stadium Thuwunna Stadium
Capacity: 60,000 Capacity: 51,560 Capacity: 50,000
Vietnam Hanoi
Location of stadiums of the 2026 ASEAN Championship.
Indonesia Bogor
Mỹ Đình National Stadium Pakansari Stadium[a]
Capacity: 40,192 Capacity: 30,000
Laos Vientiane Philippines Capas
New Laos National Stadium New Clark City Athletics Stadium[b]
Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 20,000
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Thailand Chonburi Singapore Kallang
Kuala Lumpur Stadium[c] Chonburi Stadium[d] Jalan Besar Stadium[e]
Capacity: 18,000 Capacity: 8,680 Capacity: 6,500
Notes
  1. ↑ Indonesia will play their group stage games in Bogor, before moving to Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta if they had qualified for the knockouts.[15]
  2. ↑ Philippines will play their home games at the New Clark City Athletics Stadium, as the Rizal Memorial Stadium – Philippines's regular home stadium – is undergoing renovation.
  3. ↑ Malaysia will play their home games at the Kuala Lumpur Stadium, as the Bukit Jalil National Stadium – Malaysia's regular home stadium – cannot be used for tournaments held outside the FIFA International Match Calendar due to restrictions on the Zeon Zoysia playing surface, and is also undergoing renovation works ahead of the 2027 SEA Games.
  4. ↑ Timor-Leste's home stadium, the National Stadium in Dili, currently does not meet FIFA standards. They are expected to play their home games in a neutral venue.
  5. ↑ Singapore will play their home games at the Jalan Besar Stadium, as the National Stadium – Singapore's regular home stadium – is reserved for the National Day Parade on 9 August.

Group stage

Group winners and runners-up will advance to the semi-finals.

All times listed are local.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Vietnam 4 3 1 0 13 1 +12 10 Advance to knockout stage
2  Singapore 4 2 2 0 5 2 +3 8
3  Indonesia 4 2 1 1 9 5 +4 7
4  Cambodia 4 1 0 3 6 10 −4 3
5  Timor-Leste 4 0 0 4 0 15 −15 0
Source: ASEAN United
Cambodia 1–2 Singapore
Report
Attendance: 27,790
Referee: Koji Takasaki (Japan)
Timor-Leste 0–7 Vietnam
Report
Attendance: 195
Referee: Jin Jingyuan (China)

Singapore 2–0 Timor-Leste
Report
Attendance: 4,665
Referee: Salman Falahi (Qatar)
Indonesia 5–1 Cambodia
Report
  • Sokmeng 48'
Attendance: 22,485
Referee: Kim Woo-sung (South Korea)

Timor-Leste 0–3 Indonesia
Report
Attendance: 189
Referee: Choi Hyun-jai (South Korea)
Vietnam 0–0 Singapore
Report

Cambodia 3–0 Timor-Leste
  • Soknet 16', 63'
  • Rado 90'
Report
Attendance: 6,548
Referee: Zakaria Ismail (Malaysia)
Indonesia 0–3 Vietnam
Report
Attendance: 27,265
Referee: Tim Danaskos (Australia)

Vietnam 3–1 Cambodia
Report
Attendance: 19,628
Referee: Mario Cheung Wai Lung (Hong Kong)
Singapore 1–1 Indonesia
Report
Attendance: 5,113
Referee: Abdullah Salim Khalfan Al-Amouri (Oman)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Thailand 4 4 0 0 10 0 +10 12 Advance to knockout stage
2  Malaysia 4 3 0 1 7 3 +4 9
3  Myanmar 4 2 0 2 12 7 +5 6
4  Philippines 4 1 0 3 5 7 −2 3
5  Laos 4 0 0 4 3 20 −17 0
Source: ASEAN United
Myanmar 1–2 Malaysia
Report
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Yusuke Ohashi (Japan)
Laos 0–5 Thailand
Report
Attendance: 7,678
Referee: Choi Hyun-jai (South Korea)

Philippines 1–4 Myanmar
Report
Attendance: 3,104
Referee: Jin Jingyuan (China)
Malaysia 4–0 Laos
Report
Attendance: 10,044
Referee: Sami Al-Ismail (Saudi Arabia)

Laos 1–4 Philippines
Report
Thailand 2–0 Malaysia
Report
Attendance: 16,037
Referee: Kim Woo-sung (South Korea)

Myanmar 7–2 Laos
Report
  • Bounchay 17'
  • Phoutthavong 23'
Attendance: 11,600
Referee: Alimardon Bainazarov (Kyrgyzstan)
Philippines 0–1 Thailand
Report
Attendance: 2,786
Referee: Yusuke Ohashi (Japan)

Thailand 2–0 Myanmar
Report
Attendance: 13,026
Referee: Yusuke Ohashi (Japan)
Malaysia 1–0 Philippines
Report
Attendance: 12,734
Referee: Alimardon Bainazarov (Kyrgyzstan)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time (in the second leg), extra time is played (two periods of 15 minutes each). If the scores are still tied, the match is decided by a penalty shoot-out.

As with every tournament since the 2007 AFF Championship, there is no third place play-off.

All times listed are local

Bracket

Semi-finals Final
          
A2  Singapore 1 2 3
B1  Thailand 3 1 4
B1  Thailand 0 2 2
A1  Vietnam 2 2 4
B2  Malaysia 0 0 0
A1  Vietnam 2 2 4

Semi-finals

Summary

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Singapore 3–4 Thailand1–32–1
Malaysia 0–4 Vietnam0–20–2

Matches

Singapore 1–3 Thailand
Report
Attendance: 5,358
Referee: Mahmood Al-Majarafi (Oman)
Thailand 1–2 Singapore
Report
Attendance: 10,802
Referee: Kim Woo-sung (South Korea)

Thailand won 4–3 on aggregate.


Malaysia 0–2 Vietnam
Report
Attendance: 10,141
Referee: Rustam Lutfullin (Uzbekistan)
Vietnam 2–0 Malaysia
Report
Attendance: 37,906
Referee: Yusuke Ohashi (Japan)

Vietnam won 4–0 on aggregate.

Final

Summary

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Thailand 2–4 Vietnam0–22–2

Matches

First leg
Thailand 0–2 Vietnam
Report
Attendance: 26,415
Referee: Sami Al-Ismail (Saudi Arabia)
Second leg
Vietnam 2–2 Thailand
Report
Attendance: 38,646
Referee: Ahmed Eisa Darwish (United Arab Emirates)[23]

Vietnam won 4–2 on aggregate.

Statistics

Winner

2026 ASEAN Championship


Vietnam
Fourth title

Awards

Best goalkeeper[24] Best player[24] Best young player[24] Top scorer[24]
Vietnam Lê Giang Patrik Vietnam Nguyễn Đình Bắc Thailand Yotsakorn Burapha Vietnam Nguyễn Đình Bắc
Vietnam Nguyễn Xuân Son

Goalscorers

There were 87 goals scored in 26 matches, for an average of 3.35 goals per match.[25]

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

2 own goals

  • Laos national football team Viengxay Sydavong (against Malaysia and Philippines)

Discipline

A player or team official was automatically suspended for the next match of the tournament for the following offenses:

  • Receiving a red card (red card suspensions could be extended for serious offenses).
  • Receiving two yellow cards in the tournament.[B]

The following suspensions were accumulated during the tournament:

Tournament suspensions for players and team officials
Player Offense(s) Suspension(s)
Laos national football team Phetdavanh Somsanith Red card in Group B vs Thailand (25 July) Group B vs Malaysia (28 July)
Timor-Leste national football team Eric Silva Yellow card in Group A vs Vietnam (24 July)
Yellow card in Group A vs Singapore (27 July)
Group A vs Indonesia (31 July)
Cambodia national football team Yudai Ogawa Yellow card in Group A vs Singapore (24 July)
Yellow card in Group A vs Indonesia (27 July)
Group A vs Timor-Leste (3 August)
Timor-Leste national football team Jackson Pereira Yellow card Yellow-red card in Group A vs Indonesia (31 July) Group A vs Cambodia (3 August)
Singapore national football team Kyoga Nakamura Yellow card in Group A vs Timor-Leste (27 July)
Yellow card in Group A vs Vietnam (31 July)
Group A vs Indonesia (7 August)
Laos national football team Phetdavanh Somsanith Red card in Group B vs Philippines (1 August) Group B vs Myanmar (4 August)
Laos national football team Kaharn Phetsivilay Yellow card in Group B vs Thailand (25 July)
Yellow card in Group B vs Myanmar (4 August)
Suspension served outside the tournament
Myanmar national football team Maung Maung Lwin Red card in Group B vs Laos (4 August) Group B vs Thailand (8 August)
Laos national football team Sayfon Keohanam Red card in Group B vs Myanmar (4 August) Suspension served outside the tournament
Singapore national football team Song Ui-young Yellow card in Group A vs Timor-Leste (27 July)
Yellow card in Group A vs Indonesia (7 August)
Semi-finals 1st leg vs Thailand (15 August)
Indonesia national football team Ivar Jenner Yellow card in Group A vs Vietnam (3 August)
Yellow card in Group A vs Singapore (7 August)
Suspension served outside the tournament

Tournament teams ranking

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1  Vietnam 8 6 2 0 21 3 +18 20 Champions
2  Thailand 8 5 1 2 16 7 +9 16 Runners-up
3  Singapore 6 3 2 1 8 6 +2 11 Semi-finalists
4  Malaysia 6 3 0 3 7 7 0 9
5  Indonesia 4 2 1 1 9 5 +4 7 Eliminated in
group stage
6  Myanmar 4 2 0 2 12 7 +5 6
7  Philippines 4 1 0 3 5 7 −2 3
8  Cambodia 4 1 0 3 6 10 −4 3
9  Timor-Leste 4 0 0 4 0 15 −15 0
10  Laos 4 0 0 4 3 20 −17 0
Source: ASEAN United

Marketing

Official match ball

The tournament's official match ball, the Adidas Tiro 26, was unveiled on 23 January.[26]

Sponsorship

Title partner[27] Presenting partners[27] Official sponsors[27] Official supporters[27] Official performance/shaving partner[27]

Media coverage

For the first time, Malaysia failed to secure domestic broadcasting rights due to Malaysian football naturalisation scandal and match boycotts.[28][29] All matches are streamed live on the ASEAN United YouTube channel.

2026 ASEAN Championship television broadcasters in Southeast Asia[30]
Country Broadcasting networks Television Radio Live streaming
 Brunei Bayon Television, RTB RTB Aneka N/a Platforms: RTBGo
 Cambodia Bayon Television BTV Cambodia N/a
 Indonesia MNC Media RCTI, GTV, iNews, Sportstars, Zona Juara MNC Trijaya FM[31] Platforms: Vision+
 Laos Bayon Television N/a
 Malaysia
 Myanmar Sky Net Sports 3 N/a
 Philippines Cignal One Sports, One Sports+ N/a Platforms: Pilipinas Live
 Singapore Mediacorp[32] CH5 N/a meWATCH
 Thailand TrueVisions[33] True Sports 2, True Ball Thai 1 Channel N/a True Visions Now
 Timor-Leste Bayon Television N/a
 Vietnam FPT Play,[34] Viettel,[35] VTV[36][37] VTV2, VTV6, VTV7, VTV10 N/a Platforms: FPT Play, VTVgo, TV360, VNPT, MyTV, SCTV, VTVcab
2026 ASEAN Championship international television broadcasters[38]
 China Quijing N/a Douyin
 South Korea Eclat Media SPOTV[39] N/a SPOTV Now
 France,  Germany,  United Kingdom,  United States OneFootball N/a OneFootball
Rest of the world YouTube, OneFootball N/a

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Attributed to multiple references:[9][10][11]
  2. ↑ As yellow cards were not carried forward to penalty shootouts, players could be shown two yellow cards in the same match without being sent off. However, this would result in a suspension for accumulating two yellow cards during the tournament.

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