History Of The AFF U-23 Cup, The Most Prestigious Inter-National Tournament In ASEAN

AFF U-23 Cup 2023. (Photo: Doc. PSSI)

YOGYAKARTA In this article, the history of the AFF U-23 Cup, international football competition between countries in the Southeast Asia region will be discussed.

It is known that the Indonesian national team managed to secure tickets for the 2023 AFF U-23 Cup final after overthrowing Thailand with a score of 3-1 in the semifinals which took place at Rayong Stadium, Thailand, Thursday, August 24, 2023 night.

Indonesia's winning goal was scored by Kelly minutes 10, Ferari 23', and N. Promsomboon 45+1's own goal, while Thailand only returned one goal through C. Wanpraphao 27'.

In the final, Shin Tae-yong's team will face the Vietnam national team who qualified for the final match after beating Malaysia with a score of 4-1.

The final match of the AFF U-23 Cup between Indonesia and Vietnam will be held at the Rayong Provincial Stadium on Saturday, August 26, 2023, at 20.00 WIB.

As mentioned above, the AFF Cup is an international football competition between countries in the Southeast Asian region. This competition is staged every two years by the ASEAN Football Federation.

Prior to the AFF Cup, a football competition involving countries in Southeast Asia was held by the new AFF in the form of a tournament between ASEAN clubs aka ASEAN Club Championship which took place in 1984-1989.

After that period, AFF could be said not to hold football competitions between countries until the mid-1990s. AFF focuses more on administrative activities, improving organizational management, and education among its members.

The new AFF held a competition involving the AFF member national team in 1996 under the name of the AFF Cup or AFF Championship championship with Singapore as the host.

Singapore's election to host the AFF Championship after the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) received an injection of more than USD 1 million from PT Asia Pacific Breweries Ltd from Singapore as the main sponsor.

The ASEAN football competition was later referred to as the Tiger Cup, because it was related to the main sponsors who produced Tiger beer.

The AFF Cup was first staged on September 2-15, 1966 in Singapore. This competition was attended by six AFF founding countries plus four invited teams from Southeast Asia.

The six AFF founding countries are Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Brunei Darussalam. Meanwhile, the four invited teams are Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam.

Thailand became the first country to win the Tiger Cup. The use of the Tiger Cup will continue until 2004. After Asia Pacific Breweries withdrew as the main sponsor, the tournament's official name was changed to AFF Championship in the 2007 championship which was held in Singapore and Thailand.

A year later, the AFF Cup was held in Indonesia and Thailand, and its official name changed to the AFF Suzuki Cup, following the entry of Japan's automotive company, Suzuki, as the main sponsor.

Since then, the name AFF Suzuki Championship has remained in use until the 2020 AFF Cup which will be held in 2021.

In 2022, the AFF Cup will be renamed the Mitsubishi Electric AFF or AFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup. While the 2023 AFF U-23 Cup championship is sponsored by AIMS, a leading financial broker in the world that offers premium asset trading products and services.

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