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2004 Tiger Cup

2004 AFF Championship
2004 Giải vô địch bóng đá Đông Nam Á
2004 Kejohanan Bola Sepak ASEAN
Tournament details
Host countries Vietnam
Malaysia
Dates 7 December 2004 – 16 January 2005
Teams 10
Venue(s) 5 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Singapore (2nd title)
Runners-up  Indonesia
Third place  Malaysia
Fourth place  Myanmar
Tournament statistics
Matches played 27
Goals scored 113 (4.19 per match)
Top scorer(s) Indonesia Ilham Jaya Kesuma
(7 goals)
Best player Singapore Lionel Lewis
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The 2004 AFF Championship, officially known as the 2004 Tiger Cup, was jointly hosted by Vietnam and Malaysia from 7 December to 16 January 2005 and participated by the national football teams of Southeast Asia.

The championship started off with group matches, where the top two teams from each group advanced to the semi-finals and the final, which was played in a home and away format.

In the group matches, Indonesia, coached by former Thailand coach Peter Withe, emerged as the Group A winners with ten points, 17 goals scored and none conceded. They were the hot favourites to win the 2004 AFF Championship after bundling out the hosts Vietnam with an unexpected 3–0 victory. Less than a day after the match had ended, the Vietnam Football Federation requested the resignation from its national coach Edson Tavares, despite his requests to stay on until the last match. Singapore, led by Raddy Avramovic pipped out the hosts by just a single point and remained to be the only team in the championship to not lose a single match.

Following the tournament motto "Anything can happen", Myanmar, under coach Ivan Kolev emerged as the surprise, holding defending champions Thailand to a draw and beating Malaysia on their own turf.

All teams from member associations of the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) participated with the exception of Brunei. However, they would be replaced by the world's newest country when sponsors Tiger Beer stated in May 2004 that East Timor would be joining the competition. This kept the tournament at 10 teams.


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