2014 AFF Championship
| 2014 Kejohanan Bola Sepak ASEAN 2014 東盟足球錦標賽 Giải vô địch bóng đá Đông Nam Á 2014 |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host countries | Singapore Vietnam |
| Dates | 22 November – 20 December |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 sub-confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 8 (in 5 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 Thailand (4th title)
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| Runners-up |  Malaysia |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 18 |
| Goals scored | 65 (3.61 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
Mohd Safiq Rahim (6 goals) |
| Best player |
Chanathip Songkrasin
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| Fair play award |  Vietnam |
The 2014 AFF Championship, sponsored by Suzuki and officially known as the 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup, was the tenth edition of the AFF Championship, an international football competition consisting of national teams of member nations of the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF).
Co-hosting rights to the group stages were awarded to Singapore and Vietnam with matches held on 22 November to 20 December 2014. Meanwhile, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand also hosted knock-out stage matches, as their teams advanced to the semi-finals.Singapore were the defending champion, but failed to qualify from the group stage.
Thailand won the tournament 4–3 in a two-legged final against Malaysia, with manager Kiatisuk Senamuang being the first man to win the competition as a player then manager.
Singapore and Vietnam were declared as co-hosts at the AFF Council on 3 April 2013. Initially the Philippines and Indonesia were also considered as possible co-hosts.
Qualification was to have been scrapped for this edition of the tournament, but at the AFF Council Meeting in Naypyidaw, Myanmar in December 2013, it was decided that the qualifying round would be retained, and Laos were awarded the hosting rights. It was to involve the five lower ranked teams in the region, with games taking place between the dates of 12–20 October 2014.
In August 2013, Football Federation Australia became a full member of the AFF, thus making them eligible to compete in the ASEAN Football Championship starting with this edition of the tournament. However, Australia had no plans to compete against lower-ranked teams in AFF Championship and that they would continue to play in future editions of the EAFF East Asian Cup.
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