2014 AFF Championship#Final

Singapore and Vietnam were announced as co-hosts of the group stage by the AFF Council on 3 April 2013.{{cite web |url=http://www.aseanfootball.org/v2/?p=12574 |title=Vietnam and Singapore are hosts of AFF Suzuki Cup 2014 |publisher=ASEAN Football Federation |date=3 April 2013 |access-date=3 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130930173959/http://www.aseanfootball.org/v2/?p=12574 |archive-date=30 September 2013 |url-status = live}} Initially the Philippines and Indonesia were also considered as possible co-hosts.{{cite web |url=http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Sports/Story/A1Story20121224-391457.html |title=Singapore could defend title at home in 2014 |publisher=asiaone |date=26 December 2012 |access-date=16 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021142945/http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Sports/Story/A1Story20121224-391457.html |archive-date=21 October 2013 |url-status = dead}}{{cite web |url= http://www.todayonline.com/sports/football/spore-expected-co-host-2014-aff |title=S'pore expected to co-host 2014 AFF |publisher=Today Online |date=9 December 2012 |access-date=22 December 2012}}

{{Main|2014 AFF Championship qualification}}

File:2012-2014 AFF Suzuki Cup Teams.png

Qualification was to have been scrapped for this edition of the tournament,{{cite web |url=http://sg.sports.yahoo.com/news/singapore-vietnam-host-2014-aff-suzuki-cup-083400225--spt.html |title=Singapore and Vietnam to host 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup |publisher=Yahoo! News |date=3 April 2013 |access-date=16 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130407043202/http://sg.sports.yahoo.com/news/singapore-vietnam-host-2014-aff-suzuki-cup-083400225--spt.html |archive-date=7 April 2013 |url-status = live}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.aseanfootball.org/v2/?p=15431 |title=AFF to Organize ASEAN All-Stars Charity Match |publisher=ASEAN Football Federation |access-date=21 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224103817/http://www.aseanfootball.org/v2/?p=15431 |archive-date=24 December 2013 |url-status = live}} It was to involve the five lower ranked teams in the region, with games taking place between 12 and 20 October 2014.

In August 2013, Football Federation Australia became a full member of the AFF,{{cite web |url=http://www.aseanfootball.org/v2/?p=13812 |title=Australia officially in AFF |publisher=ASEAN Football Federation |date=27 August 2013 |access-date=5 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926211612/http://www.aseanfootball.org/v2/?p=13812 |archive-date=26 September 2013 |url-status = live}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/sports/08/27/13/australia-joins-aff-wont-compete-suzuki-cup |title=Australia joins AFF, won't compete in Suzuki Cup |publisher=ABS CBN News |date=27 August 2013 |access-date=13 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208111857/http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/sports/08/27/13/australia-joins-aff-wont-compete-suzuki-cup |archive-date=8 February 2015 |url-status = live}}

The following eight teams qualified for the tournament.

The draw for the tournament was held on 5 August 2014 in Hanoi, Vietnam.{{cite web |url=http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/sports/89612/aff-inspects-vietnam-s-preparations-for-suzuki-cup-2014.html |title=AFF inspects Vietnam's preparations for Suzuki Cup 2014 |work=Vietnamnet |date=20 November 2013 |access-date=20 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202233129/http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/sports/89612/aff-inspects-vietnam-s-preparations-for-suzuki-cup-2014.html |archive-date=2 December 2013 |url-status = live}}

{{Main|2014 AFF Championship squads}}

Ranking in each group shall be determine as follows:

1. Greater number of points obtained in all the group matches;
2. Goal difference in all the group matches;
3. Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches.

If two or more teams are equal on the basis on the above three criteria, the place shall be determined as follows:

1. Result of the direct match between the teams in question;
2. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams were tied and they met in the last round of the group;
3. Drawing lots by the Organising Committee.

• All matches were played in Vietnam.
• Times listed are local (UTC+7)

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

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|result1=A|result2=A

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|status_text_Y=Cannot advance as group winner, may only advance as group runner-up

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{{Football box

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| time = 16:00

| team1 = {{fb-rt|PHI}}

| team2 = {{fb|LAO}}

| score = 4–1

| goals1 = Rota {{goal|40}}
P. Younghusband {{goal|45+1}}
Reichelt {{goal|77||88}}

| goals2 = Khampheng {{goal|21}}

| stadium = Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi

| attendance =

| referee = Wang Di (China)

| report = [http://www.affsuzukicup.com/news/philippines-4-laos-1 Report]

}}

{{Football box

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| time = 19:00

| team1 = {{fb-rt|VIE}}

| team2 = {{fb|IDN}}

| score = 2–2

| goals1 = Quế Ngọc Hải {{goal|11}}
Lê Công Vinh {{goal|68}}

| goals2 = Zulham {{goal|33}}
Samsul {{goal|84}}

| stadium = Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi

| attendance =

| referee = Minoru Tōjō (Japan)

| report = [http://www.affsuzukicup.com/news/vietnam-2-indonesia-2 Report]

}}

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| date = {{Start date|2014|11|25|df=y}}

| time = 16:00

| team1 = {{fb-rt|PHI}}

| team2 = {{fb|IDN}}

| score = 4–0

| goals1 = P. Younghusband {{goal|16|pen.}}
Ott {{goal|52}}
Steuble {{goal|68}}
Gier {{goal|79}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi

| attendance =

| referee = Fahad Al-Marri (Qatar)

| report = [http://www.affsuzukicup.com/news/philippines-4-indonesia-0 Report]

}}

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| time = 19:00

| team1 = {{fb-rt|LAO}}

| team2 = {{fb|VIE}}

| score = 0–3

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| goals2 = Vũ Minh Tuấn {{goal|27}}
Lê Công Vinh {{goal|84}}
Nguyễn Huy Hùng {{goal|88}}

| stadium = Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi

| attendance =

| referee = Ali Sabah (Iraq)

| report = [http://www.affsuzukicup.com/news/laos-0-vietnam-3 Report]

}}

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{{Football box

| date = {{Start date|2014|11|28|df=y}}

| time = 19:00

| team1 = {{fb-rt|IDN}}

| team2 = {{fb|LAO}}

| score = 5–1

| goals1 = Evan {{goal|8}}
Ramdhani {{goal|20||50}}
Zulham {{goal|82}}
Ketsada {{goal|89|o.g.}}

| goals2 = Khampheng {{goal|28|pen.}}

| stadium = Hàng Đẫy Stadium, Hanoi

| attendance =

| referee = Ali Sabah (Iraq)

| report = [http://www.affsuzukicup.com/news/indonesia-5-laos-1 Report]

}}

{{Football box

| date = {{Start date|2014|11|28|df=y}}

| time = 19:00

| team1 = {{fb-rt|VIE}}

| team2 = {{fb|PHI}}

| score = 3–1

| goals1 = Ngô Hoàng Thịnh {{goal|9}}
Vũ Minh Tuấn {{goal|50}}
Phạm Thành Lương {{goal|58}}

| goals2 = Mulders {{goal|60}}

| stadium = Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi

| attendance =

| referee = Minoru Tōjō (Japan)

| report = [http://www.affsuzukicup.com/news/vietnam-3-philippines-1 Report]

}}

• All matches were played in Singapore.
• Times listed are local (UTC+8)

Due to problems with the pitch at the Singapore National Stadium,{{cite web |url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/sport/sportsg-we-re-not-paying/1415182.html |title=Pitch was far from satisfactory |publisher=Channel News Asia |date=10 November 2014 |access-date=10 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141030030023/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/sport/sportsg-we-re-not-paying/1415182.html |archive-date=30 October 2014 |url-status = live}} the ASEAN Football Federation have decided on using a second venue, the Jalan Besar Stadium, for Group B matches.{{cite web |url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/sport/football-national-stadium/1442202.html?cid=fbsg |title=National Stadium and Jalan Besar Stadium to share |publisher=Channel News Asia |date=30 October 2014 |access-date=30 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029203159/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/sport/football-national-stadium/1442202.html?cid=fbsg |archive-date=29 October 2014 |url-status = live}}

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

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|team2=MAS|name_MAS={{fb|MAS}}

|team3=SIN|name_SIN={{fb|SIN}}

|team4=MYA|name_MYA={{fb|MYA}}

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|status_text_Y=Cannot advance as group winner, may only advance as group runner-up

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{{Football box

| date = {{Start date|2014|11|23|df=y}}

| time = 18:00{{Cref2|A|1}}

| team1 = {{fb-rt|MAS}}

| team2 = {{fb|MYA}}

| score = 0–0

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore

| attendance =

| referee = Çarymyrat Kurbanow (Turkmenistan)

| report = [http://www.affsuzukicup.com/news/malaysia-0-myanmar-0 Report]

}}

{{Football box

| date = {{Start date|2014|11|23|df=y}}

| time = 20:10

| team1 = {{fb-rt|SIN}}

| team2 = {{fb|THA}}

| score = 1–2

| goals1 = Khairul {{goal|20}}

| goals2 = Mongkol {{goal|9}}
Chappuis {{goal|89|pen.}}

| stadium = National Stadium, Singapore

| attendance =

| referee = Alireza Faghani (Iran)

| report = [http://www.affsuzukicup.com/news/singapore-1-thailand-2 Report]

}}

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{{Football box

| date = {{Start date|2014|11|26|df=y}}

| time = 19:30{{Cref2|B|1}}

| team1 = {{fb-rt|MAS}}

| team2 = {{fb|THA}}

| score = 2–3

| goals1 = Amri {{goal|28}}
Safiq {{goal|61}}

| goals2 = Adisak {{goal|43||90}}
Chappuis {{goal|72}}

| stadium = Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore

| attendance =

| referee = Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

| report = [http://www.affsuzukicup.com/news/thailand-3-malaysia-2 Report]

}}

{{Football box

| date = {{Start date|2014|11|26|df=y}}

| time = 20:00

| team1 = {{fb-rt|MYA}}

| team2 = {{fb|SIN}}

| score = 2–4

| goals1 = Kyaw Zayar Win {{goal|55}}
Kyaw Ko Ko {{goal|62|pen.}}

| goals2 = Shaiful {{goal|15}}
Hariss {{goal|35||42}}
Khin Maung Lwin {{goal|75|o.g.}}

| stadium = National Stadium, Singapore

| attendance =

| referee = Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)

| report = [http://www.affsuzukicup.com/news/myanmar-2-4-singapore Report]

}}

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{{Football box

| date = {{Start date|2014|11|29|df=y}}

| time = 20:00

| team1 = {{fb-rt|THA}}

| team2 = {{fb|MYA}}

| score = 2–0

| goals1 = Tanaboon {{goal|12}}
Prakit {{goal|84}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore

| attendance =

| referee = Çarymyrat Kurbanow (Turkmenistan)

| report = [http://www.affsuzukicup.com/news/thailand-2-myanmar-0 Report]

}}

{{Football box

| date = {{Start date|2014|11|29|df=y}}

| time = 20:00

| team1 = {{fb-rt|SIN}}

| team2 = {{fb|MAS}}

| score = 1–3

| goals1 = Khairul {{goal|83}}

| goals2 = Safee {{goal|61}}
Safiq {{goal|90+3|pen.}}
Indra Putra {{goal|90+5}}

| stadium = National Stadium, Singapore

| attendance =

| referee = Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

| report = [http://www.affsuzukicup.com/news/singapore-1-malaysia-3 Report]

}}

;Notes

{{Cnote2 Begin}}

{{Cnote2|A|n=1|The match was delayed for one hour due to heavy rain.}}

{{Cnote2|B|n=1|The match was delayed due to rain.}}

{{Cnote2 End}}

{{4TeamBracket-2legs

| RD1=Semi-finals

| RD2=Finals

| RD1-seed1=A2

| RD1-team1={{fb|PHI}}

| RD1-score1-1=0

| RD1-score1-2=0

| RD1-score1-A=0

| RD1-seed2=B1

| RD1-team2={{fb|THA}}

| RD1-score2-1=0

| RD1-score2-2=3

| RD1-score2-A=3

| RD1-seed3=B2

| RD1-team3={{fb|MAS}}

| RD1-score3-1=1

| RD1-score3-2=4

| RD1-score3-A=5

| RD1-seed4=A1

| RD1-team4={{fb|VIE}}

| RD1-score4-1=2

| RD1-score4-2=2

| RD1-score4-A=4

| RD2-seed1=B1

| RD2-team1={{fb|THA}}

| RD2-score1-1=2

| RD2-score1-2=2

| RD2-score1-A=4

| RD2-seed2=B2

| RD2-team2={{fb|MAS}}

| RD2-score2-1=0

| RD2-score2-2=3

| RD2-score2-A=3

}}

;First Leg

{{Football box

| date = {{Start date|2014|12|6|df=y}}

| time = 20:00 UTC+8

| team1 = {{fb-rt|PHI}}

| team2 = {{fb|THA}}

| score = 0–0

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

| attendance =

| referee = Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)

| report = [http://www.affsuzukicup.com/news/philippines-0-thailand-0 Report]

}}

{{Football box

| date = {{Start date|2014|12|7|df=y}}

| time = 20:00 UTC+8

| team1 = {{fb-rt|MAS}}

| team2 = {{fb|VIE}}

| score = 1–2

| goals1 = Safiq {{goal|14|pen.}}

| goals2 = Võ Huy Toàn {{goal|32}}
Nguyễn Văn Quyết {{goal|60}}

| stadium = Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam

| attendance =

| referee = Ma Ning (China)

| report = [http://www.affsuzukicup.com/news/malaysia-1-vietnam-2 Report]

}}

----

;Second Leg

{{Football box

| date = {{Start date|2014|12|10|df=y}}

| time = 19:00 UTC+7

| team1 = {{fb-rt|THA}}

| team2 = {{fb|PHI}}

| score = 3–0

| goals1 = Chanathip {{goal|6}}
Kroekrit {{goal|57||86}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok

| attendance =

| referee = Kim Sang-woo (South Korea)

| report = [http://www.affsuzukicup.com/news/thailand-3-philippines-0 Report]

}}

Thailand won 3–0 on aggregate.

{{Football box

| date = {{Start date|2014|12|11|df=y}}

| time = 19:00 UTC+7

| team1 = {{fb-rt|VIE}}

| team2 = {{fb|MAS}}

| score = 2–4

| goals1 = Lê Công Vinh {{goal|22|pen.|79}}

| goals2 = Safiq {{goal|4|pen.}}
Norshahrul {{goal|16}}
Đinh Tiến Thành {{goal|29|o.g.}}
Shukor {{goal|43}}

| stadium = Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi

| attendance =

| referee = Masaaki Toma (Japan)

| report = [http://www.affsuzukicup.com/news/vietnam-2-malaysia-4-aggregate-4-5 Report]

}}

Malaysia won 5–4 on aggregate.

;First Leg

{{Football box

| date = {{Start date|2014|12|17|df=y}}

| time = 19:00 UTC+7

| team1 = {{fb-rt|THA}}

| team2 = {{fb|MAS}}

| score = 2–0

| goals1 = Chappuis {{goal|72|pen.}}
Kroekrit {{goal|86}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok

| referee = Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

| report = [http://www.affsuzukicup.com/news/thailand-2-malaysia-0 Report]

}}

----

;Second Leg

{{Football box

| date = {{Start date|2014|12|20|df=y}}

| time = 20:00 UTC+8

| team1 = {{fb-rt|MAS}}

| team2 = {{fb|THA}}

| score = 3–2

| goals1 = Safiq {{goal|6|pen.|57}}
Indra Putra {{goal|45+2}}

| goals2 = Chappuis {{goal|82}}
Chanathip {{goal|86}}

| stadium = Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

| referee = Alireza Faghani (Iran)

| report = [http://www.affsuzukicup.com/news/malaysia-3-thailand-2-thailand-win-4-3-on-aggregate Report]

}}

Thailand won 4–3 on aggregate.

{{winners|fb|2014 AFF Championship champion|Thailand|Fourth}}

In the final tournament, a player was suspended for the subsequent match in the competition for either getting a red card, or accumulating two yellow cards in two different matches.

*Players who received a card during the final are not included here.

{{Goalscorers

|goals=65 |matches=18

|6 goals=

• {{flagicon|MAS}} Mohd Safiq Rahim

|4 goals=

• {{flagicon|THA}} Charyl Chappuis
• {{flagicon|VIE}} Lê Công Vinh

|3 goals=

• {{flagicon|THA}} Kroekrit Thaweekarn

|2 goals=

• {{flagicon|IDN}} Ramdhani Lestaluhu
• {{flagicon|IDN}} Zulham Zamrun
• {{flagicon|LAO}} Khampheng Sayavutthi
• {{flagicon|MAS}} Indra Putra Mahayuddin
• {{flagicon|PHI}} Patrick Reichelt
• {{flagicon|PHI}} Phil Younghusband
• {{flagicon|SIN}} Hariss Harun
• {{flagicon|SIN}} Khairul Amri
• {{flagicon|THA}} Adisak Kraisorn
• {{flagicon|THA}} Chanathip Songkrasin
• {{flagicon|VIE}} Vũ Minh Tuấn

|1 goal=

• {{flagicon|IDN}} Evan Dimas
• {{flagicon|IDN}} Samsul Arif
• {{flagicon|MAS}} Mohd Amri Yahyah
• {{flagicon|MAS}} Norshahrul Idlan Talaha
• {{flagicon|MAS}} Safee Sali
• {{flagicon|MAS}} Shukor Adan
• {{flagicon|MYA}} Kyaw Ko Ko
• {{flagicon|MYA}} Kyaw Zayar Win
• {{flagicon|PHI}} Manuel Ott
• {{flagicon|PHI}} Martin Steuble
• {{flagicon|PHI}} Paul Mulders
• {{flagicon|PHI}} Rob Gier
• {{flagicon|PHI}} Simone Rota
• {{flagicon|SIN}} Shaiful Esah
• {{flagicon|THA}} Mongkol Tossakrai
• {{flagicon|THA}} Prakit Deeporm
• {{flagicon|THA}} Tanaboon Kesarat
• {{flagicon|VIE}} Ngô Hoàng Thịnh
• {{flagicon|VIE}} Nguyễn Huy Hùng
• {{flagicon|VIE}} Nguyễn Văn Quyết
• {{flagicon|VIE}} Phạm Thành Lương
• {{flagicon|VIE}} Quế Ngọc Hải
• {{flagicon|VIE}} Võ Huy Toàn

|1 own goal=

• {{flagicon|LAO}} Ketsada Souksavanh (playing against Indonesia)
• {{flagicon|MYA}} Khin Maung Lwin (playing against Singapore)
• {{flagicon|VIE}} Đinh Tiến Thành (playing against Malaysia)

}}

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

During a group match between Singapore and Malaysia at the Singapore National Stadium, irate Singaporean fans began throwing bottles of water and toilet rolls on the pitch and players gate tunnel at the end of the match due to what was seen as awful decision-making by Oman referee Ahmed Al-Kaf, who awarded the Malaysian side a penalty kick resulting in an advantage for them.{{cite web |url=https://tnp.straitstimes.com/sports/team-singapore/irate-singapore-fans-targets-officials-after-loss |title=Irate Singapore fans targets officials after loss |author=Azim Azman |publisher=The New Paper |date=30 November 2014 |access-date=8 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141210043345/http://www.tnp.sg/sports/team-singapore/irate-singapore-fans-targets-officials-after-loss |archive-date=10 December 2014 |url-status = live}}

Other incidents occurred soon during the first semi-final between Malaysia and Vietnam in Shah Alam Stadium, where some of the Malaysian fans were seen pointing green laser lights on the field, as recorded on the match video in television camera.{{cite web|url=http://vnmedia.vn/VN/the-thao/tin-tuc/khan-gia-malaysia-tan-cong-cdv-viet-nam-44-3234444.html |title=Khán giả Malaysia tấn công CĐV Việt Nam! |language=vi |publisher=vnMedia.vn |date=7 December 2014 |access-date=8 December 2014 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141209203921/http://vnmedia.vn/VN/the-thao/tin-tuc/khan-gia-malaysia-tan-cong-cdv-viet-nam-44-3234444.html |archive-date=9 December 2014 }} The laser incident is a continuation from Malaysian hooligans, as it also happened during the previous edition of AFF Championship semi-final against Vietnam and in the final against Indonesia in 2010.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12081874 |title=Indonesia anger over lasers in Malaysia football match |work=BBC News |date=27 December 2010 |access-date=11 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150310181608/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12081874 |archive-date=10 March 2015 |url-status = live}}{{cite web |url=http://tuoitrenews.vn/sports/24496/vietnam-warns-malaysian-fans-against-laser-beams-in-aff-suzuki-cup-semis |title=Vietnam warns Malaysian fans against laser beams in AFF Suzuki Cup semis |publisher=Tuổi Trẻ |date=6 December 2014 |access-date=11 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213222729/http://tuoitrenews.vn/sports/24496/vietnam-warns-malaysian-fans-against-laser-beams-in-aff-suzuki-cup-semis |archive-date=13 December 2014 |url-status = live}}

At the end of Malaysia 1–2 loss to Vietnam, some Malaysian hooligan fans began attacking Vietnamese fans, resulting in injuries. The hooligans rushed to assault Vietnamese fans, who tried to flee and had no intention of fighting back. Bottles, smoke bombs and other dangerous objects continued to get thrown even after the Royal Malaysia Police arrived at the scene to quell the scuffles.{{cite web |url=http://www.thanhniennews.com/sports/malaysia-eats-humble-pie-after-soccer-hooligans-attack-vietnam-fans-34998.html |title=Malaysia eats humble pie after soccer hooligans attack Vietnam fans |author=Quang Tuyen |publisher=Thanh Nien News |date=8 December 2014 |access-date=8 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222155727/http://www.thanhniennews.com/sports/malaysia-eats-humble-pie-after-soccer-hooligans-attack-vietnam-fans-34998.html |archive-date=22 December 2014 |url-status = dead}} This was heavily criticised by the Vietnamese side for the rioting shown by some of the Malaysian supporters. As a result, the website of the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) had been hacked in a denial of service attack, perhaps from Vietnam.{{cite web |url=http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/fam-website-hacked-vietnamese-attackers-suspected |title=FAM website hacked, Vietnamese attackers suspected |author=Julia Chan |publisher=The Malay Mail |date=8 December 2014 |access-date=8 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225002615/http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/fam-website-hacked-vietnamese-attackers-suspected |archive-date=25 December 2014 |url-status = live}} Other Malaysian supporters together with the Malaysia Minister of Youth and Sports, Khairy Jamaluddin condemn the hooligan fans attitude and has offer their apologies to all Vietnamese fans, adding that five of the perpetrators had been arrested.{{cite web |url=http://news.asiaone.com/news/malaysia/malaysian-football-fans-apologise-over-violence-caused-hooligans |title=Malaysian football fans apologise over violence caused by hooligans |author=Rashvinjeet S. Bedi |work=The Star/Asia News Network |publisher=AsiaOne |date=8 December 2014 |access-date=8 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222172719/http://news.asiaone.com/news/malaysia/malaysian-football-fans-apologise-over-violence-caused-hooligans |archive-date=22 December 2014 |url-status = dead}}{{cite web |url=http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/khairy-condemns-unruly-malaysians-offers-apology-to-vietnam-fans |title=Khairy condemns unruly Malaysians, offers apology to Vietnamese fans |publisher=The Malaysian Insider |date=8 December 2014 |access-date=8 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317200921/http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/khairy-condemns-unruly-malaysians-offers-apology-to-vietnam-fans |archive-date=17 March 2015 |url-status = live}} Another nine people's was arrested for the same offence between 11 and 12 December.{{cite web |url=http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/nine-nabbed-over-assault-on-vietnam-football-fans |title=Nine nabbed over assault on Vietnam football fans |author=G. Prakash |publisher=The Malay Mail |date=13 December 2014 |access-date=16 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225150258/http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/nine-nabbed-over-assault-on-vietnam-football-fans |archive-date=25 December 2014 |url-status = live}}

The Philippines team received a death threat before their 2nd semi-final match against Thailand. Sources say the threat has something to do with the scuffle during 1st leg between Filipino defender Amani Aguinaldo and Thai striker Adisak Kraisorn, which led to Adisak being red-carded and suspended for the 2nd leg.{{cite web |url=http://www.philstar.com/sports/2014/12/10/1401063/phl-xi-receiving-threats-fans |title=Phl XI receiving 'threats' from fans |author=Olmin Leyba |publisher=The Philippine Star |date=10 December 2014 |access-date=12 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218122050/http://www.philstar.com/sports/2014/12/10/1401063/phl-xi-receiving-threats-fans |archive-date=18 December 2014 |url-status = live}}

In the semi-final between Malaysia and Vietnam, the Vietnam had won the first-leg in Malaysia with a 2–1 score. However, in the second-leg played in Hanoi, Vietnam lost 2–4, thus losing 4–5 on aggregate with Malaysia advancing to the finals. After that defeat, the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) launched a probe into the defeat, citing potential match-fixing due to the seemingly apathetic performance of the players compared to the first-leg.{{cite web |url=http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/sports/118724/match-fixing-probe-over-vietnam-loss-to-malaysia-launched.html |title=Match-fixing probe over Vietnam loss to Malaysia launched |publisher=VietnamNet |date=13 December 2014 |access-date=21 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141221210136/http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/sports/118724/match-fixing-probe-over-vietnam-loss-to-malaysia-launched.html |archive-date=21 December 2014 |url-status = live}} However, the AFF said that the match was not fixed and went on to say that through Swiss-based sports integrity specialist Sportradar, no unusual betting had taken place during the match.{{cite web |url=http://www.nst.com.my/node/62200 |title=AFF: Semi-final not fixed |author=Ajitpal Singh |publisher=New Straits Times |date=13 December 2014 |access-date=21 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141221204851/http://www.nst.com.my/node/62200 |archive-date=21 December 2014 |url-status = live}}

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