ASEAN Championship

The ASEAN Championship, also known as the ASEAN Cup, formerly and still commonly known as the AFF Championship, or AFF Cup, is a biannual football tournament contested by, since 2018, 10 teams within the Southeast Asian region, played since 1996 as the Tiger Cup. Despite being a member of the AFF since 2013, Australia cannot participate.

Thailand is the most successful team with 7 titles. Their latest is from 2022, which meant that they are the defending champions for 2024.

Tiger Cup

1996

The inaugural edition was named the Tiger Cup, after Tiger Beer, which would stay that way until 2007. Thailand won that year's edition, defeating Malaysia 1-0 in the then single-legged final.

1998

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Singapore won the 1998 cup, defeating Vietnam 0-1 in the final.

2000

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Thailand won the 2000 cup, the first to win more than twice, and on home soil, defeating Indonesia 4-1 in the final.

2002-2004

2002

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The 2002 edition was the first to hosted by two countries, and the first where the defending champions retained their trophy, in this case, Thailand, edging out Indonesia on penalties in the final, the first to see a repeat of the previous one.

2004

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The home-and-away format was applied to the knockout rounds for the first time ever, with the group stage hosted by two countries. This stayed until 2018. Singapore defeated 5-2 on aggregate against Indonesia in the final, the first to be two-legged, and the third time in a row they have finished runners-up.

AFF Championship

2007

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2007 marks the first time the championship was held in an odd-numbered year and has no title sponsor. Singapore defeated Thailand 3-2 on aggregate to retain their title.

AFF Suzuki Cup

2008-2016

2008

It wasn't long until the tournament saw a new sponsor, which in this case is Suzuki. This lasted until 2020. Vietnam defeated Thailand 3-2 on aggregate to win their first international title.

2010

Malaysia defeated Indonesia 4-2 on aggregate in the final. This will be remembered by Philippine fans as the 2-0 upset against Vietnam (aka the Miracle of Hanoi) in the group stage would start Philippines' resurgence in football in the 2010s.

2012

Singapore defeated Thailand agg 3-2 in the final.

2014

Thailand defeated Malaysia agg 4-3 in a 2nd leg comeback in the final.

2016

Thailand defeated Indonesia in another 2nd leg comeback agg 3-2 in the final.

2018-2021

2018

The AFF Cup was played entirely in a home-away format for the first time, including the group stage. New tournament visuals, including a logo, for the AFF Championship was unveiled for the 2018 edition during the official draw held on 2 May 2018. The ASEAN Football Federation cooperated with Lagardère Sports for the tournament's branding. Five attributes were identified that are "synonymous" to the tournament. Elements combined to form the logo are a beating heart, a goalpost and raised hands by a fan that is meant to signify "pride, loyalty, football, rivalry, and passion".

In addition a colour scheme was developed for the branding. The colours devised are magenta (passion and energy), cyan (fresh beginning), green (vibrancy of a football pitch) and blue (topography of the region).

Vietnam defeated Malaysia agg 3-2 in the final, winning their first senior international after 10 years.

The aforementioned color schemes.

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2020-2021

It was originally planned to take place in 2020. However, the pandemic meant that it had to be postponed to late 2021, with the final played on New Year's Day 2022, when the actual 2022 AFF Cup was due to be played at the end of that year. This marks the first tournament since 2000 to be hosted by one sole country. Branding-wise, the original pink from the 2018 identity was swapped out in favor of red. Thailand defeated Indonesia 6-2 agg once again in the final.

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AFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup

2022

The sponsorship from Mitsubishi Electric meant that the tournament, for the only time, was named the AFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup. The color scheme is now black and red, a far cry from the four used in the 2018 edition. The home-away format returned for the first time since 2018. Thailand defeated Vietnam agg 3-2 in the final to retain their title for the third time in their history.

ASEAN Mitsubushi Electric Cup

2024

On 29 February 2024, the all-new logo for the tournament was unveiled, which saw the championship renaming to the ASEAN Championship, or the ASEAN Cup, which would form part of the "ASEAN United FC" rebrand. The reason of this renaming is unknown, though given that the AFF has been confused with the AFC, it's understandable. Mitsubishi Electric remains the tournament's title sponsor.