withdrew as title sponsor, the competition was known simply as the AFF Championship for the 2007 edition. In 2008, Japanese auto-company Suzuki bought the naming rights for the competition, and the competition was named the AFF Suzuki Cup until the 2020 edition. On 23 May 2022, AFF announced a new title sponsorship deal with Japanese company Mitsubishi Electric and the competition was named the AFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup starting in the 2022 edition. Format From 2004, the knockout stage is played over two legs on a home-and-away format. Since the 2007 edition, there was no third place match; semi-finalists are listed in alphabetical order. The away goals rule has been applied for knockout stage since the 2010 edition. Starting with the 2018 edition, a new format was applied. The nine highest ranked teams would automatically qualify with the 10th and 11th ranked teams playing in a two-legged qualifier. The 10 teams were split in two groups of five and play a round robin system, with each team playing two home and two away fixtures. A draw was made to determine where the teams play while the format of the knockout round remained unchanged. Results Performances by country Participating nations Legend – Champions – Runners-up – Third place – Fourth place – Semi-finalist GS – Group stage Q – Qualified for the current tournament — Qualified but withdrew – Did not qualify – Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned – Hosts Notes Awards Winning coaches Notes - being the only person to win the competition as a player (1996, 2000, 2002) then coach (2014, 2016). All-time ranking table Records and statistics Overall top goalscorers {|class="wikitable" |- ! Rank ! Player ! Goals |- | align=center|1 || Teerasil Dangda||align=center|25 |- | align=center|2 || Noh Alam Shah ||align=center|17 |- |rowspan=2 align=center|3 || Worrawoot Srimaka ||rowspan=2 align=center|15 |- | Lê Công Vinh |- |align=center|5 || Lê Huỳnh Đức ||align=center|14 |- |rowspan=2 align=center|6 || Adisak Kraisorn ||rowspan=2 align=center|13 |- | Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto |- |rowspan=2 align=center|8 || Bambang Pamungkas ||rowspan=2 align=center|12 |- | Kiatisuk Senamuang |- |align=center|10 || Agu Casmir ||align=center|11 |- |align=center|11 || Khairul Amri || align=center|10 |} Bold''' denotes players still playing international football Hat-tricks See also Football at the Southeast Asian Games AFF Women's Championship AFC Asian Cup CAFA Championship EAFF E-1 Football Championship SAFF Championship WAFF Championship Notes References External links AFF Cup at RSSSF.com AFF competitions Recurring sporting events