Asian Cup venues except of Si Jalak Harupat Stadium. Bung Karno Stadium will be the opening match venue, while Rajmangala Stadium will be the final match venue. Group stage matches in Thai sport were switched from the capital Bangkok to the southern provinces Phuket at Surakul Stadium in Phuket City on 29 November due to security issues in Bangkok. Qualification The qualification took place in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, from 17 October 2008 to 25 October 2008. The five lower-ranked teams in Southeast Asia play within a round-robin tournament format and the top two countries in the group will qualify for this tournament. Qualified teams The following eight teams qualified for the tournament. Squads Referees Confirmed referees during the tournament: Mohamed Hadimin Midi Setiyono Mohd Nafeez Abdul Wahab Ramachandran Krishnan Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh Win Cho Allan Martinez Malik Abdul Bashir Pandian Palaniyandi Chaiya Mahapab Phùng Đình Dũng Võ Minh Trí Final tournament Group stage Group A All matches played in Indonesia. All times are Western Indonesian Time (WIB) – UTC+7. Group B All Matches played in Thailand. All times are Indochina Time (ICT) – UTC+7 Knockout stages Note: Although the knockout stages are two-legged, away goals rule is not applied. If the total aggregate score of both teams after both matches remained the same, extra time would have been played, followed by a penalty shootout if necessary. Semi-finals First Leg Second Leg Thailand won 3–1 on aggregate. Vietnam won 1–0 on aggregate. Final First leg Second leg Vietnam won 3–2 on aggregate. Awards Goalscorers 4 goals Budi Sudarsono Agu Casmir Teerasil Dangda 3 goals Indra Putra Mahayuddin Nguyễn Vũ Phong 2 goals Bambang Pamungkas Safee Sali Myo Min Tun Noh Alam Shah Anon Sangsanoi Arthit Sunthornpit Sutee Suksomkit Ronnachai Rangsiyo Lê Công Vinh Phạm Thành Lương 1 goal Khim Borey Kouch Sokumpheak Firman Utina Nova Arianto Moe Win Ya Zar Win Thein Indra Sahdan Daud Fahrudin Mustafić Baihakki Khaizan Shi Jiayi Suchao Nuchnum Patiparn Phetphun Teerathep Winothai Nguyễn Việt Thắng Huỳnh Quang Thanh Phan Thanh Bình Nguyễn Quang Hải 1 own goal Dương Hồng Sơn Team statistics This table shows all team performance. References AFF Championship tournaments 1 2008–09 in Indonesian football 2008 in Thai football 2008 2008 2008 in Cambodian football 2008 in Vietnamese football 2008 in Laotian football 2008 in Malaysian football 2008 in Burmese football 2008 in Singaporean football