2012 AFF Suzuki Cup
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The 2012 AFF Cup will be the ninth edition of the tournament which will be co-hosted by Malaysia and Thailand
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declared their interest to host the 2012 AFF Cup. However, following the meeting of the AFF Council on 19 February 2011, Malaysia and Thailand have been announced as hosts of the preliminary round.
Six teams qualified for the finals, based on tournament records:
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
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Hosts
On 17 December 2010, the Philippine Football FederationPhilippine Football Federation
The Philippine Football Federation is the governing body of football in the Philippines. It was founded in 1907 as the Philippine Amateur Football Association . They were one of the 12 Asian associations that founded the Asian Football Confederation...
declared their interest to host the 2012 AFF Cup. However, following the meeting of the AFF Council on 19 February 2011, Malaysia and Thailand have been announced as hosts of the preliminary round.
Qualification
Qualification is expected to be held in October 2012 based on schedules of previous qualifying tournaments. It will involve the five lower ranked teams in Southeast Asia. All teams play in a round-robin tournament format and the top two teams qualify for the tournament proper.Six teams qualified for the finals, based on tournament records: