1998 Tiger Cup

1998 Tiger Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Vietnam
Dates	26 August – 5 September
Teams	8
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Singapore (1st title)
Runners-up	Vietnam
Third place	Indonesia
Fourth place	Thailand
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	55 (3.44 per match)
Attendance	222,000 (13,875 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Myo Hlaing Win (4 goals)
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The 1998 tournament was held in Vietnam. Group A's matches were played in Ho Chi Minh City with Indonesia, Thailand, Myanmar, and Philippines. Group B's matches were played in Hanoi with Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore and Laos.

Controversy

This tournament was marred by an unsportsmanlike match between Thailand and Indonesia during the group stage. Both teams were already assured of qualification for the semi-finals, but both teams also knew that the winners of the game would face hosts Vietnam in the semi-finals, while the losing team would face Singapore, who were perceived to be easier opposition, and would also avoid the inconvenience of moving the team's training base from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi for the semi-finals.

The first half saw little action, with both teams barely making any attempt to score. During the second half both teams managed to score, partly thanks to half-hearted defending, resulting in a 2-2 score after 90 minutes, but during injury time, and despite two Thai defenders attempting to stop him, Indonesian defender Mursyid Effendi deliberately scored an own goal, thus handing Thailand a 3-2 victory. FIFA fined both teams $40,000 for "violating the spirit of the game", while Mursyid Effendi was banned from domestic football for one year and international football for life.

In the semi-finals, Thailand lost to Vietnam, and Indonesia lost to Singapore. In the final, the title was to elude the hosts, as they went down 1-0 to unfancied Singapore in one of the competition's biggest shocks to date.

Qualification

Main article: 1998 Tiger Cup qualification

Qualifiers

Automatic qualifiers  Indonesia (1996 fourth placed)  Malaysia (1996 runner-up)  Thailand (defending champions)  Vietnam (Hosts, Third Placed)

From the qualifying tournament  Myanmar (Winner Qualification Group A)  Singapore (Winner Qualification Group B)  Laos (Runner-up Qualification Group A)  Philippines (Runner-up Qualification Group B)

Squads

Main article: 1998 Tiger Cup squads

Final tournament

All times are UTC+7

Group Stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Thailand	3	2	1	0	7	4	+3	7
Indonesia	3	2	0	1	11	5	+6	6
Myanmar	3	1	1	1	8	9	−1	4
Philippines	3	0	0	3	3	11	−8	0

27 August 1998 18:15	Indonesia	3 – 0	Philippines	Thong Nhat Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)
	Widodo Putro  15' Bima Sakti  42' (pen.) Uston Nawawi  65'

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27 August 1998 20:45	Thailand	1 – 1	Myanmar	Thong Nhat Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Nik Ahmad Hafi Yacob (Malaysia)
	Worrawoot Srimaka  15'		Aung Khine  65'

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29 August 1998 18:15	Thailand	3 – 1	Philippines	Thong Nhat Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Chan Siu Kee (Hong Kong)
	Worrawoot Srimaka  21' Kritsada Piandit  57' Kiarung Threjagsang  86'		Alfredo Razon Gonzalez  30'

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29 August 1998 20:45	Indonesia	6 – 2	Myanmar	Thong Nhat Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Nguyen Van Mui (Vietnam)
	Aji Santoso  15' (pen.) Widodo Putro  30' Min Aung  39' (o.g.) Bima Sakti  54' Miro Baldo Bento  75' (pen.) Min Thu  77' (o.g.)		Myo Hlaing Win  1'  85' (pen.)

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31 August 1998 18:15	Myanmar	5 – 2	Philippines	Thong Nhat Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)
	Win Htike  21' Myo Hlaing Win  43'  85' Aung Khine  78'  80'		Alfredo Razon Gonzalez  25'  30'

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31 August 1998 20:45	Thailand	3 – 2	Indonesia	Thong Nhat Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Lu Jun (China)
	Kritsada Piandit  62' Therdsak Chaiman  86' Mursyid Effendi  90' (o.g.)		Miro Baldo Bento  52' Aji Santoso  84'

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Singapore	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7
Vietnam	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7
Malaysia	3	0	1	2	0	3	−3	1
Laos	3	0	1	2	2	8	−7	1

26 August 1998 18:15	Malaysia	0 – 2	Singapore	San Hanoi Stadium, Hanoi Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Kim Young Joo (Korea)
			Rafi Ali  17' Ahmad Latiff Kamaruddin  42'

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26 August 1998 20:45	Vietnam	4 – 1	Laos	San Hanoi Stadium, Hanoi Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Hanlumyaung Panya (Thailand)
	Nguyen Hong Son  30' Nguyen Van Sy  43' Lê Huỳnh Đức  85'  90'		Channiphone Keolakhone  55'

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28 August 1998 18:15	Malaysia	0 – 0	Laos	San Hanoi Stadium, Hanoi Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Michael Andrews (India)

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28 August 1998 20:45	Vietnam	0 – 0	Singapore	San Hanoi Stadium, Hanoi Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Jerry Andreas (Philippines)

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30 August 1998 18:15	Singapore	4 – 1	Laos	San Hanoi Stadium, Hanoi Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Jerry Andreas (Philippines)
	Zulkarnaen Zainal  3' Ahmad Latiff Kamaruddin  9'  15' Rudy Khairon Daiman  58'		Phonphachanh Kholadeth  30'

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30 August 1998 20:45	Vietnam	1 – 0	Malaysia	San Hanoi Stadium, Hanoi Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Hanlumyaung Panya (Thailand)
	Nguyen Hong Son  50'

Knockout stage

	Semifinals				Final
	September 2
	Vietnam	3
	Thailand	0
					September 5
					Singapore	1
					Vietnam	0
					Third place
	September 3			September 5
	Singapore	2		Indonesia (pens.)	3 (5)
	Indonesia	1			Thailand	3 (4)

Semi-finals

3 September 1998 20:00	Vietnam	3 – 0	Thailand	San Hanoi Stadium, Hanoi Attendance: 23,000 Referee: UNK
	Truong Viet Hoang  15' Nguyen Hong Son  70' Van Sy Hung  80'

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3 September 1998 20:00	Singapore	2 – 1	Indonesia	Thong Nhat Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Lu Jun (China)
	Rafi Ali  12' Nazri Nasir  30'		Miro Baldo Bento  34'

Third place play-off

5 September 1998 16:00	Indonesia	3 – 3	Thailand	Thong Nhat Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City Attendance: 5,000 Referee: UNK
	Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto  16' Aji Santoso  33' Yusuf Ekodono  89'		Chaichan Knewsen  18' Worrawoot Srimaka  42' Kowit Foythong  44'
		Penalties
	Uston Nawawi Bima Sakti Yusof Ekodono Kuncoro Imam Riyadi	5 – 4	Choketawee Promrut Anan Punsanai Songserm Maperm Therdsak Chaiman Kritsada Piandit

Final

5 September 1998 20:00	Singapore	1 – 0	Vietnam	San Hanoi Stadium, Hanoi Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Kim Young Joo (Korea)
	Sasi Kumar  65'

Award

1998 Tiger Cup
Singapore First title

Golden Boot
Myo Hlaing Win

Goalscorers

4 goals Myo Hlaing Win 3 goals Aji Santoso Miro Baldo Bento Aung Khine Alfredo Razon Gonzalez Ahmad Latiff Kamaruddin Worrawoot Srimaka Nguyen Hong Son 2 goals Bima Sakti Widodo Putro Rafi Ali Kritsada Piandit Lê Huỳnh Đức 1 goal Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto Uston Nawawi Yusuf Ekodono

1 goal Channiphone Keolakhone Phonphachanh Kholadeth Win Htike Nazri Nasir Rudy Khairon Daiman Sasi Kumar Zulkarnaen Zainal Chaichan Knewsen Kairung Threjagsang Kowit Foythong Therdsak Chaiman Nguyen Van Sy Truong Viet Hoang Van Sy Hung Own goal Yusuf Ekodono Min Aung Min Thu

External links

• Tiger Cup 1998 at ASEAN Football Federation official website
• Tiger Cup 1998 - Details at RSSSF
• Tiger Cup 1998 at ThaiFootball.com