The 2024 ASEAN Championship (officially ASEAN Mitsubishi Electric Cup 2024 due to sponsorship reasons) is the 15th edition of the ASEAN Championship, the football championship of nations affiliated to the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF). This is also the first edition that the tournament was rebranded to ASEAN Championship.[1]
The ASEAN Mitsubishi Electric Cup 2024 will follow the 2018 and 2022 format.
In the current format, the nine highest ranked teams would automatically qualify with the 10th and 11th ranked teams playing in a two-legged qualifier. The 10 teams would be split in two groups of five and play a round robin system with each team playing two home and two away fixtures. The top two sides of each group will advance to the knockout stages consisting of two-legged semi-finals and finals.[2]
Qualification
Nine teams automatically qualified to the ASEAN Championship final tournament; they were separated into their respective pots based on their performance of the last two editions.
Brunei and East Timor who were two lowest-performing teams will play a two-legged qualifier to determine the 10th and final qualifier.
Australia, a member since 2013, is yet to debut at the tournament.
The tournament's official draw was held on 21 May 2024 in Hanoi, Vietnam at 14:00 (GMT+07:00). The pot placements followed each teams progress based on the two previous editions.
At the time of the draw, the identity of the team that secured qualification were unknown and was automatically placed into Pot 5.
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