| Official name | : | AFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup 2022 |
| Host country | : | |
| Mascot | : | - |
| Editions | : | 14th |
| Dates | : | 20 December 2022 - 16 January 2023 |
| Teams | : | 10 (from 1 subconfederation) |
| Total matches | : | 26 |
| Venues | : | TBA |
| Current champions | : | (2020) |
The
2022 AFF Championship (officially
AFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup 2022, due to sponsorship reasons) will be the 14th edition of the AFF Championship, the football championship of nations affiliated to the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF), and is the 1st edition under the name AFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup.
The final tournament is scheduled to run from 20 December 2022 to 16 January 2023. Thailand are the defending champions.
Format
The AFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup 2022 will follow the 2018 format, a change from the 2020 format with a centralized venue due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Southeast Asia.
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.
A draw will be made to determine where the teams play while the format of the knockout round would remain unchanged.
Qualification
Nine teams automatically qualified to the AFF Championship final tournament; they were separated into their respective pots based on their performance in the last two editions. Brunei and Timor-Leste, who were the two lowest-performing teams, played a two-legged qualifier to determine the 10th and final qualifier in November 2022 with Brunei hosting both legs, due to Timor-Leste lacking a suitable venue. Brunei secured qualification and their second appearance in the tournament after 26 years of absence by defeating Timor-Leste 6–3 on aggregrate. Australia, a member since 2013, still decided not to debut at the tournament.
Qualified teams
| Team | Appearance | Previous best performance |
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| 2nd | Group stage (1996) |
| 9th | Group stage (1996 - 2020) |
| 14th | Runners-up (2000, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2016, 2020) |
| 13rd | Group stage (1996 - 2014) |
| 14th | Winners (2010) |
| 14th | Fourth place (2004), Semi-finalists (2016) |
| 13rd | Semifinalis (2010, 2012, 2014, 2018) |
| 14th | Winners (1998, 2004, 2007, 2012) |
| 14th | Winners (1996, 2000, 2002, 2014, 2016, 2020) |
| 14th | Winners (2008, 2018) |
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Group stage
The draw for the 2022 AFF Championship was held on 30 August 2022 in Bangkok, Thailand at 14:00 (GMT+07:00). The pot placements followed each teams progress based on the two previous edition.
At the time of the draw, the identity of the national team that secured qualification was unknown and was automatically placed into Pot 5. Brunei qualified to the group stage, by defeated Timor-Leste.
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Knockout phase
The knockout stage of the 2022 AFF Championship was the second and final stage of the 2022 AFF Championship, following the group stage. The top two teams from each group (four in total) advanced to the knockout stage to compete in a two-legged single-elimination tournament beginning with the semi-finals followed by the final.
Semi-finals
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Final
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Goalscorers
There have been goals scored in matches, for an average of goals per match (as of ).
