2022 AFF Championship

2022 AFF Championship
Tournament details
Dates20 December 2022 – 16 January 2023
Teams10 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)10 (in 9 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Thailand (7th title)
Runners-up Vietnam
Tournament statistics
Matches played26
Goals scored90 (3.46 per match)
Attendance479,571 (18,445 per match)
Top scorer(s) Teerasil Dangda
Nguyễn Tiến Linh
(6 goals each)
Best player(s) Theerathon Bunmathan
Best young player Marselino Ferdinan
Fair play award Malaysia
2021
2024

The 2022 AFF Championship (officially AFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup 2022 due to sponsorship reasons) was the 14th edition of the AFF Championship, the football championship of nations affiliated to the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) and was the 1st edition under the name AFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup.

The tournament will return to its usual two-year cycle, after the COVID-19 pandemic that occurred in all Southeast Asian countries.

The final tournament ran from 20 December 2022 to 16 January 2023.

Thailand were the defending champions, and won the tournament by a 3–2 aggregate score in the two-legged final against its rivals, Vietnam to secure their seventh title. Alexandré Pölking, became the 4th coach to win multiple titles, the first being on the 2020 edition.