Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy

Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy

Official logo for Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy
Founded	2002
Region	AFF (Southeast Asia)
Number of teams	Max 11, number of AFF member
Current champions	Myanmar (1st title)
Most successful team(s)	Thailand (2 titles)
Website	www.hassanalbolkiahtrophy.gov.bn

The Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy for ASEAN Youth Football Championship, is the football tournament for youth players in South East Asia.^[1] It was opened to football players from ASEAN member states under the age of 21 years to participate in this.

The tournament is organised by Football Association of Brunei Darussalam in collaboration with Asean Football Federation.^[2] Brunei Darussalam always host for the tournament. The tournament was first launched in 2002.

Background

It was back in 1997 when Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan of Brunei first mooted the idea of a football tournament among the ASEAN member states.^[1]

Summaries

1st Tournament in 2002

In 2002 when the tournament was officially launched on 16 August 2002, all ten ASEAN member states took part in the football tournament which held from. The ten teams were divided into two groups.

In Group A, Myanmar easily topped the group with a maximum of 12 points and scoring 14 goals in their four matches without conceding a goal. Malaysia and Laos finished equal with 6 points but Malaysia had a better goal difference of 13-8 beating Laos having a better goal difference of 10-7. Meanwhile in Group B, Indonesia easily topped the group by beating the other four teams and scoring 14 goals and conceding none. In their first match, they beat the Philippines by 10-0. Thailand came in second with three wins. Philippines propped up the table losing all their games and conceding 21 goals and scoring only one goal.

In the semi-finals, Indonesia beat Malaysia by a single goal and Thailand beat Myanmar on penalties 4-3, their game ended 2-2 after extra time. The first Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy was won by Indonesia when they beat Thailand 2-0 on 26 August 2002.^[1]

2nd Tournament in 2005

The next Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy tournament was not held in 2004 but it was held instead in 2005 from 13 to 25 March. Cambodia did not take part and the nine teams were divided into one group of five and a second group of four teams.

In the Group A Thailand topped the group by winning three games and drawing one, while Vietnam managed to come in second by beating Malaysia 2-1 in their final group match and thus getting second place. In the smaller Group B, the final table saw Myanmar, Laos and Brunei all garnering 6 points each but Myanmar with its superior scoring record topped the table and Laos came in second but Brunei's 6-0 defeat to Myanmar meant that it has an inferior goal difference.

In the semi-finals, Myanmar beat Vietnam 2-0 and Thailand needed the extra time to beat Laos 3-2. In the final, Thailand overcame Myanmar by beating them 3-0.^[1]

3rd Tournament in 2007

The third Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy tournament was held two years later in 2007 from March 3 to March 12. This time round only eight ASEAN member states took part with Indonesia and Laos not being able to come. The group stage saw two groups of four teams each.

In Group A, Myanmar easily topped the group by beating the other three teams and scoring 22 goals and conceding one goal and Cambodia came second with same point with Brunei but better goal difference. In Group B, with defending champions Thailand easily beating the other three teams, the other three teams were forced to scramble for second place. It was Malaysia who took the second spot after beating Singapore 2-0 in the final group game. Singapore and Vietnam did not win a single game.

In the semi-finals both group winners easily won their matches. Thailand beating Cambodia by a 10-1 score line and Myanmar beating Malaysia 2-0. In the final Thailand and Myanmar could not beat each other as the game went into extra time. It was settled by a nail-biting penalty shootout with Thailand overcoming Myanmar by 5-4.^[1]

4th Tournament in 2012

5th Tournament in 2014

Results

Year	Final			Semi-finals		Number of teams
	Champions	Score	Runners-up	Semi-finalist	Semi-finalist
2002 Details	Indonesia	2 – 0[3]	Thailand	Myanmar	Malaysia	10
2005 Details	Thailand	3 – 0[4]	Myanmar	Vietnam	Laos	9
2007 Details	Thailand	0 – 0 (5 – 4p)[1]	Myanmar	Cambodia	Malaysia	8
2012 Details	Brunei	2 – 0[5]	Indonesia	Myanmar	Vietnam	10
2014 Details	Myanmar	4 – 3	Vietnam	Malaysia	Thailand	11

Team performances

Teams	2002	2005	2007	2012	2014
Brunei	GS	GS	GS	1	GS
Cambodia	GS	DNP	SF	GS	GS
Indonesia (U-21)^1  Indonesia (U-19)^2	1^1	GS^1	DNP	2^1	GS^2
Laos	GS	SF	DNP	GS	GS
Malaysia (U-22)^3  Malaysia (U-21)^4	SF^3	GS^3	SF^3	GS^4	SF^4
Myanmar  Myanmar	SF	2	2	SF	1
Philippines	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS
Singapore	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS
Thailand	2	1	1	WD	SF
Timor-Leste	DNE	DNP	DNP	GS	GS
Vietnam (U-21)^5  Vietnam (U-19)^6	GS	SF	GS^5	SF	2^6
Total	10	9	8	10	11

Keynotes:

DNP = Did not participate

DNE = Did not enter (was part of Indonesia)

GS = Group Stage

SF = Semi-finals

1.^ Indonesia used U-21 players on this season.

2.^ Indonesia used U-19 players on this season.

3.^ Malaysia used U-22 players on this season.

4.^ Malaysia used U-21 players on this season.

5.^ Vietnam used U-21 players on this season.

6.^ Vietnam used U-19 players on this season.

Medal table

Teams	Champions	Runners-up
Thailand	2 (2005, 2007)	1 (2002)
Myanmar	1 (2014)	2 (2005, 2007)
Indonesia	1 (2002)	1 (2012)
Brunei	1 (2012)
Vietnam		1 (2014)

References

1. "History of the Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy". The Brunei Times. 25 February 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
2. "About HBT (TITAH)". Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy Official Website. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
3. "Hassan al Bolkiah Trophy (Brunei) 2002". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2002. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
4. "ASEAN U-21 Championship 2005 (Piala Hassanal Bolkiah)". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2005. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
5. Ak Fauzi Pg Salleh; Yee Chun Leong (13 July 2014). "Brunei in Group B". The Brunei Times. Retrieved 16 July 2014.

External links

• Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy Official Website
• History of Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy