About Mitsubishi Electric Cup
The ASEAN Mitsubishi Electric Cup™, the region’s top football event, returns for its 15th edition with Thailand chasing a record-extending eighth title as the War Elephants attempt to successfully defend Southeast Asia’s most coveted crown won in 2022 with victory over Vietnam in the final.
That title success, which came as a result of a 3-2 aggregate win, saw the Thais add the trophy to those won in 1996, 2000, 2002, 2014, 2016 and 2020 as the country retained their status as the kings of ASEAN football.
Thailand’s first win came in the inaugural competition in Singapore in 1996, when the tournament was launched to provide ASEAN football with a stand-alone biennial championship that would harness the passion for the sport across the region.
While Thailand have won the most titles, Singapore have claimed second place on the order of merit with four victories, followed by Vietnam on two and Malaysia on one.
In the 28 years since its inception, the ASEAN Mitsubishi Electric Cup™ has grown from a two week-long centralised tournament into a competition that is currently played across every Southeast Asian country over a four-week period in front of sold-out stadiums in Hanoi, Bangkok, Manila, Jakarta and beyond.
In addition, the competition has grown from strength to strength with each edition, setting records both on and off the field, to seal its position as the region’s largest, most popular football event. In 2022, the Mitsubishi Electric Cup™ achieved a record 438+ million viewers on television and digital streaming platforms while social media channels Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and X registered 4.2 billion views of event-related videos.
ASEAN MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CUP™ 2024 COMPETITION FORMAT
The competition format includes a Qualifying Round Play-Off in which the two lowest ranking teams Brunei Darussalam and Timor Leste compete in home and away matches to secure a place with the nine other ASEAN national teams – Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam in the main group stage.
The ten qualifying teams are drawn into two groups of five for the round-robin group stage matches which will be played on a home or away basis. The top two finishers of each group advance to the double legged home-and-away semi-finals and subsequently, the two winners battle for the championship title at the finals.