The biggest football competition in Southeast Asia returns in December 2021 with the 13th edition of the AFF Championship.
Starting back in 1996, with the very first tournament being held in Singapore and known then as Tiger Cup due to the sponsor, this competition has captured the imagination of fans across this football-mad region.
The tournament officially became known in 2004 as the AFF Championship after the end of the sponsorship tenure, with Singapore emerging as the first victorious country under the new name.
Over the years, the competition has seen many different formats starting with one single host country, which then evolved to one host-country per group in 2002, with one of the countries being given all the knockout matches.