2018 AFF Championship qualification

The 2018 AFF Championship qualification tournament was the qualification process for the 2018 AFF Championship, the twelfth edition of the AFF Championship. Brunei and Timor-Leste contested the tenth and final remaining berth for the AFF Championship final tournament in two home-and-away matches.^[1] On 7 August 2018, organising committees confirmed the venue where Timor-Leste will play Brunei has been changed due to floodlighting issues. The opening match was held at Kuala Lumpur Stadium, Malaysia, not as per originally planned at National Stadium, Dili.^[2]

Date1 September 2018 (2018-09-01)

VenueKuala Lumpur Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

RefereeDmitry Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)

Date8 September 2018 (2018-09-08)

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2018 AFF Championship qualification

Timor-Leste Brunei 3 2
First leg
Timor-Leste Brunei 3 1
Date	1 September 2018 (2018-09-01)
Venue	Kuala Lumpur Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Referee	Dmitry Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)
Second leg
Brunei Timor-Leste 1 0
Date	8 September 2018 (2018-09-08)
Venue	Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
Referee	Mooud Bonyadifard (Iran)
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Timor-Leste advanced to the AFF Championship group stage and were placed in Group B after winning by 3–2 on aggregate from two qualifying matches.^[3][4]