The 2018 AFF Championship qualification tournament was the qualification process for the

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, the twelfth edition of the

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. Brunei and Timor-Leste contested the tenth and final remaining berth for the AFF Championship final tournament in two home-and-away matches. 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

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, not as per originally planned at

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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.

Venues

Qualification

---- ''Timor-Leste won 3–2 on aggregate.''

Goalscorers

;2 goals * Henrique Cruz ;1 goal * Azwan Ali Rahman * Najib Tarif *

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References

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