It was played from 3 to 17 December with the top two teams from each group (two in total) advanced to the knockout stage to compete in a single-elimination tournament.
Thailand won 3–2 on aggregate against Indonesia in the final to win their record fifth title.
The top two placed teams from each of the two groups advanced to the knockout stage.
[1][2] Meanwhile, in Group B, Vietnam secured the top spot with 9 points after defeating Cambodia 2–1 in their last match while hosts Myanmar became the group's runners-up with 6 points after defeating Malaysia 1–0.
Man of the Match: Rizky Pora (Indonesia) Assistant referees:[7] Anton Shchetinin (Australia) Park In-sun (South Korea) Fourth official:[7] Chan Ming Siu (Hong Kong) Man of the Match: Teerasil Dangda (Thailand) Assistant referees:[11] Ruslan Serazitdinov (Uzbekistan) Alisher Usmanov (Uzbekistan) Fourth official:[11] Aziz Asimov (Uzbekistan) Man of the Match: Lê Công Vinh (Vietnam) Assistant referees:[15] Ma Ji (China) Cao Yi (China) Fourth official:[15] Wang Di (China) Man of the Match: Sarawut Masuk (Thailand) Assistant referees:[19] Ahmed Al-Roalle (Jordan) Issa Alamawi (Jordan) Fourth official:[19] Ahmad Faisal Al-Ali (Jordan) Man of the Match: Stefano Lilipaly (Indonesia) Assistant referees:[23] Yagi Akane (Japan) Shinji Ochi (Japan) Fourth official:[23] Takuto Okabe (Japan) Man of the Match: Chanathip Songkrasin (Thailand) Assistant referees:[27] Ahmed Yousuf Al-Hammadi (United Arab Emirates) Hassan Al-Mahri (United Arab Emirates) Fourth official:[27] Yaqoub Al-Hammadi (United Arab Emirates)