[1] It was opened to football players from ASEAN member states under the age of 21 years to participate in this.

[3] Back in 1997, Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan of Brunei first mooted the idea of a football tournament among the ASEAN member states.

The first Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy was won by Indonesia when they beat Thailand 2-0 on 26 August 2002.

[1] The third Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy tournament was held two years later in 2007 from 3 to 12 March.

This time round only eight ASEAN member states took part with Indonesia and Laos not being able to come.

It was Malaysia who took the second spot after beating Singapore 2-0 in the final group game.

It was settled by a nail-biting penalty shootout with Thailand overcoming Myanmar by 5-4.