The knockout stage of the 2022 AFF Championship were the second and final stage of the 2022 AFF Championship, following the group stage. It took place from 6 to 16 January 2023. The top two teams from each group (four in total) advanced to the knockout stage to compete in a two-legged single-elimination tournament beginning with the semi-finals followed by the final. Each tie are played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. The away goals rule, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.
The top two highest-placing teams from each of the two groups advanced to the knockout stage.
In Group A, Thailand secured the group top spot with ten points after defeating Cambodia 3–1 in their last match, while Indonesia became the group runners-up with the same points total but a lower goal differential after defeating the Philippines 2–1 in their last match.
Meanwhile, in Group B, Vietnam secured the group top spot with ten points after defeating Myanmar 3–0 in their last match, while Malaysia finished as group runners-up with nine points following a 4–1 win against Singapore.
| Group | Winners | Runners-up |
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The schedule of each round was as follows.
| Round | First leg dates | Second leg dates |
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| Semi-finals | 6–7 January 2023 | 9–10 January 2023 |
| Final | 13 January 2023 | 16 January 2023 |
All ties were played over two legs. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs won the tie. If the aggregate score was level at the end of normal time of the second leg, the team that scored more away goals across both legs advanced. If the away goals were still level, extra time was played (without applying the away goals rule), and if the same number of goals were scored by both teams during extra time, the tie was decided by a penalty shoot-out.
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| A2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| B1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| B1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| A1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
| B2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| A1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
The top two sides of each group advanced to the knockout stages consisting of two-legged semi-finals and finals.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | |
| Malaysia |
1–3 | 1–0 | 0–3 |
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| Statistics | Indonesia | Vietnam |
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| Goals scored | 0 | 0 |
| Total shots | 7 | 3 |
| Shots on target | 2 | 1 |
| Ball possession | 44% | 56% |
| Corner kicks | 7 | 4 |
| Fouls committed | 10 | 11 |
| Offsides | 4 | 0 |
| Yellow cards | 0 | 2 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
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| Statistics | Malaysia | Thailand |
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| Goals scored | 1 | 0 |
| Total shots | 5 | 18 |
| Shots on target | 1 | 4 |
| Ball possession | 28% | 72% |
| Corner kicks | 2 | 9 |
| Fouls committed | 5 | 8 |
| Offsides | 0 | 1 |
| Yellow cards | 1 | 2 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
| Vietnam | 2–0 | |
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| Statistics | Vietnam | Indonesia |
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| Goals scored | 2 | 0 |
| Total shots | 11 | 7 |
| Shots on target | 5 | 0 |
| Ball possession | 47.5% | 52.5% |
| Corner kicks | 5 | 7 |
| Fouls committed | 12 | 17 |
| Offsides | 3 | 3 |
| Yellow cards | 2 | 2 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
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| Statistics | Thailand | Malaysia |
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| Goals scored | 3 | 0 |
| Total shots | 12 | 3 |
| Shots on target | 7 | 2 |
| Ball possession | 62.9% | 37.1% |
| Corner kicks | 1 | 1 |
| Fouls committed | 14 | 20 |
| Offsides | 1 | 0 |
| Yellow cards | 3 | 4 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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2–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 |
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| Statistics | Vietnam | Thailand |
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| Goals scored | 2 | 2 |
| Total shots | 10 | 6 |
| Shots on target | 4 | 1 |
| Ball possession | 53.5% | 46.5% |
| Corner kicks | 3 | 1 |
| Fouls committed | 11 | 7 |
| Offsides | 0 | 3 |
| Yellow cards | 2 | 2 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
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| Statistics | Thailand | Vietnam |
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| Goals scored | 1 | 0 |
| Total shots | 6 | 9 |
| Shots on target | 2 | 2 |
| Ball possession | 50.7% | 49.3% |
| Corner kicks | 2 | 2 |
| Fouls committed | 14 | 15 |
| Offsides | 5 | 0 |
| Yellow cards | 2 | 5 |
| Red cards | 1 | 0 |