Meanwhile, Indonesia and Malaysia are No.2 seeds, Singaporeand the Philippines No.3, and Myanmar and Cambodia No.4.
The No.5 seed group will comprise Laos and Timor Leste orBrunei.
According to the AFF’s latest announcement, the drawceremony will be held in Bangkok, Thailand on August 30.
Ten teams will be divided into two groups. Inthe qualifying round, each team will play two home and two away ones.
This year, AFF Cup has a new sponsor, and is renamed as AFFMitsubishi Electric Cup 2022./.