Wednesday 20 June 2007

Six countries in running to host ASEAN Championships

Six countries have put themselves forward to be one of two hosts of the 2008 ASEAN Football Championships.

Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam all declared an interest at an ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) meeting.

The AFF, on its website, said Myanmar and Singapore needed to be inspected before a shortlist of candidates is drawn up at their next meeting, usually held every three months. Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam are all co-hosts of next month's Asian Cup finals and their facilities are considered adequate for the biennial ASEAN competition, co-hosted by Singapore and Thailand earlier this year.

So far, only Laos has said it wants to host the qualifying rounds.
Taken from AFP news


Okay, so that's next year. Following trends of the previous ASEAN Football Championships, the tournament seems to run around December to January. Hopefully FAM will remind themselves to ENSURE that this time around they have the fixtures planning right. After all, we are the one requesting for the hosting rights.

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