VIENTIANE (19 Feb 2011) – Laos and Indonesia will each host two tournaments of the AFF this year – following the decisions of the AFF Council this afternoon in Kuala Lumpur.
The AFF U16 Championship 2011, in preparation for the AFC qualifiers, will be held on 7-17 July 2011 with the following groupings.
GROUP A: Laos, Thailand, Malaysia, Timor Leste, Indonesia
GROUP B: Myanmar, Vietnam, Singapore, Cambodia, Philippines
Indonesia, who were co-hosts of the AFF Suzuki Cup final round, will organise the AFF Futsal Championship and also the AFF Under-23 Championship.
The AFF Futsal Championship which will be a one-round league format, will be held in Jakarta in the second week of April 2011.
The teams taking part are Indonesia, Myanmar, Vietnam, Philippines, Malaysia and Thailand.
In the meantime, the AFF U23 meet which will most likely be held in Palembang will be held on 18-24 July 2011.
The tournament which is being used in preparation for the SEA Games this year see five teams taking part and they are Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines, Myanmar and Timor Leste.
The only remaining tournament this year is the AFF Under-19 Championship which will be hosted by Myanmar on 1-10 September 2011.
The groupings for the tournament are as follows:
GROUP A: Thailand, Singapore, Philippines, Malaysia
GROUP B: Myanmar, Indonesia, Laos, Vietnam
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Philippines is not listed as participating in AFC U16 qualifiers so what team will they be fielding for the AFF event?
ReplyDeleteThe only consistent thing about all this is the Philippines will be not be holding any events. Our less developed neighbors, Laos and Myanmar on the other hand seems to be doing a better job convincing the AFF that they will better hosts than us.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion until the Philippines build better facilities, the AFF will always look askance at us hosting any of their events.
No Under 17 team for Philippines ?
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I guess they chose to drop AFC U16 championship but participate with NT in AFF U16 championship.
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ReplyDeleteLess developed neighbours? Less developed in what sense? Certainly football wise they are way ahead of us. But it seems like you can't see that.
I was talking about economically. As for football infrastructure and development, they are indeed ahead of us. They already have the facilities to host this events and we don't. A fully professional league needs to be developed as well. With the growing interest for football in the country, the need to develop this stadiums will increase and hopefully both public and private entities will work together to achieve those goals.
ReplyDeleteLike I said, among all Asean countries aside from Timor Leste, I think we have the least developed stadia which is obviously the No. 1 criteria for the AFC to select countries to host events. Right now, they have only favorably looked at Panaad. Realistically, its going to be an uphill battle to create infrastructure from scratch. So many issues there for a country like us. On a level of developing football yes we should do it. But it takes hundreds of millions and with so much politicking, poverty and corruption, its going to be a tall order. In terms of how much can realistically be sourced, maybe we should start with smaller stadia if we are going to build new ones (Panaad sized or smaller). Then expand those later. If the goal is to be able to host international tournaments and have venues for a truly professional league, a more realistic option is to upgrade existing stadia like the Rizal Memorial, Ultra and maybe the one in Marikina. That would take less cash.
ReplyDeleteThats what is frustrating about the Philippines. We are bigger economically than those smaller countries and we should be in the same league of Thailand and Malaysia. If there wasnt so much corruption and pabaon system(and iam sure it is just not he AFP), we could already have these stadia in place.
ReplyDeleteThe problem with creating stadia from scratch is space. Literally! Where will it be built? Especially if it's a new national stadium, then it should be in the capital but that's hard in itself.
ReplyDeleteHow many more can we build from scratch? Will it these be in conformity with international standards? Etc.
This is also why I believe that we're too late in developing football in the Philippines. The ceiling has gotten lower and lower over the years. Obviously it can still be developed but only to a certain extent. And things like reaching and passing the criteria for the elite level such as the Champions League, will remain a pipe dream.