VN to host AFF Women's CHAMPIONSHIP 2012

Hanoi, May 15 (VNA) – Vietnam has won the bid to host the Southeast Asian Women’s Football Championships 2012, which is scheduled to take place from Sept. 13-22.  
     
According to Vietnam Football Federation (VFF), the eight squads participating in the championships will be divided into two groups.  
     
Host country, Vietnam will meet Myanmar, Singapore and the Philippines while Thailand, Laos, Indonesia and Malaysia will compete with each other.  
     
Ho Chi Minh City will be the main venue of the event.  
     
Vietnam has become one of two countries in the Southeast Asian region, together with Thailand, to compete at the final round of the Asian Women’s U19 Tournament, which will be held from Nov 3-17. 
     
The country will compete against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Uzbekistan and Jordan.  
     
Vietnam ’s U19 team is participating in the Al Nakba International Football Tournament 2012 in Palestine. (VNA)

Lao league 2011-2012 updates

here is lao league 2011-2012 table

PHILIPPINES U22 HEAD TO THAILAND FOR FRIENDLIES

MANILA (9 May 2012) – The Philippines national Under-22 team will head to Thailand for a series of friendlies as they gear up for the qualifying round of the AFC U22 Asian Cup slated for 23 June to 3 July 2012 in Myanmar.

Other than the hosts, the other teams the Philippines will be up against in Group G are Korea Republic, Malaysia, Vietnam and Chinese Taipei.

http://www.aseanfootball.org/?p=8370

AFC U 16, Championship 2012, Laos was grouped together with a Host

http://www.the-afc.com/en/tournaments/men-a-youth/afc-u16-championship/39094-battle-of-champions-in-u-16

Laos U16 is together with  hosted Iran, Kuwait and Yemen which will be very challenged for Laos to play in the final round of AFC U16,CHAMPIONSHIP 2012.

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Iran (hosts)	Australia	DPR Korea	Uzbekistan
Kuwait	Iraq	Japan	Syria
Yemen	Oman	Saudi Arabia	China PR
Laos	Thailand	Korea Republic	India

Burma’s Football Revolution?

It remains to be seen how much Burma has really opened up, and whether it will continue to do so. Elections have been held, Aung San Suu Kyi is free to travel and she’s now an elected member of parliament.

But as often happens, sport has been busy behind the scenes for some time. This shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise. If North Korea can engage with the international community in the football realm, then Myanmar, still called Burma by the U.K. among other countries, certainly can.

Suu Kyi studied at Oxford and married a British subject, and football in the country has been under some recent Brit influence.

Peter Butler, an Englishman who used to play for West Ham United in the English Premier League, spent part of the 2010 season coaching Yangon United.
http://the-diplomat.com/sport-culture/2012/05/02/burma%E2%80%99s-football-revolution/

Indonesian National Football Team to Play Goodwill Game in Palestine

Magelang. Indonesia will send its national team to Palestine to take part in a football tournament, according to Bernhard Limbong, an Indonesian Football Association (PSSI) executive committee member and national team supervisor.

“This is the first football tournament held in Palestine, and to respect the invitation, the national team will go,” Limbong said Thursday after seeing a try-out match between the national team and the PPSM Kartika Nusantara at Madya Stadium.

http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/football/indonesian-national-football-team-to-play-goodwill-game-in-palestine/515896

Crown, Dordoi in finals

Crown, Dordoi in finals
Monday, 07 May 2012 23:56
Phnom Penh: Hosts Phnom Penh Crown FC and Dordoi Dyanamo both qualified for the September finals of the AFC President’s Cup after registering victories on Monday in the Group B qualifiers in the National Olympic Stadium of Phnom Penh.

Crown edged 2007 finalists Nepal Police Club 1-0 while Dordoi went top of the table after thrashing debutants Yeedzin FC of Bhutan 11-2.

In a hard fought match, the hosts had to rely on Borey Khim 21st minute solitary goal to send Nepal Police out of the competition while Murzaev Maksim scored five goals alone as President’s Cup regulars Dordoi Dynamo once again booked a place for the finals.

Second half substitute Anderson William Franco De Souza scored a brace alongside Askarov Davron and Tetteh  David to complete the rout over the Bhutanese who will take on Nepal Police Club in an academic contest on Wednesday. Crown take on Dordoi on the same day to decide the group winners.

The Sri Lanka national football squad is making final touches before embarking on a 11-day tour to Palestine on May 12 (Saturday)

Dilemma – the National team or the U-22 which will take part

A football team to participate at the Palestine International

By Naushad Amit

The Sri Lanka national football squad is making final touches before embarking on a 11-day tour to Palestine on May 12 (Saturday) on a mission that is quite impossible at contest level but will have scope for the future. Last week the Sri Lanka footballers after training for almost 10 weeks visited Malaysia to play a couple of friendly games, prior to the Palestinian job, but the outcomes of these games were bigger than expected. Sri Lankan football followers maybe were awe when a full strength Malaysian team led the Islanders to a 6-nil thrashing but the national coach, Sampath Perera, had different yet positive views from the local lads’ 90-minute struggle on the field. The Sri Lanka football squad is training presently at the Baddegana Football Complex prior to the Palestinian tour. But FFSL officials are undecided on the team. (Pic by Ranjith Perera) “As a team we only had two months and two weeks to prepare for the Malaysian game. All these days we have been mainly focusing on maintaining the fitness level of players before our first international outing in almost 10 months. Eventually it was a bad loss but the final score does not depict the whole picture. It was a learning process for the boys and there were many positives that we could pick up as a team and as coach I was able to spot many loopholes that need a quick fix,” Perera told the Sunday Times. Sri Lanka last played an international against the Philippines and lost the two-match 2014 World Cup qualifier by an aggregate of 5-1 after recording a thrilling 1-all draw against the mighty Azkals in Colombo on June 29, 2011. In the return game on July 4 held in Manila was a totally different story where Sri Lanka was outsmarted by 4-0 on a perfect pitch. In Malaysia too Sri Lanka played on a velvet-like smooth pitch at the Shah Alam Stadium in Selengor, a venue where even the strong Manchester United have performed. The aspect of playing on perfect pitches in the overseas has been one of the mysterious facts that Sri Lanka has failed to deal with. But lack of proper strategy and management has been in the forefront even during Sri Lanka was coached by foreign nationals. “We got the opportunity to play on a pitch that measured 120x80 metres, which is the specified playing field size for an international. In addition the condition of the pitch was overwhelming. This fact was something that can affect a team’s speed and consistency but we have not been looking seriously into. Apart from it the Malaysians have been fully occupied throughout the year with international assignments whereas Sri Lanka played together in many moons. Facilities were another area we had to compare between the two teams though it was a friendly or a practice fixture. Other than that I reckon we played to our potential as a team and whatever mistakes we committed were due to individual mishaps, which eventually comes under the team’s account. We are working hard on these before our next international competition in almost 10 months which begins next week,” Perera stated. Sri Lanka is one of the international teams participating in the Al-Nakba Football Tournament in Palestine which begins on May 13 and run until 24. The local lads will get the opportunity of facing some of the hot contenders in international football viz. Jordan, Iraq, Tunisia, Indonesia, Pakistan and Vietnam. However the Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL) is undecided yet on the team that they will send for this tournament which is an open category. The Chief Executive Officer of FFSL, Crishantha Perera was awaiting a report from the national team management to discuss matters before selecting the team that will play in Palestine. The CEO told Sunday Times that it could be the main team or the Under-22 team that will take wing to the Middle East, but a final decision on the team is due on May 9. “I cannot say anything on this matter. We sent our national squad for training and some practice games in Malaysia, where we thought our footballers could gain some international exposure. But we are yet to receive a report from the team management on the tour which will be the key in selecting the team for the tournament in Palestine,” he said. But according to Coach Perera who expects a mixed team, the report has been already submitted last Tuesday (2) and he was expecting to meet the hierarchy of FFSL to select the touring squad by today (Sunday). His expectation was to see Sri Lanka field a mix of young players from the Under-22 side and the senior side and give them all some spotlight at a competitive tournament before they go on their separate ways representing the country in months to come. Knowing that fact that football giants in the ranks of Jordan, Iraq, Tunisia and Vietnam too will compete alongside Sri Lanka in next week’s event, Perera was hoping of knocking two birds from a single stone. “I personally know that there’s very little Sri Lanka can do as a team against some of the top international teams. Our Under-22 side will take part in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-22 Championship qualifiers later in June again in the Middle East. And the national side will participate in the South Asian Games early next year. With very little international activities on cards I think we should take the forthcoming tournament as a golden opportunity to give experience to our players,” he added. This was a policy adopted by Sri Lanka during the Malaysian tour of exposure which also included a blend of promising youngsters who played for the first time and seniors, who were out of action for as long as two years due to various reasons. Perera said he made use of the Malaysian outing to even scrutinize the players’ performances on individual basis. According to him even some of the seniors who underperformed are to be axed and replaced with potential youngsters. “One of the main setbacks the national stream is faced today is the lack of a proper club structure that can secure the talents of good players. Our club system fails our players in many ways and its affects are felt very gravely at the national level. This has to change drastically if Sri Lanka is to go for wins at international level and this is a very good juncture to make a viable beginning,” Coach Perera emphasized.

Huge challenge to form an ASEAN League

Huge challenge to form an ASEAN League

Malaysia's football supremo Tengku Abdullah backs regional competition; won't chase AFC presidency

by Dan Guen Chin

04:45 AM Apr 25, 2012

Today caught up with Tengku Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah, the deputy president of the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM), at Changi Airport last Saturday, when he stopped over briefly en route to Manila for the ASEAN Football Federation Congress. In this question-and-answer part of the interview, Tengku Abdullah talks about the progress of the LionsXII, the menace of match-fixing and the prospect of an ASEAN Football League.

http://www.todayonline.com/Sports/EDC120425-0000042/Huge-challenge-to-form-an-ASEAN-League

Laos-LEAGUE THIS WEEK MATCH

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ເວລາ15:00​ໂມງ ລາວ​ລ້ານ​ຊ້າງ ພົບ ອິສ​ເຕິ​ນສະຕສ(​ເດີນ​ໃນ)
ເວລາ16:00​ໂມງ ການບິນ​ລາວ ພົບ ກອງທັບ(​ເດີນ​ນອກ)
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ເວລາ17:00​ໂມງ ນະຄອນຫລວງ ພົບ​ ເອສຣາ(​ເດີນ​ໃນ)

5 May 2012


LAO LANXANG VS EASTERN STARS           TIME: 15:00
LAO AVIATION VS ARMY                          16:00
YOTHA (MPT) VS POLICE                         17:00


6 MAY 2012


LAO-AMERICA FC VS PHEUN PHATTHANA              16:00
NAKHONELUANG FC VS ASARA                       17:00


http://www.senotimes.com/List.php?textTypeID=6

INDONESIA TARGET FINAL ROUND OF AFC U 22 ASIAN CUP

JAKARTA (3 May 2012) – The FA of Indonesia (PSSI) have set the target of qualifying for the final round of the AFC Under-22 Asian Cup. “The U22 team has a series of target – the first being they must make the final round of the AFC U22 Asian Cup


http://www.aseanfootball.org/?p=8346

THAIBEV SIGN UP BARCELONA AND REAL MADRID

THAIBEV SIGN UP BARCELONA AND REAL MADRID

 MAY 01, 2012

BANGKOK (1 May 2012) – Thaibev, the producer of Chang Beer, scored a historic achievement in the last week when they signed up as sponsors of both Spanish giants Real Madrid and Barcelona.


The move was reported to be worth THB 500 million (USD 16 million ).


“We thought about a tour in the Asian region this summer. However, we eventually decided to stay at home because we have the Euro 2012 Championship during that period this year,” said Faus. “All nine of our players who went to the World Cup in South Africa will play in these Euros, while many of our youth team will compete in the London Olympics. So, we decided to postpone this tour potentially for next year,” said Barcelona vice president Javier Faus to the Thai Nation.


“Chang beer and the Thai people are delighted and honoured to be part of arguably the best team in the world,” said Sorrakit Latitham, ThaiBev marketing manager. “ We’re not just a sponsor, we’re your partner. And, in line with our chairman’s philosophy, we believe in long-term partnership.


“We’re very happy to be part of your set-up and we hope that you will accept us as a member of your family too. We hope one day to be able to return the hospitality when you visit our country.”


PIX: Sorrakit Latitham, ThaiBev marketing manager (left) with Barcelona vice president Javier Faus (right)