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/