2022 ASEAN Club Championship

Third edition of the ASEAN Club Championship
2022 ASEAN Club Championship
Tournament details
DatesCancelled
TeamsCompetition proper: 12
Total: 15 (from 11 associations)
← 2005
International football competition

The 2022 ASEAN Club Championship (simply 2022 ACC) was planned to be the third edition of the ASEAN Club Championship, an international association football competition between domestic champion clubs sides affiliated with the member associations of the ASEAN Football Federation.[1][2][3] It was to be the first ACC to commence since 2005.

Twelve clubs were planned to feature in the competition proper. The final prize money for the winners was set at about US$500,000.[4]

The tournament was initially scheduled to take place in 2020 but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] The tournament was later postponed again to 2022 due to rescheduling competitions in 2021; 2022 Asian World Cup qualification, 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification, AFC competitions and the 2020 AFF Championship.[6] The tournament was officially cancelled due to the ongoing pandemic.[7]

Association team allocation

Clubs from the following 11 football associations are eligible to enter the competition:

Football association Group stage Playoff
Brunei Brunei — 1
Cambodia Cambodia — 1
Indonesia Indonesia 2 —
Laos Laos — 1
Malaysia Malaysia 2 —
Myanmar Myanmar 1 —
Philippines Philippines — 1
Singapore Singapore 1 —
Thailand Thailand 2 —
East Timor Timor-Leste — 1
Vietnam Vietnam 2 —

Teams

The following 12 teams from 9 associations confirmed their participation in the competition. Malaysia had direct two berths to the group stage but is strongly considering not to enter a team. Reportedly only the first and second-placed teams in the first-tier domestic league and the winners of the national cup is eligible to enter.[8] However Brunei's Indera only placed fourth in the 2018–19 Brunei Super League but they are Brunei's representative at the 2020 AFC Cup being the only club in the league which fulfills the AFC Club License requirements.[9] Timor Leste also has not confirmed its participation.

Group stage direct entrants
Team Previous league/cup performance App (Last)
Thailand Chiangrai United[10] 2019 Thai League 1 champions 1st
Thailand PT Prachuap[10] 2019 Thai League Cup champions 1st
Vietnam Hanoi[11] 2019 V.League 1 champions 1st
Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City[11] 2019 V.League 1 runners-up 1st
Indonesia Bali United[12] 2019 Liga 1 champions 1st
Indonesia Persebaya[12] 2019 Liga 1 runners-up 1st
Singapore Tampines Rovers 2019 Singapore Premier League runners-up 2nd (2005)
Myanmar Shan United[13] 2019 Myanmar National League champions 1st
Qualifying play-off participants: Entering in Group stage
Team Previous league/cup performance App (Last)
Philippines United City[14] 2019 Philippines Football League champions 1st
Cambodia Svay Rieng[15] 2019 C-League champions 1st
Laos Chanthabouly 2019 Lao Premier League champions 1st
Brunei Indera 2018–19 Brunei Super League 4th place 1st

Foreign players

A maximum of four foreigners are allowed per club which follows the Asian Football Confederation's (AFC) '3+1 rule'; three players of any nationality and a fourth coming from an AFC member nation. A player coming from an AFF member nation will not be considered as a foreign player.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Asean Club Championship to launch after getting AFC and Fifa backing". 6 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Fox Sports". Archived from the original on 2019-11-06. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
  3. ^ "AFC Statement on the Asean Club Championship | Football News |".
  4. ^ "ASEAN Club Championship (ACC) 2020: tournament details, country slots, dates, prize money revealed – Reports". Fox Sports Asia. 24 December 2019. Archived from the original on 25 December 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  5. ^ "Asean Club Championship postponed to next year". The New Paper. 26 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  6. ^ "ASEAN Club Championship launch shifted to 2022". Asian Football Confederation. 10 February 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  7. ^ ASEAN Club Championship cancelled as Cambodia was in line for playoffs
  8. ^ a b McCullagh, Kevin (20 January 2020). "Asean Club Championship prepares for inaugural season without Malaysian teams". SportBusiness. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  9. ^ "Indera SC's ACC debut deferred to 2021". Borneo Bulletin. 28 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  10. ^ a b "นายกเกียร์"คอนเฟิร์ม"ต่อพิฆาต"พร้อมลุยศึกACC". The Siamrath (in Thai). 29 Dec 2019. Retrieved 29 Dec 2019.
  11. ^ a b "Two clubs from Vietnam named for inaugural ACC 2020". Fox Sport Asia. 29 Dec 2019. Archived from the original on 28 December 2019. Retrieved 29 Dec 2019.
  12. ^ a b "Bali United dan Persebaya Jadi Wakil Indonesia di ASEAN Club Championship 2020". bola.com (in Indonesian). 28 December 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  13. ^ "Shan United to take part in ASEAN Club Championship 2020". Myanmar Times. 30 December 2019. Archived from the original on 31 December 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  14. ^ Tupas, Cedelf (2 January 2020). "Asean tilt stint for Ceres-Negros up". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  15. ^ Rodriguez, Jose Rodriguez (31 December 2019). "Svay Rieng FC to play in Asean football championship". Khmer Times. Retrieved 3 January 2020.

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