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Post by Wiking on Dec 16, 2011 19:22:07 GMT 8
SEAsian ministers welcome regional league AFP A proposed Southeast Asian super league has won approval of regional sports ministers, Indonesia's minister said Friday, in a move to match the sport's popularity in the bloc with stronger competition. "It's still in early stages. We basically welcome this good idea, but there are more steps to be taken before its creation," Andi Mallarangeng told AFP. The ministers had met earlier in the week for two-day talks in Yogyakarta on Java island to discuss the creation of the league, which will include all 10 nations from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations bloc. "We will discuss the details at future meetings with senior officials", Mallarangeng said. "We also need to work with the Asean Football Federation (AFF) and football associations from each member country to figure out how it would be implemented," he added. The leaders also decided to establish a regional coordinating board to boost Southeast Asian nations' performance in international competitions. Despite football's massive popularity in Southeast Asia, the region's national teams fare poorly with Thailand, its top-ranked team, sitting 120th in the FIFA world ratings. sports.yahoo.com/soccer/news?slug=afp-fbl_asia_ina_asean_20111216copy: wikingandtheazkals.blogspot.com/2011/12/future-south-east-asian-football-super.html
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Post by cjeagle on Dec 17, 2011 4:33:07 GMT 8
They have been discussing this idea in Asean football circles on and off for some time now. Because of fixture congestion with their own domestic league competition as well as AFC Club tournament competitions, they have always have had a hard time trying to implement this. It is good that they are becoming serious about it, but I will only believe it will happen when they actually announce the schedules. It certainly will benefit particularly the emerging nations like the Philippines because of our lack of exposure to international club competition.
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Post by cjeagle on Dec 17, 2011 5:54:58 GMT 8
Apparently they are going to pattern it after the successful ASEAN Basketball league as this article suggests: Regional sports ministers accept proposal for ASEAN Football League Share By Les Tan/Red Sports Yogyakarta, Wednesday, December 14, 2011 — Association of South-east Asian Nations (ASEAN) sports ministers have accepted a Malaysian proposal to form an ASEAN football league, according to bernama.com. The league is to feature leading football club teams from all ASEAN countries. A meeting of ASEAN football league chief executive officers will be held on January 14th and 15th in Kuala Lumpur to discuss implementation. Currently, the only professional ASEAN sports league is the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) which is heading into its third season in January 2012. The Malaysian sports minister, Ahmad Shabery Cheek, believes there is economic potential in an ASEAN football league. “Once football becomes a sport that can produce millionaires, it can become a much sought after career and parents can decide to send their children to professional football academies, just like in Europe and other developed countries,” bernama.com quoted him as saying. Aside from the South-east Asian (SEA) Games and the ABL, the only other pan-ASEAN sports competition is the ASEAN Football Championship. The organisers, the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF), have managed to get sponsorship for the tournament since the first edition in 1996. Suzuki Motor Corporation recently renewed its title sponsorship of the championship for 2012 in a deal that was sealed by World Sport Group, the exclusive marketing partner of the AFF. The 2012 championship will be the third consecutive edition that will have Suzuki as the title sponsor. Previous editions were sponsored by Tiger Beer. The Suzuki Cup is Southeast Asia’s biggest football event. A record 192 million television viewers in ASEAN markets watched the 2010 edition along with nearly 800,000 fans who attended the matches live. “I am pleased that Suzuki has chosen to renew its partnership with the AFF to bring the biggest and most exciting sporting event to the region,” said HRH Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah, president of the AFF. “The 2010 edition was the most successful since the inauguration of the tournament and clearly managed to ignite the passions and imagination of the millions of football fans in Southeast Asia.” Following the official draw scheduled to be held next year on July 11th, a qualifying round will be held in Myanmar from October 5th to 13th to determine the two teams which will join defending champions Malaysia and top seeds Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam in the final field of eight nations. The 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup will be held from November 24th to December 22nd. Malaysia and Thailand will co-host the group stage matches. The semi-finals and final matches will be played on a home-and-away basis. redsports.sg/2011/12/15/regional-sports-ministers-proposal-asean-football-league/
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Post by cowscrubber on Dec 19, 2011 22:32:23 GMT 8
This might be good if they follow the ABL format where teams are like national teams. But if they establish a "real" league, local clubs might just choose to join that league. I imagine that will not be good for local leagues.
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Post by cjeagle on Dec 21, 2011 2:09:06 GMT 8
I wonder if FIFA would sanction this. FIFA refused to sanction a European Super League despite several attempts to do this. They prefer clubs competing in their local leagues as well as FIFA sanctioned continental club competition.
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Post by c_d on Feb 8, 2012 22:14:30 GMT 8
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Post by cjeagle on Mar 11, 2012 9:43:52 GMT 8
More news from Thailand about the ASEAN Club Championship:
Saturday, 10 March 2012 Port to get ASEAN Club Championship invite? It is being reported in the local press that Thai Port and Muangthong United could be asked to represent Thailand in the 2012 ASEAN Club Championship. Thai FA secretary general Ong-art Korshinika is quoted as saying that Buriram United (TPL, FA Cup and League Cup winners) and Chonburi (TPL runners-up) are unlikely to be invited, due to their AFC Champions League and AFC Cup commitments. Therefore, Thai Port (League Cup runners-up) and Muangthong United (TPL third place) are the next in line to be asked.
The Championships will take place in Laos later this year, after a seven-year hiatus. The old competition format was similar to that of the AFC Cup. Teams were split into groups of four, with the winners and runners-up of each group qualifying for the knockout stages of the tournament. Whether the format will be re-jigged in 2012 remains to be seen. For the record, the reigning champions are S-League side Tampines Rovers.
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Who is going to represent the Philippines? I supposed it is going to be the winner of the UFL league championship this year 2012. If Stallions win it, will the Koreans still be around to help defend it at the ASEAN club championship later this year?
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Post by cjeagle on Mar 11, 2012 9:53:26 GMT 8
I decided to move this topic here because it directly concerns our local professional league, the UFL since the winner of the league championship this year will mostly likely be invited to compete against other ASEAN clubs in the 2012 ASEAN Club Championship in Laos later this year.
Our neighbors are already making plans of which team they are going to send to represent their country and it would be an interesting dynamic for the clubs competing this year in the UFL to have an additional goal to aim for, aside from winning the league championship.
UFL clubs now have the chance to win the triple crown: the UFL Cup, the UFL League Championship, and the ASEAN Club championship. If we join the President's Cup next year, it would then be possible to win 4 trophies every year. This is an exciting time for Philippine football at the professional level.
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Post by stellarboy on Mar 11, 2012 9:59:39 GMT 8
Thanks cjeagle.
I am pretty sure the UFL champions this season should participate this club competition. What I'm worrying about is if the requirements would include a limited number of foreign players, which would affect some of the top clubs of the UFL including Kaya, Global and Stallions. I hope the UFL organizers have already thought of this instead of focusing much of qualifying for the AFC President's Cup which the country will probably participate next year.
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Post by cjeagle on Mar 11, 2012 10:06:03 GMT 8
Thanks cjeagle. I am pretty sure the UFL champions this season should participate this club competition. What I'm worrying about is if the requirements would include a limited number of foreign players, which would affect some of the top clubs of the UFL including Kaya, Global and Stallions. I hope the UFL organizers have already thought of this instead of focusing much of qualifying for the AFC President's Cup which the country will probably participate next year. My guess is in time the UFL will have to promulgate rules requiring teams to have a set number of foreign players per club, in order to meet the requirements for joining this international club competitions.
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Post by kelvinreambonanza on Mar 11, 2012 14:42:12 GMT 8
___I hope this plan would be materialize, seeing our own clubs play football at international level would bring much boost to growing football market and likewise improve our players skills and experience.
Outcome if it will be push through: 1. It could address to the clamor of growing football fans that need to watch more football games. 2. It could bring more talents and attract global investors aswell as promote SouthEast Asian type of football. 3. It could develop our home grown players in there skill and experience. 4. It could develop good competition between the SEA Asian Nations.
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Post by cjeagle on Jun 20, 2012 5:05:54 GMT 8
Here is an older article stating that this championship will probably not be implemented this year because of problems with the Indonesian and Thailand Football Federations but might instead be started in 2013. www.thejakartaglobe.com/sports/no-asean-league-for-next-year/446384No Asean League for Next Year Terrence Voon -Straits Times Indonesia | June 11, 2011 SHARE THIS PAGE The proposed Asean Super League (ASL) - touted as the region's premier football tournament - is unlikely to kick off as planned next year. The uncertainty surrounding the leadership of football federations in Indonesia and Thailand, along with some resistance from member nations, means 2013 will be a more realistic launch date for the competition. Mooted in 2007 as part of the Singapore Sports Hub Consortium's winning bid for the new Sports Hub in Kallang, the ASL's aim was to provide a year-round competition for the best club sides in South-east Asia. But those plans have been disrupted by recent events. Indonesia's football governing body, the PSSI, narrowly escaped Fifa sanctions earlier this month, and is hoping to resolve its leadership crisis when it holds its congress on July 9. In Thailand, controversial football chief Worawi Makudi is clinging on to power amidst widespread unrest. The fate of his regime will be decided when the Football Association of Thailand's presidential polls are held next week. Until these internal issues are resolved, neither of the two regional powerhouses can rubber-stamp their support for the league. 'With all that is happening (in Indonesia), it is very unlikely the ASL will start next year,' the PSSI's acting general secretary Joko Driyono told The Straits Times yesterday. 'Only after everything is settled, can we discuss the plans in detail.' According to a source close to the organisers, the ASL enjoys strong backing from Malaysia, Singapore, Cambodia, Laos and Brunei. But Vietnam, one of the region's top football powers, is reluctant to enter a team. It is understood that officials there are worried the ASL will dilute attendances for its domestic V-League. The league, endorsed by the Asean Football Federation, still needs final approval from Fifa and the Asian Football Confederation. Progress has been slow, but some details appear to have been hammered out. Between 12 and 16 of the region's top club sides are slated to take part, said the source, in a season-long tournament that will follow a home-and-away league format. Bigger countries like Malaysia and Indonesia can enter two or three teams, while smaller nations like Singapore will have a lone representative. Each team will be given an annual budget of about $2 million, and at least $1million has been set aside as prize money. Participating teams are likely to be existing clubs lifted from domestic leagues, but it is possible brand-new teams may be formed. Apart from top national players, each team will be allowed to have at least four 'Asian-level' foreign players - footballers whose standard of play can compare to the best in South Korea, Japan and the Middle East. The idea is to stoke regional rivalry and boost interest in the sport, but until South-east Asia's troubled footballing nations can get their houses in order, fans will have to wait a little longer for the league to arrive at their doorstep. 'The aim is to raise the quality of football in Asean and to develop the sport in this region,' said the source. 'There is support from most countries, but there is still a lot of work to be done before the big kick-off.'
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Post by zannbu on Aug 16, 2012 9:43:02 GMT 8
Football: QPR owner Fernandes wants SE Asia league KUALA LUMPUR - The flamboyant Malaysian owner of English Premier League side Queens Park Rangers said Thursday he would be keen to support a Southeast Asian club competition similar to the Champions League in Europe. Tony Fernandes, whose AirAsia is the world's biggest budget airline and who has already founded a regional basketball league, said the idea had long been a dream of his. "I have always dreamed of an ASEAN football league. I will put money in an ASEAN league," Fernandes told reporters in Kuala Lumpur, referring to the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Fernandes, who also is principal of the Caterham Formula One team, made the comments in denying Malaysian media reports that he may be in the market to purchase an Indonesian football club. Fernandes founded the ASEAN basketball league in 2009. He said a Southeast Asian football league could help to improve the overall quality of football in the region. "We started the ASEAN basketball league. It will be great to have an ASEAN football league like the European (Champions League). It will be exciting to see players from Malaysia and Singapore play," he said. Football is extremely popular in the region. "We just need more competition. If they (Malaysian teams) play everyday in a league like the Premier League we would have a great team. "For me it is very sad. In the semi-finals of the Olympics, it is Japan against South Korea. When I was young we beat Japan and the South Korea. The difference is they have a very competitive league," he said. "Probably one day we can do something," Fernandes said, smiling, but declining to say whether any plans were in the works. news.asiaone.com/News/Latest+News/Sports/Story/A1Story20120808-364073.html
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Post by rfm on Oct 10, 2012 10:22:09 GMT 8
as long it conforms with FIFA which is the biggest org in charge..
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Post by jvictor on Oct 11, 2012 7:34:19 GMT 8
ASEAN champions league??? it would be interesting
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