KUALA LUMPUR (21 Feb, 2008) – Four Asean teams will have the chance of playing in the AFC Futsal Championship 2008 later this year should they emerge as among the successful teams to progress from the qualifiers which will be held at the end of March.
Following the draw for the AFC Futsal Championship 2008 qualifiers, hosts Malaysia have been placed in Group A against Chinese Taipei, Maldives and Vietnam. Group B are Kuwait, Indonesia, Macau, Brunei and Qatar. The qualifiers will be played at the Matsushita Sports Complex in Malaysia from 26–30 March, 2008. Only the top two teams from each group will join 12 other seeded teams in the final which is to be held in Bangkok on 11-18, May 2008. MATCH SCHEDULES March 26: Malaysia vs Vietnam (1200hrs); Chinese Taipei vs Maldives (1400hrs); Macau vs Indonesia (1600hrs); Qatar vs Brunei (1800hrs) March 27: Vietnam vs Chinese Taipei (1200hrs): Maldives vs Malaysia (1400hrs); Brunei vs Kuwait (1600hrs); Qatar vs Macau (1800hrs) March 28: Malaysia vs Chinese Taipei (1200hrs); Vietnam vs Maldives (1400hrs); Kuwait vs Qatar (1600hrs); Indonesia vs Brunei (1800hrs) March 29: Indonesia vs Qatar (1400hrs); Macau vs Kuwait (160 0hrs) March 30: Brunei vs Macau (1400hrs); Kuwait vs Indonesia (1600hrs) |