KUALA LUMPUR (22 May 2010) – The official draw for the AFF Cup 2010 and the qualifying round will be held on 15 Sept in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi.
This was announced at the 14th meeting of the AFF Council for Session 2007-2011 at the Hilton Petaling Jaya this morning. The qualifying round of the AFF Cup will be held in Laos with the tentative date being 22-30 October 2010 while the main competition will be held on 1-29 Dec 2010. Preliminary competition will be held in two countries – Indonesia and Vietnam – where they will hosts Group A and Group B depending on the outcome of the draw. The AFF Under-19 Championship 2010 will be held in Vietnam on 24-30 July is being used as a preparatory tournament for the AFC U19 Championship. This year, the four teams taking part in the meet are Vietnam, Thailand, Australia and Korea Republic. The AFF Under-16 Championship which is being used as a preparatory tournament for the AFC U16 Championship will be held in Indonesia on 18-28 September. The four teams are Indonesia, Timor Leste, Vietnam and China PR. Development activities will see several Member Associations organizing courses this year with the tentative dates being Thailand (5-9 July 2010), Malaysia (19-23 July 2010), Indonesia (2-6 August 2010), Singapore (20-24 Nov 2010) and Vietnam (10-14 Sept 2010). The Futuro III A&M Regional Course will be held in Yangon, Myanmar on 4-9 Oct 2010. |