The 2017 edition of the AFF Women’s Championship has been called off following the 9th meeting of the AFF Council for the session 2015/2019.
It was felt that since 2017 already have several major women’s tournaments, having another at the ASEAN level meet would defeat the purpose and lead to unnecessary use of funds.
For this year, there’s already the AFC Under-16 Championship (hosted by Thailand) in September and also the AFC Under-19 Championship (hosted by China) in October.
There will also be the SEA Games 2017 which will see the senior teams from around the region taking part in the tournament in Kuala Lumpur.
At the same time too, following the decision for withdrawal, Indonesia have decided to take part in the first ever AFF U15 Girls’ Championship to be held in Vientiane, Laos on 8-20 May.
Following Indonesia’s participation, the tournament will now see ten teams divided into two groups doing battle.
Brunei have also decided to take part in the AFF Invitational Futsal Club Championship while New Zealand will be the invited guest for the AFF U18 Championship.
Official draws were also conducted today to decide on the match-ups of the various competitions.
AFF UNDER-15 GIRLS’ CHAMPIONSHIP 2017
GROUP A: Malaysia, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand
GROUP B: Philippines, Singapore, Cambodia, Timor Leste, Indonesia
AFF UNDER-18 CHAMPIONSHIP 2017
GROUP A: Thailand, Timor Leste, Malaysia, Singapore, Cambodia, Laos
GROUP B: Vietnam, Myanmar, Indonesia, Brunei, Philippines, New Zealand
AFF FUTSAL CHAMPIONSHIP 2017
GROUP A: Myanmar, Malaysia, Laos, Philippines, Australia
GROUP B: Thailand, Timor Leste, Brunei, Indonesia, Vietnam
AFF UNDER-15 CHAMPIONSHIP 2017
GROUP A: Australia, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, Indonesia, Singapore
GROUP B: Vietnam, Cambodia, Timor Leste, Malaysia, Philippines, Brunei
