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] The tournament was initially scheduled to take place in 2020 but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] In 2022 the tournament was postponed and later cancelled due to the ongoing pandemic and the rescheduling of other 2021 competitions (including the 2020 AFF Championship).[5] The tournament was officially cancelled due to the ongoing pandemic.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | Cancelled |
| Teams | Competition proper: 12 Total: 15 (from 11 associations) |
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It was to be the first ASEAN Club Championship since 2005. Twelve clubs were planned to feature in the competition proper, with prize money for the winners set at about US$500,000.[6]
Association team allocation
editClubs from the following 11 football associations initially entered the competition:
| Football association | Group stage | Playoff |
|---|---|---|
 Brunei
|
— | 1 |
 Cambodia
|
— | 1 |
 Indonesia
|
2 | — |
 Laos
|
— | 1 |
 Malaysia
|
2 | — |
 Myanmar
|
1 | — |
 Philippines
|
— | 1 |
 Singapore
|
1 | — |
 Thailand
|
2 | — |
 Timor-Leste
|
— | 1 |
 Vietnam
|
2 | — |
Teams
editThe following 12 teams from 9 associations confirmed their participation in the competition. Malaysia had direct two berths to the group stage.[7] Brunei's Indera were Brunei's representative at the 2020 AFC Cup, as the only club in the league which fulfilled the AFC Club License requirements.[8] Timor Leste also has not confirmed its participation.
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Asean Club Championship to launch after getting AFC and Fifa backing". 6 November 2019.
- ^ "Fox Sports". Archived from the original on 2019-11-06. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
- ^ "AFC Statement on the Asean Club Championship | Football News |".
- ^ "Asean Club Championship postponed to next year". The New Paper. 26 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ "ASEAN Club Championship launch shifted to 2022". Asian Football Confederation. 10 February 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
- ^ "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.
- ^ McCullagh, Kevin (20 January 2020). "Asean Club Championship prepares for inaugural season without Malaysian teams". SportBusiness. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ^ "Indera SC's ACC debut deferred to 2021". Borneo Bulletin. 28 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ a b "นายกเกียร์"คอนเฟิร์ม"ต่อพิฆาต"พร้อมลุยศึกACC". The Siamrath (in Thai). 29 Dec 2019. Retrieved 29 Dec 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Tupas, Cedelf (2 January 2020). "Asean tilt stint for Ceres-Negros up". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ Rodriguez, Jose Rodriguez (31 December 2019). "Svay Rieng FC to play in Asean football championship". Khmer Times. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
External links
edit- ASEAN Club Championship 2020 Archived 2019-12-25 at the Wayback Machine at Fox Sports Asia