Hanoi FC celebrate their V.League 1 championship in 2019 (Photo: www.the-afc.com) Hanoi (VNA) – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC)recently ran an article which spoke highly of the 2020 V.League as the domestictourney is set to return on June 5.
“Vietnam's top flight will become the latest of Asia'sleagues to return to action when the V.League 1 resumes on Friday after a neartwo-month hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic,” it noted.
“And in further positive news for football fans acrossVietnam, matches will not be played behind closed doors, with authoritiesallowing spectators into stadiums as the country continues to return towardsnormality.”
Founded in 1980 in a semi-professional capacity beforemoving into a profession era at the turn of the Millennium, the V.League hasenjoyed a steady rise in recent years.
Both V.League and the national cup are set to finish at theend of October to ensure training time for the national men’s team in theremaining months of the year.
Notably, the organisation plan of V.League may undergo majorchanges.
All participating squads will play 13 rounds of the firstleg (of which two were held in March). Results of those matches will be used toclassify the teams in the second phase, which will see the top eight vying forthe championship, while the six bottom-ranked teams will play to avoidrelegation./.
