Illustrative photo (Source:VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - The Philippines and Myanmar will co-host the AFF Suzuki Cup 2016, the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Council decided at its meeting in Vietnam ’s Da Nang City on March 12, reported Hanoi Moi newspaper.
The decision was made after the Philippines ironed out its venue problems .
Accordingly, the group stage of the AFF Suzuki Cup will be held on November 19-26, 2016.
The AFF Championship (ASEAN Football Championship) is a biennial international association football competition organised by the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF), contested by the national teams of Southeast Asia .
From 2008, Japanese auto-company Suzuki bought the naming rights for the competition, and the competition has therefore been named the AFF Suzuki Cup for sponsorship reasons.
In the last event held in 2014 in Singapore and Vietnam , Thailand was the champion.
Vietnam won the cup once in 2008.-VNA
