Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - HCM City FC and Hanoi FC will represent Vietnam in the inaugural ASEAN Club Championship (ACC)next year.
The event, run by theASEAN Football Federation (AFF), will take place in Thailand from May toNovember, 2020.
The tournament willfeature 12 teams. Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam will each send two teams to the event, whilstMyanmar and Singapore will send one representative each.
Football clubs fromsmaller footballing nations around the region such as Brunei, the Philippines,Laos, Cambodia, and Timor-Leste will take part in play-off matches to choosethe two remaining teams for the tournament.
Teams will be dividedinto two groups, with the first and second place teams in each groupprogressing to the semi-finals.
Each team will beallowed to register 25-30 players, including up to four foreign players,including one Asian. Those from Southeast Asian countries are considered‘domestic’ players.
According to the AFF,the final prize money for the winners will be about 400,000 USD, with the total prize money reportedly around 1 million USD. The first draws for the competition will beheld on March 4, 2020.
Each team competingin the ASEAN Club Championship will have their flights and hotels paid for bythe AFF./.