Eight Vietnamese football clubs eligible to join AFC tournaments
Eight out of the 14 Vietnamese football clubs have been licensed to participate in club tournaments organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) in 2020.
A match between Hoang Anh Gia Lai and SHB Da Nang (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Eight out of the 14 Vietnamesefootball clubs have been licensed to participate in club tournaments organisedby the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) in 2020.
They are Becamex Binh Duong, SHB Da Nang, Ho ChiMinh City, Saigon, Viettel, Than Quang Ninh, Quang Nam and Hoang Anh Gia Lai,the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) said on October 8, following a meeting ofthe VFF licensing committee.
This is the first year the VFF has implementedlicensing for domestic football clubs on the portal of AFC at//clas.afc-link.com.
By joining the AFC licensing system, Vietnamaims to direct domestic football clubs towards a sustainable development roadmap.
The AFC Club Licensing is a tool designed for both the developmentand benchmarking of football clubs.
The "AFC Club Licensing Regulations" is the basic workingdocument incorporating the AFC minimum requirements which should be met byclubs to participate in the AFC Champions League. The system sets out qualitystandards and procedures by which clubs will be assessed for continualimprovement.
The AFC Club Licensing Administrative System (CLAS) is an innovative step byAFC which allows the Member Associations and Clubs to streamline the clublicensing procedure by enabling to communicate and monitor the criteriafulfillment process./.
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A match between Hoang Anh Gia Lai and SHB Da Nang (Source: VNA) 
