2022 ASEAN Club Championship

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2022 ASEAN Club Championship
Tournament details
DatesCancelled
TeamsCompetition proper: 12
Total: 15 (from 11 associations)
2005

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.

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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

Clubs from the following 11 football associations initially entered the competition:

Football associationGroup stagePlayoff
Flag of Brunei.svg Brunei 1
Flag of Cambodia.svg Cambodia 1
Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia 2
Flag of Laos.svg Laos 1
Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia 2
Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar 1
Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines 1
Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore 1
Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 2
Flag of East Timor.svg Timor-Leste 1
Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam 2

Teams

The 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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