Laotian Americans are Americans who trace their ancestry to Laos. Laotian Americans are included in the larger category of Asian Americans. The major immigrant generation were generally refugees who escaped Laos during the warfare and disruption of the 1970s, and entered refugee camps in Thailand across the Mekong River. They emigrated to the United States during the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s.
The Laos national football team is the men's national football team that represents the Lao People's Democratic Republic. It is affiliated with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the regional ASEAN Football Federation (AFF).
The 2007 AFF U-17 Youth Championship was played for the third time in 2007. It was held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia from 19 August to 1 September 2007. Nine nations took part, all from the ASEAN region. No guest nations were invited. The nine teams were drawn into 2 groups. One group of 5 nations and the second group of 4 nations. The winners and runners up would progress to the semi-final stage.
Souksavanh Tonsacktheva is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Laos.
The 2010 AFF Championship qualification tournament was held in Vientiane, Laos from 22 to 26 October 2010 for the five lower-ranked teams in Southeast Asia. All teams played in a round-robin tournament format with the winner and runner-up qualifying for the final tournament. However, the qualification was held without Brunei, due to FIFA's continued suspension of the Football Association of Brunei Darussalam, thus barring them from the competition. The draw for the qualifying round and competition proper took place on 15 September 2010.
The Singapore national under-23 football team is the national under-23 association football team of Singapore. The team comes under the organisation of the Football Association of Singapore (FAS).
The Laos women's national football team is the female representative football team for Laos.
Khampheng Sayavutthi, is a Laotian former football player who played for the Laos national team.
The Laos National U-17 football team is the major U-17 youth team of Laos. It is controlled by the Lao Football Federation, the governing body for football in Laos.
The Laos national under-23 football team represents Laos in international football competitions in Olympic Games, Asian Games and SEA Games, as well as other under-23 international football tournaments.
The 2013 AFF U-19 Youth Championship was held from 9 to 22 September 2013, hosted by Indonesia. 11 members of the ASEAN Football Federation were divided into two groups.
The 2014 AFF Championship qualification tournament was the qualification process for the 2014 AFF Championship, the tenth edition of the ASEAN Football Championship. It was held in Laos from 12 to 20 October 2014, and involved the five lower ranked teams in Southeast Asia. The format was a single round-robin tournament with the top two teams qualifying for the tournament proper.
The 2014 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy was the fifth edition of the invitational tournament hosted by Brunei. The tournament take place in Brunei from 9–23 August 2014. Eleven teams from the Asean Football Federation participate in the tournament for under the age of 22. The draw took place on 12 July 2014 at the National Football Association of Brunei Darussalam (NFABD) House. The teams are divided into two groups. Host country, Brunei, were given a chance to choose which group they wished to be drawn in. Brunei chose to be drawn in group B. Indonesia was to confirm its participation in the tournament but was not included in the initial draw. Indonesia's participation was later confirmed by the National Football Association of Brunei Darussalam on 20 July and a second draw was held on 22 July to include Indonesia. Indonesia send its U19 team.
The 2015 AFF U-19 Youth Championship was the 13th edition of the tournament which was held in Laos for the first time between 22 August to 4 September 2015. It was initially going to be played in Indonesia but they were suspended by FIFA in May 2015.
The following lists events that happened during 1992 in Laos.
IDESA Champasak United Football Club is a professional football club, based in Pakse, Laos, that plays in the Lao Premier League, the highest division in Laotian football. The club plays its home matches at the Champasak Stadium, which holds 12,000 people.
Electricite du Laos Football Club is a professional football club based in Laos. They play in the top national football league in Laos, and finished ninth in the Lao Premier League. Their home stadium is Lanexang Stadium.
The Laos national under-20 football team is the under-20 youth team of Laos. It is controlled by the Lao Football Federation, the governing body for football in Laos.
Laos participated in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia from 18 August to 2 September 2018. Laos first competed at the Asian Games in 1974 Tehran, and the best achievement was in the last edition of 2014 Incheon, when the country gained a silver, and 2 bronze medals.
Young Elephants FC is a professional football club based in Vientiane, Laos, which play in the Lao League 1, the top national football league in Laos. The club's players comprise about 80% of the Laos national football team. The club is own by Singaporean business man, Jason Lim who acquired the club in 2018. It is a club that he inherited from ground zero after he was appointed president and chairman of the club. The club have won 2 league titles and 1 Lao FF Cup.
