Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Kuala Lumpur: The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has been informed by the Vietnam Football Federation that the Vietnam Government will not be allowing the hosting of any sporting event in the country in February 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak.
This decision affects the AFC Cup 2020 Group Stage matches involving Vietnamese clubs - Ho Chi Minh City and Than Quang Ninh.
Therefore, the AFC has worked to swap the February home matches of both clubs to away ties. Ho Chi Minh City’s first match against Yangon United will now take place in Myanmar on February 11 with the next match in Vietnam scheduled for April 29, 2020.
Similarly, Than Quang Ninh will face Ceres Negros on February 25 in the Philippines before the two sides face off again in Vietnam on May 13, 2020.
The AFC also noted that the AFC Cup Preliminary Round 2 Central and East Zone matches between Turkmenistan’s FC Ahal and Kyrgyz Republic’s PFC Neftchi as well as Mongolia’s Ulaanbaatar City FC and Chinese Taipei’s Taipower Company did not take place as scheduled on February 5, 2020.
Both matters will be considered, and appropriate action will be taken in due course.