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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 8) – The ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) announced that the next Suzuki Cup will be rescheduled for December 2021 next year due to the pandemic.
On September 25, the AFF said that the Suzuki Cup will be held from April to May 2021. The prestigious soccer tournament in Southeast Asia is originally scheduled to be played this month.
AFF cited the region’s ongoing battle against coronavirus and player health and safety by moving the Suzuki Cup on a set game date of December 5, 2021, to January. February 1, 2022.
“While there have been encouraging results in vaccine development, we are aware that the vaccine approval process, as well as the practicalities of distribution and implementation of vaccine programs around the world, including ASEAN, will take some time. time, “said the president of the AFF, Major General. Khiev Sameth.
The national teams of the region are the competitors of the Suzuki Cup, which is played in local and away format. The Philippine Azkals achieved their fourth semi-final in the final staging of the biennial tournament in 2018, where they bowed to eventual champions Vietnam in the semi-finals.
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