On July 3, the Vietnam Professional League (VPL) Committee agreed with 14 top professional clubs in a teleconference on July 2 to adopt the "centralized meeting system" for the remaining matches of the season to allow sufficient time for the Vietnamese national team to prepare for the Top 12 tournament. It is reported that due to the epidemic, as of this moment, Vietnam
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No plans have been determined for the organization of the home stadium for the 12-team tournament, a situation that also deserves the attention of the Chinese team in the same group.
On May 7 this year, Vietnam's domestic league was suspended after completing 12 rounds of fixtures to coincide with the national team's preparation for the Top 40 tournament. So far, the league has not been restarted. The reason for this is that on the one hand, the national team still needs to be quarantined according to regulations after returning to Vietnam from the UAE tournament. On the other hand, the epidemic prevention situation in Vietnam is critical. How to safely restart the league this season has become a major challenge for the Vietnam Professional League Committee and Vietnam
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Urgently needed.
At a video conference on the 2nd, Nguyen Minh Nguyen, Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Professional League Committee, said, "If the domestic professional league does not take place, it will adversely affect the development of Vietnamese soccer, affecting the operations of clubs, as well as the sponsors and tournament organizers of the professional league. Therefore, we have held a meeting in the hope that all clubs will make constructive suggestions to help the league restart as soon as possible. Of course, this also needs to be approved by the government and relevant authorities."
In view of the apparent epidemic in some parts of Vietnam, and in order to minimize the possible risks associated with the re-launch of the league, the Vietnam League Committee and the Vietnam
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After deliberation, a proposal was made to adopt a "centralized match system". The specific proposal is: the league will be fully restarted on July 31, in which the last round of the first phase, the 13th round, will still be played according to the original home-and-away system, while some clubs that cannot play at home due to the epidemic will have to choose another home ground. All matches will be played in empty venues; from the second phase onwards, the league will adopt a centralized tournament system, with venues chosen from nine venues in northern Vietnam.
It is reported that Vietnam
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and the League Committee have identified nine venues, which are located in different districts but relatively close to each other.
According to the plan, the 14 participating teams are divided into two groups: the top 6 teams in the first stage of the points ranking to participate in Group A, i.e., the "Championship Group", adopting the single round-robin system, a total of 5 rounds of matches, the game time for August 6 to 21 days. The bottom 8 teams in the first stage of the points ranking will play 7 rounds in Group B, i.e. the "relegation group", which also adopts the single round robin system, and the competition time is from August 4th to 22nd.
After that, Vietnam will gather on a date to prepare for the 12-team tournament and then participate in the first two rounds of the 12-team tournament.
As for the Vietnam National Cup (similar to the domestic
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Cup), are scheduled to be played between September 20 and 30, i.e. after the first two rounds of the 12-team tournament and before the 3rd round of the tournament in October. The promotion and relegation playoff between the first and second division teams of the Vietnam League is scheduled for September 29th.
After that, the Vietnamese team will have a new training session for the 12-team tournament. This year, Vietnam
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The team will also be sent to the biennial Southeast Asian Championships. Head coach of the national team, Park Hang-su, is also the head coach of Vietnam's U23 and national soccer teams, which are tasked with training for the Southeast Asian Games men's soccer tournament to be held in Hanoi in November this year.
It is reported that at the meeting on the 2nd, Vietnamese clubs endorsed the Vietnam Professional League Committee and the Vietnam
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Proposed league restart program. Participating Vietnamese
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Secretary General Le Hoai Anh said that after the meeting, the Vietnam Professional League Committee will report relevant materials to Vietnam as soon as possible.
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in order for Vietnam to
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Make an application to the Government and various local authorities as soon as possible to support the re-launch of the league.
