On July 3, news came from Vietnam that the Vietnam Professional League Committee reached an agreement with 14 top professional soccer clubs in a teleconference on July 2, deciding to adopt the "centralized meeting system" for the rest of the season in order to reserve enough preparation time for Vietnam's participation in the 12-team tournament. It is reported that due to the impact of the epidemic, so far, the 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 has also attracted a great deal of attention from the Chinese team in the same group.
On May 7 this year, Vietnam's domestic league (after 12 rounds of matches) was suspended to coincide with the Vietnamese team's preparation for the Top 40 tournament. So far, the league has not been restarted. On the one hand, the Vietnamese team still needs to be quarantined according to the regulations after returning home from the UAE tournament. On the other hand, the epidemic prevention situation in Vietnam is very serious. How to safely resume the Vietnam League this season has become a major challenge for the Vietnam Professional League Committee and the Vietnam
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Major issues that need to be addressed urgently.
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 have a negative impact on the development of domestic soccer in Vietnam, affecting the progress 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 current epidemic evident 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 consultation, 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 match of the 1st stage, the 13th round, will still be played according to the original home-and-away system, and some clubs that cannot play at home due to the epidemic will need to choose another home ground. All matches will be played in empty venues; from Phase 2, the league adopts a centralized fixture system, with venues selected in 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 within relatively close proximity to each other.
According to the plan, the 14 participating teams are divided into two groups: the top 6 teams in the 1st stage of the points ranking will participate in the matches of Group A, that is, the "Championship Group", which adopts the single round-robin system, with a total of 5 rounds of matches, and the match time will be from August 6th to 21st. The bottom 8 teams in the 1st stage of the points ranking will play the 7 rounds of Group B, that is, the "relegation group", which also adopts the single round robin system, and the competition time is from August 4th to 22nd.
Vietnam will then have a pre-12 training session and participate in the first two rounds of the 12-team tournament.
As for the Vietnam National Cup (similar to the domestic FA Cup), it will be played between September 20 and 30, that is, after the first two rounds of the 12-team tournament and before the third round 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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A team will also be sent to the biennial Southeast Asian Championships. Head coach of the Vietnam national team, Park Hang-su, is also the head coach of the Vietnam U23 national football team, which will also need to train for this year's task of competing in the Southeast Asian Games men's football tournament to be held in Hanoi in November.
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 quickly report relevant materials to the Vietnam
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in order for Vietnam to
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The Government and all relevant departments should be approached as soon as possible to support the re-launch of the league.
