The ceremony will take place in Doha (Qatar) at 8:00 p.m. today, October 31, local time (0:00 a.m., November 1, Vietnam time). The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) is honored to be in the top 3 nominees for the Diamond Award for AFC member association of the year. The two remaining candidates for this category are the Kyrgyzstan Football Federation and the Lebanese Football Federation.
VFF honored by AFC
The fact that VFF is in the top 3 nominees for the AFC member association of the year diamond award is AFC's recognition of the outstanding achievements that Vietnamese football has achieved in the year 2022. These include historic milestones such as: the Vietnamese women's team excellently passing the play-off round to register for the 2023 World Cup finals for the first time, the national men's team for the first time qualified for the 2nd qualifying round (the final qualifying round) of the 2022 World Cup, and is also the only representative of Southeast Asia to enter this round.
In 2022, Vietnam is also the only country in Southeast Asia with 3 youth teams entering the Asian finals. Of which, the Vietnam U.23 team reached the quarterfinals at the 2022 AFC U.23 Championship. In addition, in the regional arena, Vietnamese football also impressed by winning the 2022 Southeast Asian U.23 Championship and winning both the men's and women's football gold medals at the 31st SEA Games.
Another noteworthy point in VFF's activities in 2022 is the successful coordination of domestic and international tournaments under "new normal" conditions, after a period heavily affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. This continues to show that VFF is always a dynamic and active federation, receiving high trust from international friends.
For the first time in history, the Vietnamese team has entered the third qualifying round of a World Cup.
According to information from AFC, the 2022 annual awards ceremony will begin with a tribute to Mr. Saoud Al Mohannadi - former Vice President of AFC, who has made great contributions to the development of Asian football and will be recognized with the AFC Diamond of Asia award.
Next, 17 awards will be presented to outstanding individuals and associations of the year, including the awards for Best Male/Female Player of the Year, Best Asian International Player of the Year, Best Futsal Player of the Year, Best Coach (Male, Female) of the Year, Best Young Player (Male, Female), Best Member Association of the Year (Platinum, Diamond, Gold and Ruby Awards), Best Regional Association of the Year. In addition, there are awards recognized by the AFC President for grassroots football and for referees.
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