No thanks.
The 11 ASEAN members - Indonesia, Vietnam, Laos, Brunei, Thailand, Myanmar, the Philippines, Cambodia, Singapore, Malaysia and new entrant Timor Leste
This tourney was last played in January. Major change seems to be that it will now be played in a FIFA window(s).
I mean if they invited in Australia, China, Sth Korea, Japan & us (so 16 teams) and it was played in the longer June window, a bit like CONCACAF's Gold Cup it would have some value. ie max 6 games - 3 pool games, QF, SF & final.
But I doubt Football Australia would be interested. The complaint in Aussie, is the Socceroos already play too much in Asia - with both AFC WC & Asian Cup qualifying games taking up 2 years each 4 year WC cycle. They want to play more bigger UEFA teams in friendlies outside of AFC.
https://apnews.com/article/asean-cup-fifa-infantino-new-tournament-ef22f21311b5a25b646ee5e7d3555268
The ASEAN Cup doesn't solve Japan and Indonesia's issues with the corrupt Middle Eastern AFC bloc.
The 11 ASEAN members - Indonesia, Vietnam, Laos, Brunei, Thailand, Myanmar, the Philippines, Cambodia, Singapore, Malaysia and new entrant Timor Leste
This tourney was last played in January. Major change seems to be that it will now be played in a FIFA window(s).
I mean if they invited in Australia, China, Sth Korea, Japan & us (so 16 teams) and it was played in the longer June window, a bit like CONCACAF's Gold Cup it would have some value. ie max 6 games - 3 pool games, QF, SF & final.
But I doubt Football Australia would be interested. The complaint in Aussie, is the Socceroos already play too much in Asia - with both AFC WC & Asian Cup qualifying games taking up 2 years each 4 year WC cycle. They want to play more bigger UEFA teams in friendlies outside of AFC.
https://apnews.com/article/asean-cup-fifa-infantino-new-tournament-ef22f21311b5a25b646ee5e7d3555268
The ASEAN Cup doesn't solve Japan and Indonesia's issues with the corrupt Middle Eastern AFC bloc.