Myanmar national men’s football squad is going to play its home debut against Cambodia in AFF Suzuki Cup 2008 at Mandalar Thiri Stadium on November 12, said a source of Myanmar Football Federation
As part of preparation for taking part in AFF Suzuki Cup 2008, Myanmar went to a friendly tour to Indonesia, Bahrain and Qatar during October. Myanmar also demonstrated a warm-up match against Bolivia, one of the South African powerhouses.
AFF Suzuki Cup 2008 will be held from 8 November to 15 December.
Myanmar will have to play two home matches against Cambodia and Vietnam and two away against Malaysia and Laos according to the fixture of the AFF Suzuki Cup 2008.
Asian Football Federation (AFF) applied a new format to Suzuki Cup tournament in 2018. The nine highest ranked teams would be qualified automatically. The 10th and 11th placed teams have to play a two-legged qualifier. The 10 teams will be divided in two groups of five and play a round robin system. Each team has to play two home and two away fixtures. A draw will be made to determine where the teams play. The format of the knockout round would remain unchanged.
According to the new format, Brunei and Timor Leste played home and away play offs which were conducted on 1 and 8 September 2018 with the latter securing qualification. Now the teams going to take part in the AFF Suzuki Cup 2008 are Vietnam, Malaysia, Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos in the Group-A and Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore and Timol Leste in the Group-B.
Translated and Edited by Win Htut
