Vietnam crosses Thailand on the AFC board
With three consecutive victories in the group stage and winning the knockout seats, Vettel scored 5.14 points more for Vietnam. Vietnam's total score for the 2022 season reached 10.14 points, because HAGL won five points in the AFC Champions League before. Vietnam scored 26,892 points in the past four seasons, surpassing Jordan (24,807 points), Thailand (22,410 points) and Tajikistan (22,195 points) to enter the top 10 in Asia.
The score of Vietnam in the past four years has been calculated by Hanoi's work (14.28 points), Viettel (11,14), Binh Duong (7,22) and HAGL (5), based on their achievements in the fight continental school. In which Hanoi and Binh Duong attended the AFC Cup 2019, so the achievement of Vietnam that year was the average of these two clubs.
Now, nine nations stand in Vietnam on the AFC board once was Saudi Arabia, Japan, Korea, Uzbekistan, Iran, Hong Kong, Qatar, UAE and Malaysia. In there, Malaysia is head of Southeast Asia with 27875.
If Sixtel goes further in the AFC Cup and Johor Darutazin fails to do so in the Champions League knockout stages, Vietnam can overtake Malaysia in ninth place in Asia.
The score on the AFC table after the end of the 2022 season will be the basis for giving the competition for countries in the continental tournament of the season 2024-2025. If Malaysia's position is captured, Vietnam will have two points directly in the AFC Champions League group stage, with two qualifying stone. At that time, Vietnamese clubs will no longer kick the AFC Cup - a less prestigious tournament.
Viettel will play the first knock-out meeting Kuala Lumpur City on 10/8. The team has five games to play if they want AFC Cup.