‘There’s still time’: AFC official confident of finishing tournaments

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Al Hilal celebrate winning the AFC Champions League in Saitama on Nov 24, 2019.

Both tournaments, featuring teams from throughout Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East, are on hold until at least the end of June after Covid-19 shuttered professional sport worldwide. The AFC are determined for both tournaments to go ahead “for sporting reasons and to fulfil commercial obligations”, he said.

Both tournaments are on an increasingly tight schedule, with the 32-team Champions League needing to complete four rounds of group-stage matches in July before the postponed knockout phase begins in August.The finals for both tournaments – which traditionally take a break in July, to avoid the worst of the Asian summer heat – are scheduled to take place in November.

 

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