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Football Federation Australia (FFA) today announced that the FFA Cup will return to the national football calendar in 2021 with some key adjustments intended to improve and enhance the excitement associated with Australia’s largest annual club-based sporting competition.

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New AFC Champions League slot allocation for the 2021 and 2022 seasons. New AFC Champions League slot allocation for the 2021. The owner of Johor Darul Ta'zim views the plans to add four more slots for East Asia as a positive move. The AFC Champions League. Eight spots in the ACL beginning 2021 with four each to. The 2021 rankings will decide the slots for 2022 and 2023 however, so Sydney FC, Melbourne City and Brisbane really have their work cut out for them to win some more points in the 2021 season and recover our ranking or we'll lose even more slots and have a harder time winning them back. 2021 AFC Cup The 2021 AFC Cup will be the 18th edition of the AFC Cup, Asia's secondary club football. If they advance to the AFC Champions League group stage, the AFC Cup group stage slot is filled by the standby team. And the preliminary round, play-off round, and ASEAN Zone semi- finals and final are played as a single match.

FFA Cup Semi-Finals & Final earmarked to be on stand-alone weekends for the first time. Final to be played at neutral venue.
FFA Cup Final Rounds will feature an open draw for the first time – generating more competitive tension and uncertainty.
FFA Cup 2021 winners to be awarded a preliminary round slot representing Australia in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League*.
FFA Cup Final Rounds Slot Allocation for A-League clubs and Member Federations to remain unchanged.
FFA Cup Final Rounds Play-Off matches between the bottom four (4) placed A-League clubs from the A-League 2020/21 season will be played to determine the final two (2) A-League teams to enter the Round of 32.
Wollongong Wolves (NPL 2019 Champions) will be granted entry into the FFA Cup 2021 Final Rounds. Wollongong missed out in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

From the 2021 iteration of the FFA Cup onwards, the FFA Cup Final will be played at a neutral venue and the FFA Cup Semi-Finals and Final will be contested on stand-alone weekends to ensure that the competition’s showpiece fixtures have the opportunity to establish a significant place on the national sporting calendar.

Additionally, for the first-time next year’s FFA Cup winners will be granted one of Australia’s preliminary round slots in the AFC Champions League, meaning clubs from all levels of the Australian football ecosystem can aspire to compete against Asia’s best.
FFA Chief Executive Officer, James Johnson, said adjustments to the FFA Cup from 2021 onwards are aligned to Principle IV of the XI Principles for the future of Australian football* and will bring a new edge to the competition.
“Principle IV of our XI Principles speaks to the ongoing optimisation of Australia’s competition structures and ensuring that Australia’s football pyramid is aligned and connected. The FFA Cup is unique amongst all other sporting competitions in Australia in that a team of builders, electricians and office-workers might get the chance to compete against five-time A-League Champions Sydney FC,” Johnson said.

“These changes to the FFA Cup from 2021 onwards demonstrate FFA’s commitment to not only enhancing the FFA Cup for the enjoyment of our football community, but to provide players and clubs at all levels of the game with the opportunity to aspire to represent Australia on the global stage.
“Playing the FFA Cup Final on a stand-alone weekend will enable the FFA Cup Final to develop its own identity within the national football calendar, and we envisage that an array of events – such as a national football conference or a national football weekend festival – can in the future be held in parallel with the FFA Cup Final. Furthermore, we believe that by connecting the FFA Cup Final with a variety of supporting football-focused events, we can engage a wide cross-section of the football community and make the event an increasingly attractive proposition to host cities and Governments.”
The 2020 version of the FFA Cup was cancelled earlier this year due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. At the time of cancellation, 765 clubs had registered to participate in the competition – the second most since the competition commenced in 2014.
Johnson is confident that a significant number of the clubs registered to compete in 2020 will return in 2021, as the FFA Cup Round of 32 draw and format is also revised.
“Next year’s FFA Cup Preliminary Rounds will be held much like in years gone by, however we are moving to adjust the structure of the Round of 32 – where professional A-League clubs enter the competition – into four geographic Zones. These Zones will promote local rivalries and competitive tension, and for the first time will feature an open draw to determine matches. The open draw will continue to feature right through to the semi-final stage, ensuring that there’s absolute uncertainty when the draw for each round of the competition is staged,” he said.
The FFA Cup 2021 Preliminary Rounds will be held between February and July next year, with the Final Rounds planned to be played between July and November. Precise match dates and details will be confirmed in due course.
The FFA Cup has received widespread acceptance by the Australian football community since its inception in 2014 because of its ability to connect all levels of the game across Australia. The knockout format has generated competitive tension and uncertainty over the years and these new enhancements further solidify that this competition rewards sporting merit.
The introduction of an FFA Cup for women and youth are part of FFA’s bold and innovative 15-year vision for the game. FFA will also continue to assess the introduction of a group stage throughout the competition, as ways to enhance and increase the number of competitive match minutes available to Australian players are considered.
Throughout 2021, FFA will conduct consultation with Australia’s football community regarding the potential renaming of the FFA Cup. The potential renaming of the competition is due to the current transition from Football Federation Australia to the new company name of ‘Football Australia’. The transition from Football Federation Australia to ‘Football Australia’ received unanimous Congress support at FFA’s seventeenth Annual General Meeting held on Wednesday, 25 November 2020.
In addition, FFA today launched a short survey to capture data and feedback related to the FFA Cup and its development. The survey, available here, provides Australia’s football family with the opportunity to submit ideas as to what the FFA Cup could be named in the future.
*Admission to AFC Champions League Preliminary Rounds subject to winning club meeting AFC Club Licensing Regulations.

Football in Southeast Asia, like so much other sport in the world, was brought to a standstill by the coronavirus pandemic in early March.

Some play resumed months later in countries where the virus was under better control, albeit with little or no fans in the stands. Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam were among the countries that were able to wrap up their domestic leagues later in the year.

But, some like Brunei Darussalam and Timor-Leste have had their 2020 league campaigns wiped out. Severely-hit Indonesia, that boasts the biggest fan base in the region, has yet to see its top division return after its suspension more than nine months ago.

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Thai League 1 shifted its schedule with the 2020 season now concluding in May 2021. Future domestic campaigns will now run from July to April to match the time frame of major leagues in Europe.

A majority of the cup competitions in Southeast Asia were cancelled by national federations due to an already-packed schedule. The 2020 AFC Cup, which had 12 ASEAN clubs in its group stages, was scrapped dealing a big blow to those sides and their supporters.

Here's a look at how some of the major leagues fared this fall and what's to come next year.

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JDT dominated again in Malaysia while Hanoi slipped in V.League 1

There was no stopping Johor Darul Ta'zim FC as the Southern Tigers claimed their seventh successive league title in Malaysia by winning a shortened season. In doing so they became the most successful club in the country since Liga Malaysia was introduced in 1982.

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Soon after claiming the Super League title, however, the Malaysian government delivered a huge setback for the Johor outfit when it barred the club from traveling to Qatar for the AFC Champions League restart. JDT will now have to wait until next season to compete in the continental competition.

Hanoi FC, barred from competing in Asia in 2020 after failing to meet AFC's licensing criteria, suffered even more disappointment in Vietnam's V.League 1. They lost the title to Viettel FC, who will now represent the country in the Champions League next season as Hanoi settled for a place in the 2021 AFC Cup.

United City FC, formerly Ceres-Negros FC, will become the first Filipino side to play in the group stages of Champions League after winning the 2020 Philippines Football League. Albirex Niigata FC (S) emerged champions of Singapore, but it will be Tampines Rovers who will represent the country in ACL 2021.

Shan United successfully completed a title defence in Myanmar while Boeung Ket Angkor FC returned to the summit in Cambodia for the first time since 2017. Newcomers BG Pathum United, along with Port FC, will get group stage entry in the Champions League from Thailand, as the top two in Thai League at the halfway point.

New year, new beginnings for ASEAN football

Though it was a year to forget for most of the clubs in Southeast Asia, 2021 promises to be a better chapter for ASEAN football. More clubs than ever from the region will compete in the two AFC continental competitions next season.

Southeast Asia, for all its vibrant fan culture and rich football history, has had just clubs from Malaysia and Thailand competing in the AFC Champions League proper for the past few years. But that is all going to change with the ACL expanding from 32 to 40 teams in 2021.

In ACL 2021, six ASEAN clubs -- two from Thailand and one each from Malaysia, Vietnam, the Philippines and Singapore -- have been guaranteed a place in the group stages while another four -- two from Thailand and one each from the Philippines and Myanmar -- will be slotted into the preliminary stages.

The 2021 AFC Cup will have 10 Southeast Asian sides in group stages and a further six, including those from Timor-Leste, Brunei, Laos and Cambodia, vying for berths in the mains from the qualification rounds.

Not only will the addition of these clubs into Asia's top-tier continental competition bring the electrifying atmosphere of Southeast Asia's football stadiums to a wider audience in the future, but it should also act as an impetus for clubs in Singapore, Vietnam and Philippines to improve their quality as they look to test themselves against Asia's top sides.