Portfolio - LEAGUES & TEAMS

OVERVIEW Number of Teams: 20 Number of Groups: 5 (four teams in each group) Qualification to Fourth Round: Top 2 from each group Asia was once again awarded 4.5 qualification spots for the 2014 FIFA…

The 2015 AFC Asian Cup will be held in Australia in January 2015. Qualifying for the final 11 places gets begins in February 2013.

The AFC Champions League is Asia’s premier club competition, featuring the 32 best teams from across the continent

The J. League, widely considered as the premier domestic league in Asia, was formed in the early 1990′s by the Japanese Football Association as a way to increase the standard of football across Japan.

The K-League, the only fully professional league in Korea, was founded in 1983 as the Korean Super League and consisted of just five clubs.

The Chinese Super League was born when the Chinese Jia-A League was re-branded in 2004.

The A-League became Australia’s first fully-professional league when it launched in 2005 after the demise of the old, semi-professional National Soccer League.

The Thai Premier League was formed by the Football Association of Thailand in 1996, replacing the Kor Royal Cup as the highest level of Football in Thailand.

The S.League was developed in 1996 after a Singapore team withdrew from Malaysian competitions to create a professional domestic competition in Singapore.

The V-League, as it is known today, dates back to 1980 when the first semi-professional league was launched, which was then known as the Vietnamese National A1 Football Cup.