AS the group stage matches of the 2024-2025 ASEAN Club Championship will continue on 8 and 9 January 2025, Shan United, the Myanmar club, will compete against the Malaysian club, Terengganu at 6 pm Myanmar Standard Time on 8 January at the Thuwunna Youth Training Centre in Yangon. The matches will feature Shan United from Myanmar against Malaysia’s Terengganu FC, and at 6:30 pm Myanmar Standard Time in Thailand, BG Pathum United from Thailand will play against Vietnam’s Thanh Hoa. At 7 pm Myanmar Standard Time in Cambodia, Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng from Cambodia will face Indonesia’s Makassar.
At 5:30 pm Myanmar Standard Time on 9 January in the Philippines, the Philippines Club Kaya FC will compete against Vietnam’s Hanoi FC. At 6:15 pm Myanmar Standard Time, Singapore’s Lion City Sailors will face Malaysia’s Kuala Lumpur City FC. Then, at 7 pm Myanmar Standard Time, Thailand’s Buriram United will compete against Indonesia’s Borneo FC.
In Group A, the Indonesian club Makassar, the Thai club BG Pathum United and the Vietnamese club Than Hoa have four points each. The Cambodian club Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng has grasped three points, while the Malaysian club Terengganu secured one point, and the Myanmar club Shan United has not scored any points yet.
In Group B, the Vietnamese club Hanoi and the Malaysian club Kuala Lumpur City bagged six points each. The Thai club Buriram United and the Indonesian club Borneo have three points each. The Philippine club Kaya and the Singaporean club Lion City Sailors have not scored any points yet.
The first and second group matches were held in August and September 2024, followed by a three-month break, and the remaining matches will take place in January and February 2025. Each group will allow only two teams to qualify for the semifinals. The Shan United, which has lost two matches, can only hope to qualify if they win the remaining three matches. — Ko Nyi Lay/TTA