Hà Nội banned from AFC tournaments

HÀ NỘI  V.League  一 champions Hà Nội FC have been banned from taking part in both the Asian Football Confederation’s Champions League and Cup next season.

The Vietnamese team made history as the first Southeast Asian team to reach the AFC Cup Inter-final last month.

However, they will be absent from the events next year as their U 一 五 team did not compete in the national championship, and continental governing body rules that participants must have youth teams competing from U 一 三 to U 二 一 each season.

As a result, V.League runners-up HCM City will replace them.

It is the second time a Vietnamese club has been banned for the same reason. In  二0 一 七, champions Quảng Nam FC were kicked out after they missed the U 一 七 tournament.  VNS