Tourney Name: | ASEAN Club Championship |
Year: | 2022 |
Dates: | Cancelled |
Num Teams: | Competition proper: 12 Total: 15 |
Associations: | 11 |
Prevseason: | 2005 |
Nextseason: | 2024–25 |
The 2022 ASEAN Club Championship (simply 2022 ACC) was planned to be the third edition of the ASEAN Club Championship, an international association football competition between domestic champion clubs sides affiliated with the member associations of the ASEAN Football Federation.[1] [2] [3] The tournament was initially scheduled to take place in 2020 but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] In 2022 the tournament was postponed and later cancelled due to the ongoing pandemic and the rescheduling of other 2021 competitions (including the 2020 AFF Championship).[5] The tournament was officially cancelled due to the ongoing pandemic.
It was to be the first ASEAN Club Championship since 2005. Twelve clubs were planned to feature in the competition proper, with prize money for the winners set at about US$500,000.[6]
Clubs from the following 11 football associations initially entered the competition:
width=25% | Football association | width=20% | Group stage | width=20% | Playoff |
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Brunei | — | 1 | |||
Cambodia | — | 1 | |||
![]() | 2 | — | |||
![]() | — | 1 | |||
Malaysia | 2 | — | |||
Myanmar | 1 | — | |||
Philippines | — | 1 | |||
![]() | 1 | — | |||
![]() | 2 | — | |||
![]() | — | 1 | |||
Vietnam | 2 | — |
The following 12 teams from 9 associations confirmed their participation in the competition. Malaysia had direct two berths to the group stage.[7] Brunei's Indera were Brunei's representative at the 2020 AFC Cup, as the only club in the league which fulfilled the AFC Club License requirements.[8] Timor Leste also has not confirmed its participation.
width=25% | Team | width=60% | Previous league/cup performance | width=15% | App |
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![]() | 2019 Thai League 1 champions | 1st | |||
![]() | 2019 Thai League Cup champions | 1st | |||
Hanoi[10] | 2019 V.League 1 champions | 1st | |||
Ho Chi Minh City | 2019 V.League 1 runners-up | 1st | |||
![]() | 2019 Liga 1 champions | 1st | |||
![]() | 2019 Liga 1 runners-up | 1st | |||
Tampines Rovers | 2019 Singapore Premier League runners-up | 2nd | |||
![]() | 2019 Myanmar National League champions | 1st |
Team | Previous league/cup performance | App |
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![]() | 2019 Philippines Football League champions | 1st |
![]() | 2019 C-League champions | 1st |
Chanthabouly | 2019 Lao Premier League champions | 1st |
Indera | 2018–19 Brunei Super League 4th place | 1st |