The 12th Annual Asian Champs, Bangkok, 13 August 2011.
The hosts for the 12th Annual Asian Championships, the Thailand Tigers, have just released the prospectus. The Champs will be held in Bangkok on 13 August 2011.
Key points to note in the Prospectus are that:
- Eleven clubs will compete
- There will be no seeding. Each team will play four random preliminary matches. The top four teams will play off in the Semi Finals and the winning two through to the Grand Final.
- Preliminary matches will have 2×12 minute halves; Semi Finals 2 x 15 minute halves; and the Grand Final, 2 x 20 minute halves.
- Each team will have a maximum of 22 players per squad per match comprising 14 on-field players and another 8 on the bench.
- To qualify for the Semi Finals, a player must have played in at least 2 preliminary games. To be eligible for the Grand Final, a player must have played in at least 3 games (preliminary and/or the Semi Final).
- Ring ins:
“We do not want to see players brought into a team from outside of the club, purely to help a team’s chances in the Asian Champs. The responsibility is on each team, and the following could be used as a guideline:“Acceptable- “A former player of the club who has relocated to another country and is touring with the team.
“Unacceptable
- “A player who has not played with the team before and is brought in for the Asian Champs specifically because of his playing ability.
“If any team does overstep the mark in terms of ring-ins, then it’s the other 10 clubs they’ll have to answer to. Common sense and fair play is expected.”
- Registration fee will be USD1,000 per team (for the second consecutive year, the registration fee has dropped which is very welcome news).
To read a copy of the full prospectus, click onto the Asian Champs 2011 Prospectus.
The Thailand Tigers did an amazing job hosting the Asian Champs back in 2007 – when the Swannies made our Champs’ debut. Judging by this prospectus, 2011 will be just as good if not better.
Well done to the Tigers.
