V.League 1 season postponed until February 2022
VOV.VN - The 2021 season of the V.League 1 is scheduled to resume in February, 2022, following an announcement recently made by the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF).
The updated fixture list will see the remaining matches from the 13th round of the V.League 1 held on February 12 next year.
The second stage of the V.League 1 season is set to get underway between February 16 and March 12, 2022, with all teams divided into groups A and B.
The VFF has also adopted a proposal made by the Vietnam Professional Football JSC (VPF) which will see only one team relegated from the V.League 1 to the V.League 2.
Meanwhile, in line with the new plan adopted by the VFF, the V.League 2 will resume its seventh round of matches starting from November 20 this year.
The Bamboo Airways National Cup 2021 is also set to restart on January 17, 2022, with the competition at the quarter-final stage.
The new schedule will be implemented to fit in with the fixtures of the national squad ahead of their games in the third round of Asian qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup and the 2020 ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Suzuki Cup.
Vietnam have been drawn in Group B of the final World Cup qualifying round, alongside Japan, Saudi Arabia, Australia, China, and Oman.
During the next round of World Cup qualifiers the team will begin their campaign with an away match against Saudi Arabia on September 2, with their final qualifying match against Japan on March 29, 2022.
Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the AFF Suzuki Cup 2020 has been postponed until December 5.
