The AFC Annual Awards Doha 2022
The stellar achievements of the Asian Football Confederation’s (AFC) Member Associations (MAs) and Regional Associations (RAs) were put firmly in the spotlight on Tuesday evening at the AFC Annual Awards Doha 2022, presented by the AFC’s Global Partner NEOM. Vietnam Football Federation was honored to be in the nominated list of the AFC Member Association of the Year – Diamond.
The Diamond Award for the AFC Member Federation of the Year went to the Lebanese Football Federation, but the fact that the VFF was nominated in the top 3 is AFC’s recognition of the outstanding achievements that Vietnamese football has achieved in the 2022, including the highlights of the men’s and women’s national teams and youth teams in AFC youth tournaments.
The Uzbekistan Football Association was named the AFC Member Association of the Year in the Platinum category, while the Lebanese Football Association took home the Diamond accolade; the Football Association of Hong Kong, China Limited and Guam Football Association won in the Gold and Ruby categories respectively.
History was made by the Central Asian Football Association, who was named the AFC Regional Association of the Year – the first time this accolade has been given out at the AFC Annual Awards.
In addition, Saudi Arabian sensation Salem Al Dawsari and Australian icon Samantha Kerr have clinched the prestigious AFC Player of the Year Award in the men’s and women’s categories respectively.
AFC Annual Awards Doha 2022 Roll of Honour AFC Diamond of Asia Saoud Al Mohannadi of Qatar (posthumous) AFC Member Association of the Year Platinum: Uzbekistan Football Association Diamond: Lebanese Football Association Gold: The Football Association of Hong Kong, China Limited Ruby: Guam Football Association AFC Regional Association of the Year Central Asian Football Association AFC President Recognition Awards for Grassroots Football Gold: Football Australia Silver: Guam Football Association Bronze: All India Football Federation AFC Coach of the Year (Women’s) Shui Qingxia (CHN) AFC Coach of the Year (Men’s) Hajime Moriyasu (JPN) AFC Futsal Player of the Year Moslem Oladghobad (IRN) AFC Women’s Player of the Year: Samantha Kerr (Chelsea FC and AUS) AFC Player of the Year: Salem Al Dawsari (Al Hilal SFC and KSA) The awards below were not presented in Qatar: AFC Asian International Player of the Year: Kim Min-jae (Fenerbahce/SSC Napoli/FC Bayern Munchen and KOR) AFC Youth Player of the Year (Women’s) Maika Hamano (INAC Kobe Leonessa/Chelsea FC and JPN) AFC Youth Player of the Year (Men’s) Kuryu Matsuki (Aomori Yamada High School/FC Tokyo and JPN) AFC Referees Special Award Chris Beath (AUS) – Referee, Anton Shchetinin (AUS) – Assistant Referee, Ashley Beecham (AUS) – Assistant Referee, Ammar Aljneibi (UAE) – Support Video Assistant Referee |
