in Indonesia following a decision by the Indonesia organising
committee, a major blow to the Vietnam team which is the defending
champion.
Vietnam Olympic Committee general secretary Hoang Vinh Giang said it would be difficult to change the committee's decision.
Indonesia is not good at female football so the Games committee is not eager for this event, he said.
"The
Games committee's reason is that they don't have enough football
grounds," Giang said. "To organise the female football event, they need
two Asian Football Confederation standard grounds, not including
training grounds.
"The Vietnam committee will give its opinion on
this problem at the meeting with Indonesia to discuss competition
programmes. We will request they hold female football. But in my
experience, there is little chance to modify the Games committee's
determination. They have the right to add or reject events."
Meanwhile,
the national female football team, the Games defending champions,
convened at the National Sports Training Centre in Hanoi on Feb. 14 in
preparation for tournaments this year, coached by Chinese Chen Yun Fat.
They include the upcoming SEA Games and the Olympic London 2012
qualifying rounds.
Vietnam Football Federation vice chairman
Nguyen Lan Trung said the federation was waiting for the official
announcement from the Games committee before adjusting the team's
training schedule.
"Meanwhile, the federation would ask the
Vietnam Olympic Committee and football federations in the region to
petition the Games committee to include female football in the programme
for the 26th SEA Games," ./.
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