Author: brendar » Fri Aug 10, 2012 6:09 pm
unitedkurdistan wrote:Why can't Hewler FC play in the asian champions league?
There are two different club competitions in Asia, AFC CUP and AFC Champions league. Basically, it is like Europe league and Eruope champions league. However, the winner and runners up from each country will qualitfy straight away to participate in the AFC Champions league and the others (3rd & 4th) will qualify to the AFC CUP. So Erbil FC should have participated in the Champions league since 2007, since they won the iraqi league since then.
Here is the story. Bin hamam from qatar. This guy was the president of Asian football federation who hated iraq. He tried his best to convince the asian football federation of excluding iraq from champions league because they do not have proper stadiums and lack of financial support. Also, he was the one who excluded iraq national team from playing in Erbil as a home stadium because the stadium was not good enough.
Anyway, a year ago he was accused for bribing money to some asian and european countries to vote for Qatar to host the World cup 2022. So he was kicked out by Sepp Blatter (head of FIFA) and now he is not allowed to participate in any sports activities.
lol, Some iraqi's said that he is not allowed to do any sports activities any more, even push ups
Note: If Erbil FC wins the Asian CUP this year (they are in quarter finals), they will qualify to the champions league for next year. Also, there is a matter of points that need to be achieved so that the iraqi clubs can return to the champions again.
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brendar on Mon Aug 20, 2012 3:51 pm, edited 1 time in total.