we don;t need to travel~ there's enough Chinese and Chinese fans living in Thailand,Vietnam Malaysia and Indonesia
lets do remember that if there happened to be a natural disaster at any time in the tournament or they believed they may be one, they wouldnt host the games there
Why not? I heard it's a beautiful place. What are the odds of another natural disaster happening so quickly again?
Dude, 1st Tsunami, then Earth Quick, then another Earthquake, then the Volcano active or the Volcano smoke or something Dude Disaster can happens in any time
no one will travel to watch a weak tournament the Korean is the most loyal to their NT team than other they played against us in UAE and there was about 3,000 watching the game when i saw the match i thought they r playing in Korea
A weak tournament? It's the Asian Cup man, yeah some Koreans don't care about it, but it's good experience for all the participating teams.
Not if it's in places like Lebanon. On a serious note, I'm thinking about it. Flights to SE Asia are awfully cheap these days.
If Syria were playing and it was in a MidEastern cournty I'd be there in a jiff. But I doubt I can make to east Asia.
haha.. that is quite true though, our fans travel anywhere to watch games. in the 2006 WC when Korea vs France, i thought it was a Korean home game. at least from crowd support wise.
Beleive it or not, I saw most of the WC matches on a big screen in the WTC in Dubai. When Korea played France it was like I was in some Korean city. Amazing, much respect to your fans.
The problem with Asia is that its huge compared to Europe, and South America. Specially that Australlia is also in. I doubt I'd be willing to travel from western Asia to the the far east or the southern part of asia to watch the Asian Cup. Transportation through Asia isn't even as friendly as it is in Europe. Lots of different cultures and war. If the tournament is held in western Asia yeah I'd travel there.
Guys u better come to watch the game...it's gotta be a nice atmosfer in the next asian cup..we would like to invite you guys to come and watch it!! anyway the cost to travel from one ASEAN countries to another is cheap..by plane probably only 50-100 USD and if you wanna watch in Indonesia..i can be your guide!
An interesting fact : even in South America it's difficult to see people traveling to watch Copa America.And even a country like Brasil who has 49% of the whole countinent have pitiful crowds when playing outside Brasil. Anyway, I would travel to see Asian Cup without doubt.
This is total nonsense! I've been to Thailand, Malaysia, and indonesia many times and they are all very nice and safe places to travel with lots of interesting things to see and do. I would also love to go to Vietnam next as I've heard it's really nice there. With that said... the Asian Cup is still seen as a bit of an undervalued tournament. Not only by the fans, but also by the players in the tournament itself. Last Asian Cup in China: Korea and Japan I believe sent mostly their under 23 squad to prepare them for the olympics. I believe that many Gulf countries also used the tournament as preparation for the Gulf Cup in Qatar and world cup qualifiers. The tournament is growing but still has some way to go before it gets to the stature of the European Championship, or even African Nations Cup... so, the answer is .. no... I would not travel to a country just to see the Asian Cup. However, if I happen to be in Vietnam, or one of the other three countries around this time then I would definitely try and catch a game.
I am half-thai and an american considering going to Thailand next year and would want to be there during the Asian Cup to see the Thai national team play. I support the US National Team in the World Cup so why not the Thai national team in the Asian Cup?
Korea sent B squads with 8 or 9 regular A team player, Japan sent Domestic Squads Without European based players~ Iraq Sent U-23 players and Suadi maybe sent their Division 5 All-Star