EXPLORE THE ASIAN GAME
Football through an Asian lens.
Newsletter Subscribe
Enter your email address below and subscribe to our newsletter
When does winning in Southeast Asia stop being enough?
Southeast Asia has staged two regional tournaments in little more than two months. But does it really need both - and as the region’s leading nations aim higher, at what point does winning Southeast Asia stop being enough?
The International Window
EPISODE 1
When does winning in Southeast Asia stop being enough?
Southeast Asia has staged two regional tournaments in little more than two months. But does it really need both - and as the region’s leading nations aim higher, at what point does winning Southeast Asia stop being enough?
ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Southeast Asia has just staged two regional international tournaments within little more than a month.
But does the region really need both?
On the first episode of The International Window, Scott McIntyre is joined by Keeshanan Sundaresan and Dez Corkhill to examine where the traditional ASEAN Championship and the new FIFA ASEAN Cup fit into an increasingly crowded international calendar.
Why do these tournaments still matter so much to the region? Should Southeast Asia’s leading nations be looking beyond their own neighbourhood for stronger competition? And if two tournaments are going to coexist, do they need fundamentally different purposes?
The panel also discusses the growing use of naturalised and heritage players across Southeast Asia, Indonesia’s evolution ahead of the Asian Cup, the prospects of Vietnam and Thailand, the challenges facing the region’s developing nations and why stronger domestic leagues ultimately remain essential to genuine progress.