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Toebash said:
Yeah it is all a bit difficult to follow. In a similar vein, I wonder if the Nations League serves to cap tie players?
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Ditto Alex M. And the issue with us isn’t that we don’t have a Nations League here, it’s that the AFC can’t really have one until we grow some balls and support Japan’s attempts to break away from the AFC which continues to prove itself corrupt and easy for Gulf countries to bribe.
 
Monoethnic Social Club said:
Nations league are FIFA sanctioned matches, why wouldn't it?
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Friendlies are also FIFA sanctioned matches, but they are seen as "unofficial competition". Only "official competition" is relevant in tying players to a country. World Cup and continental championship qualifiers are official competition, but I'm not sure if Nations League is an official competition or not. I'm pretty sure ASEAN championship is not official competition.
 
Keeper66 said:
Friendlies are also FIFA sanctioned matches, but they are seen as "unofficial competition". Only "official competition" is relevant in tying players to a country. World Cup and continental championship qualifiers are official competition, but I'm not sure if Nations League is an official competition or not. I'm pretty sure ASEAN championship is not official competition.
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But why? It looks like they've been sanctioned by FIFA.
 
Toebash said:
But why? It looks like they've been sanctioned by FIFA.
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Sanctioning by FIFA means the games are recognised and count towards ranking points. Sanctioning does not mean it's official competition. The FIFA series between Australia, Cameroon, Curacao and China was sanctioned by FIFA, but it was not "official competition" and does not result in tying a player to a country.
 
I suppose the more pertinent point is that the ASEAN Championship appears to have been accepted as an A international tournament, while I cannot see the FIFA series has. I've asked JRVK so hopefully we find out soon.

The point I was more interested in discussing was who would everyone like to cap?
 
Keeper66 said:
Friendlies are also FIFA sanctioned matches, but they are seen as "unofficial competition". Only "official competition" is relevant in tying players to a country. World Cup and continental championship qualifiers are official competition, but I'm not sure if Nations League is an official competition or not. I'm pretty sure ASEAN championship is not official competition.
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Sorry I mispoke.. I meant to say FIFA sanctioned official competition. It counts towards UEFA Euro qualifying so has to be... surely?
 
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