The development of women's football in Indonesia is arguably far behind compared to men's football. To help enliven women's soccer in Indonesia, AIA with Tottenham Hotspur held an AIA Championship for Women.
AIA Championship for Women as a form of support from AIA and Tottenham for empowering women in sports, especially soccer.
This is in line with its commitment to helping people live healthier, longer and better.
Through this competition it is expected that women's soccer in Indonesia will be more passionate and able to make achievements.
Women's football has experienced quite good development in the world in recent years. Various women's soccer competitions were also held and managed to attract the enthusiasm of football fans.
Large European clubs currently have women's soccer teams and regularly attend women's soccer leagues. Asia also has the potential for great women's football.
In the Women's Football Survey conducted by FIFA in 2014, AFC recorded a total of 6,327,700 female players. However, only 300,122 female players are officially registered with the AFC.
"Tottenham Hotspur and I am very happy to be able to support AIA in advancing women's football in Asia through the AIA Championship for Women. For two years working with AIA in Asia, I have seen many great talents in junior football.
"It's a great opportunity for me to also be able to help develop the ability of adult football players," said Anton Blackwood, from International Development Coach, Tottenham Hotspur.
"Female footballers have the same enthusiasm and interest as male footballers, even women's soccer teams play more tactical and have more solid teamwork. I am looking forward to being able to work together with AIA to develop the skills of young Indonesian women in football, in order to achieve their potential and dreams, "said Anton Blackwood, International Development Coach, Tottenham Hotspur," Anton said.
The AIA Championship for Women National Tournament will be held on 1 December 2018. This competition competes 16 teams to win the national title. From this tournament, 16 best players will be chosen to be formed into 2 teams to compete at the regional level in Bangkok, Thailand.
If a successful finalist at the competition in Bangkok, the Indonesian team will compete in the final round which will be held at the headquarters of Tottenham Hotspur in London.
"Indonesia has great potential in women's football and PSSI continues to strive to foster women's soccer talents through a number of training programs and cooperation with various parties. For that, we really appreciate AIA's support for women's soccer in Indonesia by organizing the AIA Championship For Women, "said PSSI Secretary General Queen Tisha Destria.
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