Ho Chi Minh City Women's Club received nearly 9 billion VND from AFC from the Asian Cup 1, the players were sad because...

What specific bonuses did AFC give to Ho Chi Minh City Women's Club?

At the 2024–2025 AFC Champions League for Women (Asian Women's Cup C1), Ho Chi Minh City Women's Club excelled in reaching the semi-finals. This achievement helped Ho Chi Minh City Women's Club bring home a total bonus of up to 340,000 USD (about 8.9 billion VND) from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The above amount includes the amount of AFC support for the team in the participation costs by round, performance bonuses (matches, rounds). According to AFC's regulations, the total amount of 340,000 USD that Ho Chi Minh City Women's Club receives includes: 100,000 USD for participating in the group stage; 40,000 USD for 2 wins in the group stage (20,000 USD/win in the group stage); 80,000 USD for a place in the quarter-finals; 120,000 USD for participating in the semi-finals.

Among them, fans still cannot forget the incredible comeback of the girls of Ho Chi Minh City team at Thong Nhat Stadium, in the quarter-final match. Ho Chi Minh City women's club was down 3 goals after the first half, but in the end, they won a spectacular 5-4 victory against the representative of UAE - Abu Dhabi Country.

CLB nữ TP.HCM nhận của AFC gần 9 tỉ đồng từ Cúp C1 châu Á, cầu thủ buồn vì...- Ảnh 1. — Ho Chi Minh City Women's Club (left) created a miracle by reaching the semi-finals of the 2024 - 2025 Asian Women's Cup C1

However, according to a member of the Ho Chi Minh City Women's Club, the entire team has not yet received any bonus, even though the tournament ended nearly 2 months ago. "We also have questions, that money is the tournament bonus that AFC paid to the team after the competition. That money should have been distributed to the players after the tournament. But the leaders said it was kept to invest in the team's future," a team member expressed.

A member of the team said that in a meeting more than a week ago with the leaders of the Thong Nhat Sports Center (the unit managing the Ho Chi Minh City Women's Club), the players clearly stated their desire to receive a worthy reward for their contributions. "We have expressed our opinion that there should be some worthy reward to motivate the players. But so far, we have not seen any change in the situation. As for investing in the future of the team, if we do not compete next season, will we lose our rights?", a member of the Ho Chi Minh City Women's Club said.

"Feeling sad and deprived"

Talking to Thanh Nien , a member of the Ho Chi Minh City Women's Club said that the players on the team encouraged each other to play their best in the tournament, because each win or passing a round will bring a large bonus from AFC. The player confided: "The most important thing is for the flag and honor. But the other part is that we try because we know we will receive a large bonus from AFC. That is a great source of encouragement.

We played in the national championship, trying to get results to participate in the Asian Women's Champions League. Playing in the Champions League has results, bonuses, so how should we motivate everyone to match the effort that everyone put in? I'm sad and feel deprived. The effort, sweat and tears that we put in...".

A member of the HCMC Women's Club added: "After deducting the money for hiring foreign players, the cost of accommodation and travel abroad, etc., the rest can be divided among the women, or there can be some form of bonus. Not to mention, the HCMC Women's Club is playing the group stage at HCMC's home stadium this time, and the money for hiring foreign players is not too much, so there must be quite a bit left over, but we still haven't received it."

Thanh Nien Newspaper will update the opinions of relevant units on the incident.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/clb-nu-tphcm-nhan-cua-afc-gan-9-ti-dong-tu-cup-c1-chau-a-cau-thu-buon-vi-185250719131434996.htm