Asian Football Confederation delegation to inspect venues in Thailand

A delegation from the Asian Football Confederation will visit Thailand later this month to inspect stadiums of the country's top-flight clubs, Thai Premier League chairman Vichit Yamboonruang said.

Vichit said the AFC officials would make the trip from July 14-22 as part of the governing body's evaluating process to allocate places in the continent's elite club competition, the AFC Champions League next season

Thailand were handed one automatic spot plus a play-off berth for the ACL's current season.

"They will not visit every stadium this time because some of the venues, such as Muang Thong United's SCG stadium and Buri-ram United's I-Mobile stadium, have already passed evaluation. They will visit the venues where they have not been before, as well as some stadiums to see whether there as been improvements.

"They'll go to the stadiums of Bangkok United, Chiang Rai United, Suphan Buri, Songkhla United as well as BEC Tero Sasana, which moved to the new ground this season. I believe each of those venues is ready and there should not be any problem," Vichit said.

While claiming that many stadiums have improved considerably, Vichit declined to comment whether the country would get more ACL places.

"There are signs of improvement at many grounds. For example, more stands with all-seat facilities were added at Suphan Buri, VIP boxes were built, while Chiang Rai also made a lot of improvement. However, I'm not sure whether some of the venues need more improvement. In general, they looked better and we should get more points.

"We should get better scores but I can't say we would get more places because we don't know how other countries will fare. It also depends on other factors in deciding the quotas for each country such as the world's ranking or the number of Fifa-licensed referees," Vichit said.

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