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Selangor announce Asia Challenge tournament; dry run for continental aspirations

Selangor have announced the 2020 Asia Challenge; a pre-season tournament that is set to kick off their 2020 season.

In a press conference held in conjunction with the Selangor Football Day on Saturday, association secretary-general Johan Kamal Hamidon revealed that three Southeast Asian clubs have accepted their invitation to take part in the four-team tournament, with the matches set to be held on January 18 and 19 next year.

The clubs are recent Vietnamese league winners Ha Noi FC, Thailand's Bangkok United and Indonesian powerhouse Persib Bandung.

In the press conference, Johan explained that the tournament is organised with the objective of showing the former Malaysian powerhouse's intention of participating at the Asian continental level regularly in the coming years.