2022 AFC Cup Draw Results: PSM Makassar Meet Singapore Giant Club

JAKARTA - The draw for the 2022 AFC Cup has been completed online on Monday, January 17. From these results, it is known that one of the representatives of Indonesia, namely PSM Makassar is a member of Group H.

In Group H later, PSM Makassar will also be joined by Kuala Lumpur City representing Malaysia, Shan United representing Myanmar and Tampines Rovers representing Singapore.

Meanwhile, the other representatives of Indonesia, Bali United joined in Group G with Kaya FC Iloilo from the Philippines, Kedah Darul Aman from Malaysia and the winner of the ASEAN playoffs.

From the results of the draw, PSM Makassar's struggle will be tougher than Bali United in Group G. The reason is, PSM, which is the champion of the 2019 Indonesian Cup, will clash with one of the giants of the Singapore League, Tampines Rovers.

The club nicknamed The Stags is a five-time champion of the S League or the Singapore League. At this season's AFC Cup, Tampines represented Singapore as the 2019 Singapore Cup champions.

In addition to meeting Tampines Rovers, Juku Eja also has to serve the defending Myanmar League champions, Shan United.

Meanwhile, Kuala Lumpur FC can also be a stumbling block for PSM considering that The City Boys won the 2021 Malaysia Cup, which collected two Malaysian League titles. Kuala Lumpur will be a strong contender for PSM because the club's coach is former PSM architect, Bojan Hodak.

In Group G, Bali United will face a challenge from Kedah Darul Aman who is the runner-up of the 2021 Malaysian League who also won the 2019 Malaysian FA Cup.

Not only that, another opponent that will be faced by Serdadu Tridatu is the runner-up of the Philippine League, Kaya FC. Another opponent for Bali United will be contested by Visakha FC from Cambodia and Young Elephants from Laos.

The 2022 AFC Cup group stage for the ASEAN region, Central Asia and East Asia itself will begin on 24 June. While the South Asia and West Asia region begins on May 18.