Avoiding The Vulnerability Of Competitions, PSSI Holds League 2 And League 3 June Pre-season Tournaments

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JAKARTA - PSSI plans to hold a pre-season tournament which will be enlivened by Liga 2 and Liga 3 clubs in June 2023. This agenda was announced to fill the competition vacuum. This news was shared by PSSI General Chair (Ketum) Erick Thohir on the sidelines of the Sarasehan agenda. The activity took place at the Le Meridien Hotel, Central Jakarta on Sunday 19 March together with the entire Provincial Association (Asprov). This agenda was launched by Erick Thohir as a form of solution to anticipate the existence of players, coaches and ranks in League 2 and League 3 who were unemployed due to the cessation of the competition. Short numbers we will hold a (pre-season) League 2 tournament in June until September when League 1 starts (new season) October," said Erick Thohir on that occasion. What does that mean? The issue regarding unemployed players, referees are unemployed, coaches are unemployed, we have made a breakthrough with the existence of League 2 and League 3 tournaments," he continued. The pre-season tournament for League 2 and League 3 clubs in addition to anticipating players and idle ranks, it turns out that Erick Thohir also deliberately launched there will be no competition vacancies. Then (the new season) League 2 and League 3 starts to enter according to the discussion in November or October. So, we really finished the U-20 World Cup immediately holding a League 1 competition (for the new season), bebernya. Furthermore, the matter of the format that will be used in the new season competition League 2 and League 3, Erick Thohir said that there will be no change. Meanwhile, the format change is actually in League 1." The format has been discussed no different from before, "said Erick Thohir.

"League 1 of the club's requests differ slightly and that's part of how to ensure the football ecosystem becomes a big sports industry," said Erick Thohir. Previously, it was known that the League 2 and League 3 competitions were declared to stop simultaneously in January 2023. This situation occurred as a result of the Kanjuruhan Tragedy and the issue of infrastructure that did not meet the requirements.