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Hong Kong exit the Asian Games after defeat to Uzbekistan

Posted by Mark Henderson on August 23, 2018

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The CTFA fail again to market an event

The CTFA’s marketing strategy continues to be unsuccessful

The CTFA (Chinese Taipei Football Association) have known that they will be hosting the East Asian Championship second round for some time now, and have made very little effort to get the word out to the Taiwanese public about this event. This has been reflected in an abysmal turnout that has been reflected in the attendance at the games.
People aren’t aware that games are being played, the onus for them to be made aware must fall at the feet of the CTFA. There is a theory that they don’t care if 10 people or 10,000 people are there and the fact not much effort was put into to trying to get more people to attend the matches seems to back that theory up. Taiwanese people aren’t even aware they have a football team This is a fundamental failure in my opinion, have you ever been to any country in the world that isn’t aware they have a football team? It’s unheard of, this again points back to the theory that the CTFA don’t care if pe…

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Hong Kong exit the Asian Games after defeat to Uzbekistan

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