International Women's Club Championship 2012 (mobcast cup)

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Comment by Hiroshi Umezu on March 23, 2013 at 11:47am

I have just confirmed that the International Women's Club Championship 2013 will pretty certainly take place somewhere in Japan.

 

Comment by Asa on November 26, 2012 at 10:59am

Thank you @Ken for the update

Comment by Ken Suzuki on November 26, 2012 at 10:34am

Spin-off?

A news reported by several sources.

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It is revealed on November 25 that INAC Kobe will sign on business partnership with Olympique Lyonnais next February. President Hironori Bun comments, “I feel like we have a new colleague. Boosted cooperation will be beneficial.”

Part of the plan is to have a spring camp at Lyon’s facilities in February, 2013. INAC Kobe visited Spain in February, 2012, and played a friendly match with Barcelona Ladies, even if cold weather caused a strain injury to Homare Sawa and 2013 plan should be made carefully. Possible plan with the camp at Lyon is to have a series of training matches inviting some European clubs such as Barcelona and Frankfurt (where Saki Kumagai plays.) Commercial side of the plan includes INAC supports Lyon’s penetration into Japanese market.

Bun and Lyon’s Paul Piemontese had a meeting on November 24 in Tokyo to discuss the future plan including players exchange program. Bun says, “Young players of U-15 and U18 age-group can learn from western players until they reach adult age and start playing back in Japan. It will boost not only INAC but Japan’s national team too. Our priority is to build a broad base.”

Both INAC Kobe and Olympique Lyonnais are well financed and spend 450 million JPY annually. Two titans of Japan and France will join arms.

Comment by Hiroshi Tabata on November 25, 2012 at 2:13pm

@Ken I don't think it's possible to pick a perfect time for this. You see that in the men's game too. You just have to get on with it. I don't think it would have been that bad if there weren't any international game for national teams around this  time. Obviously they wound't have chosen this date if they knew the French national team are having a match.

In recent years, international friendlies/qualifications are more organised/inlined worldwide in men's game so it doesn't affect each countries' domestic competitions much. - they are all planed when (same week worldwide) and how many. But I guess this is too early for women's game. Some national teams operate like a club team...

Comment by Hiroshi Tabata on November 25, 2012 at 1:57pm

Unfortunately Asia is years behind to make this happen. We don't have competition like champions league for women. It took long time for even men's game. Asia is vast and especially for women's game it is simply not viable financially at the moment ;-(

Comment by Ken Suzuki on November 25, 2012 at 1:54pm

Patience, @Gromit.

This cup is the second chain of the effort that began with the last year’s Toyota Vitz Cup which was just 1 game between Arsenal Ladies and INAC Kobe. We must wait and see how it will develop. However, the location and time of tournament should be selected better. If it’s held in the middle of season for European clubs the location must be in Europe. If the location is set to Japan then the time must be summer so that European team can come more leisurely.

Comment by Women's Soccer United on November 25, 2012 at 1:49pm

@Gromit - I agree with you... When the champions of all leagues around the world compete then it can be a clubs World cup

Comment by Gromit on November 25, 2012 at 1:37pm

Everybody in France is calling it's "Coupe du Monde des clubs" (Clubs' World Cup) which what I strongly disagree. How could it be a "World" Cup with one European and three asian teams only ? I suppose that if there hadn't been a French team (favorite of the competition), it would not have been called like that in France. But well, the aim is to surevaluate it to prove that Lyon is the best team "in the World" (which its is maybe, I don't know and I don't really care since those "best of..." seems to me always a bit stupid).

And of course, it's a good initiative from JFA. Let's just hope that North-American, South-American and African teams will compete next year with only one team per continent (the winner of its continental cup).

Comment by Hiroshi Tabata on November 25, 2012 at 1:16pm

@Gromit I don't think anybody is calling this tournament "World Cup". Its aims is obviously to become FIFA organised World Club Championship. At the moment it's called just "International Women's Club Championship"...

I'm very pleased JFA and L.League are taking initiative to do this. You have to start from somewhere...

Comment by Asa on November 23, 2012 at 9:33am

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