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‘Madam Pang’ receives the award for the best football association of the year

First time in 30 years! Madam Pang receives the Football Association of the Year award at the AFC Annual Awards in South Korea. 'Madam Pang' Nualphan Lamsam, President of the Football Association of Thailand, received the Diamond award for Best Football Association (?????? ???????????? ?????????????????????? ???? ?????? ????????) at the AFC Annual Awards Seoul 2023 at the Grand Peace Palace, Kyung Hee University on October 29, 2024. This is the first award that the association has received from the AFC in 30 years since the first award ceremony in 1994. For this award, the Football Association of Thailand was nominated together with the Chinese Football Association and the Vietnam Football Federation. The Football Association of Thailand has been assessed to receive the highest score, with the highest average score from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC)'s expert committee, from the successful results of organizing the 74th FIFA Congress and the 34th AFC Congress in May, which received cooperation from the government, private sectors, as well as related agencies, under the coordination of 'Madam Pang' Nualphan Lamsam, President of the Football Association of Thailand, and the Board of Directors, as well as working groups from many sectors, making Thailand's hosting this time a great success, creating impressions and receiving compliments from the FIFA President, the AFC President, as well as leaders of football organizations from 211 FIFA member states who attended the eventIn addition, over the past year, the Football Association of Thailand has also organized many important events, such as the 2023 AFC U-17 Championship Final Round, the 2023 AFF U-23 Championship, the 2023 AFC U-23 Championship Qualifiers, and the 2024 AFC Futsal Championship Final Round, etc. Including the results on the field, there is still outstanding development, especially the Thai national men's football team, which has moved up to 96th place in the world, the best rank in 16 years, following the 93rd place in the world in 2008, i ncluding being ranked 1st in ASEAN and returning to the top 15 in Asia. .614.-Thai News Agency Source: Thai News Agency