{"id":12637,"date":"2025-11-18T19:40:41","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T11:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=12637"},"modified":"2025-11-18T19:40:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T11:40:41","slug":"countdown-to-kickoff-singapore-face-hong-kong-in-winner-takes-all-asian-cup-qualifier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=12637","title":{"rendered":"Countdown to kickoff: Singapore face Hong Kong in winner-takes-all Asian Cup qualifier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Singapore are set to take on Hong Kong in a winner-takes-all Asian Cup qualifier.<\/p>\n<p>If the Lions win tonight&#8217;s match at Hong Kong&#8217;s Kai Tak Stadium, they will secure their place at the 2027 edition of the tournament in Saudi Arabia. If they lose, their campaign will come to an end.<\/p>\n<p>A draw, however, takes the battle for qualification into the final matchday in March next year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Follow live as CNA brings you the latest from the game, and from a watch party in Tampines where the Lions faithful have gathered to cheer their team on:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/sport\/hong-kong-vs-singapore-asian-cup-qualifier-live-blog-5471981\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Singapore are set to take on Hong Kong in a winner-takes-all Asian Cup qualifier. If the Lions win tonight&#8217;s match at Hong Kong&#8217;s Kai Tak&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12638,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dam.mediacorp.sg\/image\/upload\/s--qnjO3hb7--\/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200\/fl_relative,g_south_east,l_mediacorp:cna:watermark:2021-08:cna,w_0.1\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/mediacorp\/cna\/image\/2025\/10\/09\/_wal1059a.jpg?itok=LAy6SiAG","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2027,4275,2028,3507,3569,9963,5231,9335,22,9964],"class_list":["post-12637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-news-sg-global","tag-asian","tag-countdown","tag-cup","tag-face","tag-hong","tag-kickoff","tag-kong","tag-qualifier","tag-singapore","tag-winnertakesall","wpcat-2-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}