Wednesday, 31 December 2008

Hun Sen Cup football tournament to kick off on Jan. 7

The Hindu News
Tuesday, December 30, 2008

PHNOM PENH (Xinhua): Cambodia's annual football tournament under the name of Prime Minister Hun Sen is scheduled to kick off on Jan. 7, 2009, the third edition of the nationwide event, national media said on Tuesday.

Altogether 34 teams will join the tournament, Ouk Sethycheat, secretary general of the Football Federation of Cambodia (FFC), was quoted by English-Khmer language newspaper the Cambodia Daily as saying.

The 34 teams will compete in a qualifying stage, from which 16 teams will come out for the final stage in Phnon Penh from Jan. 24 to Mar. 28.

The champions will win 15,000 U.S. dollars and the two runners-up will get 10,000 dollars and 5,000 dollars respectively.

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