Beach football team to participate in AFF championship

The National Sports Administration has included 15 players in the national beach football team in preparation for the upcoming international events.

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The players, who come from clubs in HCM City, Da Nang, Khanh Hoa and Hue, were the best performers at the National Sports Games, held last month in the southern province of Khanh Hoa's Nha Trang City.


Experienced coach Dang Quoc Hung will lead the team.

The team will train in Nha Trang for one month before competing in the 2014 AFF Beach Football Championship to be held from October 21 to 31 in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia.

According to the draw, Viet Nam, Myanmar, Laos, the Philippines and Felda United FC of Malaysia are in Group B.

After the AFF event, the team will take part in the Asian Beach Games in Thailand in November.