Vietnam wins street footie silver medal

Vietnamese representative Thai Son Bac won a silver medal in the third leg of the Tiger Street Football Tournament in China on July 24.
Vietnamese representative Thai Son Bac won a silver medal in the thirdleg of the Tiger Street Football Tournament in China on July 24.

Thai Son Bac, Vietnam 's futsal (indoor football)champions, lost to the Netherlands ' Street Legend by a goal duringextra time in the final.

Earlier, the team beatGermany 's Street Eagles 5-2 in the semi-final, who went on to crushSingapore 's On the Run in the third-place final.

Atotal of 180 teams participated in the tournament, which was sponsoredby Tiger Beer and broadcast in Vietnam , Brazil , Thailand ,Singapore , China and Indonesia , in co-operation with ESPN/StarSport Television.

The first and second leg of thecompetition was played in Singapore and Bangkok in April and May,respectively, before the third was held in Guangzhou this month.HCM City will host the fourth leg next month.

The culmination of an adrenaline-filled international grand finale willbe Kuala Lumpur in September. At the Grand Finals, the top team fromeach local leg will fight it out to be the Tiger Street FootballChampion and win the coveted top prize of 30,000 USD.

The goal of the tournament is to elevate the level of play and passionfor football in the nations that are hosting the competition./.

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