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VN ranks second at Budweiser 6v6 int'l champs

The Vietnam Football Federation held a ceremony in Hanoi on July 14 to congratulate Vietnamese 6v6 team to win second prize at the Budweiser 6v6 International Cup 2010.
The Vietnam Football Federation held a ceremony in Hanoi on July 14 tocongratulate Vietnamese 6v6 team to win second prize at the Budweiser6v6 International Cup 2010.

Competing the four-round event which took place in Johannesburg, SouthAfrica from July 1were 11 teams, including Vietnamese representativeQuang Huy Mobile which won the champion of 2010 Vietnam Budweiser Cupand came second in the same competition in 2009 in the UK.

At the final, the Vietnamese team was beaten 0-1 by Brazil and thebest goalkeeper award went to Nguyen Hoang Hai Ly./.
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