8 to compete in SEA's richest meet

Sat, 30 Nov 1996 | Source: AFP

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Eight teams will compete in Southeast Asia's richest soccer tournament, the Dunhill Cup, in Malaysia next February, organizers said yesterday.

Bosnia-Herzegovina, China, Finland, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam and Zimbabwe will compete for the US$100,000 first prize out of the $170,000 at stake, said Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) Secretary-General Paul Mony Samuel.

"We want teams who are stronger than Malaysia to enable our national team to get some valuable practice before the (World Cup) qualifiers," Mony said of the tournament in Kuala Lumpur from Feb. 13 to March 2.

Vietnam will host the next tournament in 1998.

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