Coca Cola Cup final in Aceh

Coca Cola Cup final in Aceh

JAKARTA (JP): Four Under-16 Indonesian soccer teams will
compete at the semifinals and final of the 1997 Coca Cola Cup in
Banda Aceh on Sept. 7 and Sept. 8.

The cup has been organized annually since 1986 to commemorate
National Sports Day, Sept. 9, when Indonesia organized its first
National Games in Surakarta in 1948.

The four teams are from Aceh, Jakarta, East Java and Bali.
They cruised to the final four after beating the rivals in their
respective groups.

The three groups are Group A, comprising Aceh, West Sumatra,
Central Java; Group B, Jakarta, South Kalimantan and North
Sumatra; and Group C, East Java, East Kalimantan, South Sulawesi
and Bali.

The teams competed in the quarterfinals from Aug. 24 to Aug.
30 in three cities -- Banda Aceh, Jakarta and Surabaya.

Vice President Try Sutrisno is scheduled to attend and hand
over the cup to the winner in Banda Aceh on Sept. 9.

"We hope the teams will perform their best, to attract
spectators and also talent scouters, who will be there to recruit
future players for national teams," the Indonesian Soccer
Association's secretary-general, Nugraha Besoes, said yesterday.
(yan)