RI soccer team joins Super Cup
RI soccer team joins Super Cup
JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia has agreed to take part in the
Millennium Super Soccer Cup in India from Jan. 10 to Jan. 25. The
Soccer Association of Indonesia (PSSI) has confirmed its
participation to the All India Football Federation (AIFF) last
week.
PSSI spokesman Eddi Elison said that the tournament will be
attended by 15 teams from all over the world such as Bahrain,
Cameroon, Colombia, Chile, Hong Kong, Iran, Iraq, Jordan,
Jamaica, New Zealand, Qatar, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay,
Uzbekistan and Yugoslavia.
All of the teams, including host India, are divided into four
groups. Group A and Group B will compete in Calcutta, Group C in
Goa and Group D in Cochin. The winners and runner-ups in each
group will qualify for the quarterfinals.
Eddi however said that PSSI had not decided whether it would
field the same national team which is competing in the 2000 Asian
Cup in Lebanon. (ivy)