RI team into KL futsal tournament

JAKARTA: An Indonesian futsal team will take part in the 2004 Regional Hyundai Football World Championship in Kuala Lumpur on May 14, an official of the team's sponsor, PT Hyundai Motor Indonesia, announced here on Tuesday.

The winner of the regional championship will advance to the final round in Portugal in June, which will coincide with Euro 2004, Hyundai Indonesia president director Jongkie D. Sugiarto said.

South Korea-based Hyundai Motor Company is the official automobile sponsor for Euro 2004.

According to Jongkie, his company has worked together with the Jakarta Student Soccer Association (ASMAJA) since last year in selecting players from almost all universities in the capital city.

From the selection, the team now has 22 players that will later be reduced to only 10 players, before being dispatched to Kuala Lumpur to play the Singaporean and Malaysian squads, he said. --JP