FOR the love of playing football, Razif Rezuan, 21, travelled all the way from Johor to Petaling Jaya just to participate in the Giant Futsal Championship finals.
Razif and seven of his colleagues, from an army camp in Johor, arrived at the Sports Planet in Kota Damansara early in the morning and drove back to Johor the very same day.
“We love to play football but didn’t have a team before this. We just gathered those who were free to play and formed a team for the tournament,” said Razif, who was in good spirits even though his team Jerung FC did not make it past the group matches.
Victorious: The Gelombang FC team from Terengganu were the champions of the inaugural Giant Futsal Championship. The futsal tournament kicked off on Nov 12 and attracted a total of 160 teams. The heats were held at five locations — Ampang, Penang, Kuala Terengganu, Kluang and Petaling Jaya.
GCH Retail (M) Sdn Bhd marketing director Ho Mun Hao said that this was the first year they were organising it and the response has been very encouraging.
“As a home-grown brand, we want to do something extra for our customers and what better way than to promote a sporting activity which the whole family can participate in. We also hope to encourage the young to adopt a healthy and active lifestyle through this sport,” said Mun Hao.
He said that they were targetting to attract 200 teams next year and hopefully extend the tournament to teams in East Malaysia.
The top 20 teams from the heats battled it out on the courts for the grand prize of RM20,000 cash, which went to Gelombang FC from Terengganu while second-placed Mahkota Selatan from Johor walked away with RM10,000 cash.
The top teams from the regional qualifying rounds also received RM3,000 each: Brabus UTD A (Ampang), Madi Jr A (Penang), Lagenda FC (Kuala Terengganu), Mahkota Selatan (Kluang) and Orange FC (Petaling Jaya).
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