China to promote futsal in 1400 schools

Oceans Sports, the exclusive event promoter for Euroleague Basketball in Greater China, held a sports news conference yesterday in Beijing. The Chinese sports company announced that the 2016 Campus Sunny Futsal Tournament will open next April. 

The event will see about 20,000 students from 1408 schools play in the upcoming futsal matches, as reported in the news story. 

It is expected that 16 Chinese cities including Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Qingdao will welcome the campus futsal tournament from April to May in 2016.

As an important move for futsal development, the project has received support from local sports governing bodies and 15 sports media companies.

Shoto Zhu, CEO of Oceans Sports, said that they are aiming to set up a high-profile campus football platform, engage more teenage participants in the sport and promote the development of the Chinese sports industry.

Source: Tencent

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