Beach footballers train, compete for Asian Games
The national beach football team gathered on August 2 in Danang City in preparation for their Asian Beach Games next month in Vietnam.
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Coach Truong Cong Tuan called 19 players – three goalkeepers, nine defenders and seven strikers – for 18 days of intensive training.
Most players are from Danang and Khanh Hoa who are the national defending champions and runner-up clubs, respectively.
They will then take part in a competition in Ordos City, China, from August 20-28.
The event will see seven other teams who will play in a knock-out stage. Four winners will advance to the semi-finals.
Iran, Japan, Oman, Lebanon, Thailand, Bahrain and host China will compete.
It is considered their warm-up for the ABG back home in Danang from September 18 to October 3.