New teams joining Sovereignty Tournament

Francisco Manhão told the Times that there will be a new team from Australia joining this year’s Sovereignty Tournament organized by AVFM.
The 15th year of the Tournament, which will take place from December 11 to 14, will see, for the first time, an Australian soccer veteran team playing on the field.
The AVFM president also revealed that they are in the process of confirming that the veteran team of the famous Portuguese football club Benfica will also join the event.
“We are still yet to confirm but there is a team, Benfica, I am trying to invite the team through a friend… I hope that it can eventuate into something. It is the 15th anniversary [of the sovereignty handover] after all.”
Mr Manhão also said that a team from Thailand will again set foot in Macau after it joined the tournament three years ago.
Other teams will be the same as last year, which included veteran teams from Hong Kong, Taiwan, the mainland, South Korea, Malaysia and Singapore.
In last year’s tournament, the South Korean team was able to win the MSAR 14th Anniversary Cup and the Galaxy Invitation Cup.
Meanwhile, a championship match was held over the previous two days as part of the celebration of AVFM’s 15th anniversary.
Four teams from Macau, Hong Kong and Fujian have participated in the event.
In the final match yesterday, the Macau veteran football team was able to beat the Fujian veteran football team 3-1, winning the championship.