Persemi Cup U-10 and 11 Football Tournament Successfully Showcased the Talents of Young Players
27 October 2024
The Age 10 and 11 Persemi Cup football tournament was officially held in Kuala Kencana with the full support of PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI). The event, held since October 26, 2024, was officially closed, Sunday (27/10)
The early childhood football tournament was officially closed by PTFI Senior Vice President (SVP) Community Development Nathan Kum with trophies handed over to the winner.
Supported by PTFI, the local Persemi cup competition in Mimika Regency was held to support the development of early age football by involving 15 SSBs in Timika with the age of 10 and 11 years. In addition to supporting local clubs, PTFI also supports the local tournament/event culture in Timika.
PTFI sponsored football shoes with a total of 270 pairs of shoes to 15 teams. The shoe/prize sponsorship aims to foster children's interest in playing football even more. In addition, the results of this competition will provide match experience to children and local SSBs in Timika.
Nathan revealed that PTFI continues to be committed to supporting the Mimika Regional Government to improve the quality of human resources in Mimika Regency, one of which is from the sports sector. "We continue to support and support the Regional Government, especially in order to improve human resources in Mimika Regency, one of which is in the field of football as has been done by PTFI, namely the Papua Football Academy (PFA)," he said.
Furthermore, Persemi Daily Chairman Emanuel Ananim said that his team really appreciated PTFI for supporting the tournament so that it could be carried out properly.
"This activity is fully supported by PTFI so I as the chairman of Persemi would like to express my deepest gratitude to Freeport," he said.
In the tournament, SSB Elang won 1st place after defeating SSB Konica in the final round with a score of 6 : 2 for SSB Elang's victory, thus SSB Konica appeared as the second winner. Meanwhile, the third place was won by SSB Aruka after in the final round of the third place competition managed to defeat SSB Mimika United with a penalty shootout drama with a score of 7 : 5.
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