The Ho Chi Minh City International Volleyball Tournament – Sting Cup, starting October 12, will provide local players with valuable, international competition experience, organizers said.

Teams from Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, New Zealand and Vietnam will compete for US$9,500 in prize money in the cup which finishes October 19.

Club teams – Hoang Long Long An, winner of the national Hoa Lu Cup in Ninh Binh in April, and Thep Viet Ho Chi Minh City – will represent Vietnam.

Thailand and New Zealand will also be represented by club teams, Nakhon Ratchasima and North Harbor respectively, while Myanmar and Sri Lanka will send their national teams.

The tournament’s 19 matches will be held at Phan Dinh Phung Sport Hall in HCMC’s District 3.

Free tickets will be available to students and volleyball club members in Ho Chi Minh City at the Federation office, 8 Vo Van Tan Street in District 3 and at Effective Event Corporation, 97 Vo Van Tan Street.

The fourth annual tournament, hosted by HCMC Volleyball Federation, has been sponsored by Effective Event Corporation, Pepsi Company’s Sting Beverage, Malaysia’s Berjaya Corporation and Philips.

Reported by Minh Hung