Volleyball tournament flooded with foreign players
Published: 16/11/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – Up to 26 foreign players are registered for the second round of the Volleyball Tournament for Strong Teams 2008, which started on Saturday.
This is the highest number of foreign players on record since foreign players were allowed to participate in the tournament in 2005.
Notably, most of these players signed short-term contracts with Vietnamese teams. This means that they are hired to serve these teams in this tournament only.
The Viet Steel – HCM City team had two Thai players in the first round and it ranked 3/6 teams. In the second round, this team pays US $4,000 to hire Thailand’s top player, Wanchai, for one month.
Of the 12 participating teams, up to eight teams signed short-term contracts with foreign players. For example, Sao Vang Bien Phong has Zhao Kai from China, Bien Hoa Construction Material has Yuranan from Thailand, Army Corp 4 has Somporn from Thailand, Trang An Ninh Binh has Supachai Spriphum (Thailand), Ben Tre with Yuttana and Pongsakorn Nimawan (Thailand), Military Zone 5 with Joni Sugiyatno (Indonesia), and Sanest Khanh Hoa with Ayip Rizal, and Affan Priyo Wicaksono from Indonesia.
Women’s teams also employed a lot of foreign players from Thailand, China and Russia.
“Hiring foreign players in short-term is just to seek immediate achievements for clubs,” commented correspondent Nguyen Luu, who has written about volleyball for years.
It is said that it is a waste to paying a lot of dollars to hire foreign players because it couldn’t help to build the contingent of volleyball players for Vietnam.
The second round of the tournament runs from November 15-30 in Nha Trang and Vung Tau, with the participation of 24 teams.
(Source: Tuoi Tre) |
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