COPA Lagos, the annual beach soccer tournament organised by Kinetic Sports has announced the participation of the Spanish Beach Soccer team at this year’s tournament scheduled to hold between December 8 and 10, 2017 at Eko Atlantic City.
This is the first time the Spanish side will be coming to Africa and most importantly Nigeria.
Coach JoaquÃn Alonso and his team will be gracing COPA Lagos 2017 alongside other international teams that will be confirmed subsequently.
The Spanish National Beach Soccer side coming to COPA Lagos 2017 comes with no small pedigree; they have made 14 Beach Soccer World Cup appearances, runners-up in the same competition in 2003, 2004 and 2013 respectively.
They are known by different monikers such as La Furia Roja (The Red Fury), Los Hispanos (The Hispanos), and La Roja (The Red [One].
Every edition of COPA Lagos brings a unique offering. Asides the regular feature of sport, music, dance, fashion, fans’ zone and celebrity entertainment, this year will have the first-ever Female Celebrity Match.
According to the event’s organisers, this year’s edition promises to be a more engaging and fun filled experience for beach soccer lovers.
Reiterating its commitment to deliver excellence at this year’s event, Managing Director of Kinetic Sports, Samson Adamu, said: “This year’s edition of COPA Lagos is bringing three exciting days of soccer, fashion, music, business, and networking opportunities.
“With the support of our sponsors, First City Monument Bank (FCMB), PEPSI and HERO Lager, who have made it also possible to scout and train indigenous talents, our long medium term plan is to make Copa Lagos more than just a beach soccer event but to become a major tournament that will put Nigeria on the global tourism space.
promote a beach culture and lifestyle from Lagos to other parts of Nigeria.
The Spanish side is the second international team to be unveiled following Arsenal BSC’s reveal last week. Kinetic Sport will be announcing more exciting line-up of activities in days and weeks to come.
