The beach of Villananitos will host on 17 and 18 December this important championship that brings together the best national teams and participants from Germany and Portugal.
The Councilor for Sports, Daniel Perez, the Football Coordinator of the council, Ricardo Huertas, and the president and secretary of the club Pinatar Balompié, Pedro Garrido and Jose Bernardo Castejón, respectively, presented the third edition of the Beach Soccer Winter Cup, Memorial José Antonio Jiménez, an international beach soccer championship to be held in Villananitos on 17 and 18 December.
Daniel Perez has highlighted the initiative of this club, which year by year has gained prestige and brings together the best players and teams of this sport nationwide.
Jose Bernardo Castejón explained that this year the tournament will have 12 teams, nine nationals, among which for the first time will compete a team of club organizer Pinatar Balompié, and three international from Portugal and Germany.
The representative of the Club Pinatar Balompié thanked the support and involvement of all the sponsors and collaborators, as well as the sports council.
In addition they had a memory for Juan Antonio Jimenez, represented by his family at the event and to which he pays homage in this championship.
This year the tournament will once again have a solidary side, because during the two days raffles and drawings to benefit the Association of Families of Children with Cancer of the Region of Murcia (AFACMUR) will take place.
The teams that will participate in the third edition of the Beach Soccer Winter Cup are the Murcia FP, Aguilas, Playas de Mazarrón and Pinatar Balompié, Levante UD and UD Fonteta (Valencia), Cadiz CF, Nástic de Alicante, Torredembarra de Tarragona and Melistar de Melilla.
In addition, the international Cultural Recreo de Lisboa (Portugal) and the German teams Wuprertaler and Dusseldorf.
Source: Ayuntamiento de San Pedro del Pinatar