MVP Sports’ Futsal tournament: Group winners receive early cash

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The MVP Sports/Petra organised Futsal tournament will be heading into the tense stages this weekend, but before the action could proceed, some spoils had to be collected. Those teams that came out on top of their groups following the recently concluded group stage were handsomely rewarded on Thursday afternoon.
Organizers went as far as to reward each of the 12 teams that made it to the group stage – a factor that has become the Petra Organization’s signature for futsal tournaments.

Group winners Stabroek Ballers, Gold is Money and Back Circle each received $50,000; while runners-up, among whom were Bent Street, Future Stars and Campbellville, each pocketed $30,000. Third-place finishers after the group stage each received $20,000, while fourth-place finishers had to settle for $10,000.
Sharing a word with media operatives following the simple presentation at the National Gymnasium, Petra Co- Director Troy Mendonca explained that the initiative speaks to the uniqueness of the tournament.
“Over the past couple of years, we would have initiated this whole process of rewarding teams based on their position in the group. So that everybody, even though you don’t go through to the knockout stage, you must walk away with something from the tournament, instead of just participating and you don’t get anything,” Mendonca explained. He added, “I mentioned, some time ago, about the uniqueness of the tournament. That was specifically what I was referring to.”
The Football stalwart went on to disclose that it was the organizer’s intention to even reward those teams that were knocked out of the competition earlier.
“We want to reward every team that participated in the tournament. Matter of fact, we were even considering the 12 teams that were knocked out in the first round, we wanted to give them something but budgetary constraints didn’t allow us to,” Mendonca divulged.
The MVP Sports tournament will continue this Saturday at the aforementioned venue as it heads into the quarterfinal round.
Following the Women’s games, the men from Gold is Money will take on Sophia at 21:00hrs. Game 2 would witness Bent Street doing battle with Campbellville, while the following game would be a clash between Future Stars and Sparta Boss. In the last quarterfinal game, Stabroek Ballers will lock horns with Back Circle, all for a chance to go one step closer to the grand prize.
Aside from title sponsors MVP Sports, the tournament is being supported by ANSA McAL through their Magnum and Lucozade brands.