GIANYAR, NusaBali – Bali United Academy sent four teams to the Singa Cup 2024 youth international competition, in Singapore. The four teams are in the U8, U10, U12 and U16 categories. They compete with teams from Malaysia, Singapore, India, the Philippines, and Japan.

The tournament lasted from last Saturday (2/11) to Saturday (9/11). In addition to Bali United, another Liga 1 team, Persib Bandung, also sent fostered teams in the U12 and U14 categories. Also other Indonesian representatives, namely Diklat Imran Soccer Academy, Sulcata Football Academy, and Madani FC.

“Of course, this is a forum to develop talents and abilities in the field of football so that later they can become professional players in clubs and the Indonesian national team in the future,” said Richi Kurniawan, who is also the General Coordinator of the Captain I Wayan Dipta Stadium.

The Bali United Academy U8 squad appeared first in group D out of a total of 5 groups divided from various regions on November 2-3, 2024. Then Bali United Academy U8 occupies second place in the group D standings after winning 9 points from three wins and one defeat.

They defeated Singapore’s representative Anza Soccer 6-4 and won again 4-2 over the Philippines’ representative, G8 U8 Black.

Then Bali United Academy U8 managed to defeat the representative of Singapore with a score of 3-0 without reply before finally succumbing to the representative of Malaysia, TSS Darulehsan Malaysia 7’s.

Occupying second place in the standings, BU Academy U8 won 2-0 over the Philippines’ representative, Ateneo de Manila. BU Academy U8’s move was stopped in the quarterfinals after losing 5-1 to TSS Selangor Malaysia.

Meanwhile, in the U10 and U8 categories, Bali United Academy U10 failed to say much. BU Academy U10 is at the bottom of the group D standings after winning one draw and three defeats. They are in the same group as LCS FA from Singapore, Afro Asia Football Academy (Singapore), G8 U10 Black from the Philippines, Conscient Sport Mumbai from India.

In the U12 category, Bali United Academy U12 was also stopped in the preliminaries. They only won one victory over India’s representative, Conscient Sport Delhi. *

Original Article: https://www.nusabali.com/berita/179626/bali-united-academy-kirim-empat-tim-ke-singa-cup-2024