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“SUPERSTAR” EMERGED CHAMPION OF THE CELCOM FUTSAL CHAMPIONSHIP GRAND FINAL!
– This team from Kuala Lumpur brought home RM30,000 cash prize at the Grand Final event! –
The football fever reached its highest peak with the futsal team from Kuala Lumpur Superstar being crowned the Champion of the Celcom Futsal Championship, taking home RM30,000 cash prize! The Grand Final event at Jalan SS16/1 Subang Jaya coincided with the final match of the largest showcase in the football world and witnessed the battle between 32 futsal teams all over Malaysia to claim the Champion title.
“We take every opportunity to engage and reward our customers and the Celcom Futsal Championship Grand Final was one such occasion. We are pleased with the encouraging response garnered by the championship nationwide tour. There were more than 800 teams participated nationwide with the Kota Bahru league registering the higher number of teams at 148 teams. Other than the futsal championship, the event on Sunday was also the culmination of the BLUE VS THE REST campaign whereby many exciting activities, exceptional offers, rewards and bonuses awaited to our customers as well as the general public,” said Chee Pok Jin, Celcom’s Chief Marketing Officer.
Hola Hola team from Terengganu is the first runner-up of the Grand Final and was rewarded with RM16,000 while the third and fourth place winners were won by Brabus United A and Brabus United B whereby these two teams from Kuala Lumpur walked away with RM8,000 and RM4,000 cash prizes respectively.
The championship kicked off with its first league in Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu on 4 and 5 June 2010 followed by leagues at Temerloh, Pahang; Ipoh, Perak; Kota Kinabalu, Sabah; Kuching, Sarawak; Subang Jaya, Selangor; Kota Bahru, Kelantan; Alor Setar, Kedah; Johor Bahru and Skudai, Johor; Pulau Pinang and ended at Melaka on 4 July 2010.
Champion of each league walked away with cash prize of RM3,000, whilst RM2,000 and RM1,000 respectively for second and third placing, and RM500 was awarded to the team that comes in fourth.
The “Celcom Futsal Championship” Grand Final was not merely a simple futsal tournament. More than 5,000 people attended the all-day, all-night long open-air Carnival happening simultaneously at the venue while the matches were going on. This mega event, catering for everyone regardless of age, creed and colour, was also the battleground for the “Youth Street Dance Jamboree”. About 20 teams of energetic youth set the venue ablaze with its lively music and innovative styles of breaking, popping, locking and more!
Congrats, Khairul!
There were also many exciting prizes to be won by the public by simply participating in the various football-related quizzes, games, lucky draw segments and many more entertaining activities organised during the event. Lucrative Lucky Draw prizes include one unit of Sachs Madass 125 motorcycle, five units of Blackberry Curve 8520 and five units of Vodafone 541 mobile phones.
The event ended with a big bang as Celcom hosted a viewing party of the most anticipated Final Match between the best of the best in the football world on the largest screens in Asia at the Carnival. The life-size Blue BearsTM also joined in the celebration and soaked in the football frenzy, making their rounds spreading cheer to the young and old alike at the venue! You can even start your own collection of eight limited edition Celcom Blue BearsTM via the “BLUE VS THE REST – Blue BearTM” campaign.
