Copa Lagos Is Back With Its 5th Edition! See Teams That Will Be Participating

Kinetic Sports Management, organisers of the annual Copa Lagos beach soccer tournament have announced Lebanon and Cote d’Ivoire National B...

Kinetic Sports Management, organisers of the annual Copa Lagos beach soccer tournament have announced Lebanon and Cote d’Ivoire National Beach Soccer teams as participating national beach soccer teams for Copa Lagos national beach soccer tournament starting from 18th – 20th Dec’2015.

The organizers also announced that the FC Barcelona Beach Soccer Team will be participating at this year’s event; and they will play against several local teams including Pepsi Beach Soccer team in the FC Barcelona Challenge.

Other National teams expected to partake include England national beach soccer team. Speaking at the event, Samson Adamu (CEO, Kinetic Sports) said “The 2015 Edition is much more than a sports event. Copa Lagos is a lifestyle. There is something for everyone“.

“Kinetic Sports Management wants to make this year's edition that will be kicking off intentionally with a new date of Dec'18 -20, 2015 to be a memorable one to linger for a long time in the minds of the people as she prepares to go beyond the limits to make it an anniversary celebration with a new dimensional focus on Concert and Fashion that will take the event beyond the beach soccer games as it prepares to give other opportunities and supports to the ever increasing Nigeria music industry.

“We will be building on the ‘Clean The Beach Exercise’ scheduled for Dec' 5th and the latest introduction 'The Beach Soccer Kids Clinic' come Dec' 17, 2015 with an objective to engage over 100 kids between the ages of 8 -14 years and have them learn the essence of beach soccer.

Lebanon's national team will take part this year

The Lebanese national beach soccer team is making their third time appearance at Copa Lagos beach soccer tournament; they made their debut at Copa Lagos in 2012 with another unique appearance in 2013 with a large support base and followership from the Lebanese community in Lagos state.

The Ivorians are coming again as defending champions of the Copa Lagos Beach Soccer tournament, feat they achieved by defeating the Super sand Eagles who are three times consecutive champions of the soccer tournament.