On Friday night at the Jomtien Beach Activity Ground, the 7th Pattaya International Beach Football Tournament came to its Grand Finale. The closing ceremony was conducted by Mayor Ittipol Khunpleum, accompanied by the CEO of Pattaya People Media Group Mr. Niels Colov and the Advisor to the Mayor Mr. Pisai Panomwan Na Ayudthaya. There were 3 final matches to cheer on for the last day of the tournament.

Germany was matched against Ukraine, competing for 3rd Place, with Ukraine winning by 8:2. Norway took on England for 2nd Place, and Norway won handily by 4:0 and there was a Special match between the V.I.P’s of Pattaya City Hall against the V.I.P. Business Operators, with Pattaya City Hall VIP’s winning by 4:1. Come on, business operators – you can do better than that!
 
The 10 competing nationalities resulted in the following ranking: 

1st: Norway, 2nd: England, 3rd: Ukraine, 4th: Germany, 5th: Thailand
 
6th: France, 7th: Holland, 8th Tajikistan, 9th: Bangladesh, 10th Ireland

Now, Ireland, we think you can do a lot better too!! But you might have to leave the beer bars for the beach!!
 
There was a special Salvo Trophy for the team making the most goals, which went to the Ukrainian team, who scored 16 goals, and trophies for the Best Cheerleading Teams. First place went to Germany, 2nd Best to Holland and 3rd Best to Norway.

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