Africa-Press – Tanzania. ZANZIBAR Beach Soccer governing body has released a calendar for the 2021/22 season as the sport heads for the brighter new season. The release of the calendar was confirmed here yesterday by the association’s chairman Ali Sharif Adolf during the climax of the ZIFF Women Beach Soccer tournament.
Adolf who also serves as Isles National Beach Soccer team coach, however said the calendar contains all major tournaments to be staged in the Isles in the coming season.
He said ZIFF Women Beach Soccer tournament was the first event in the calendar.
“Though the tournament looked like a normal sports festival, it actually opened the new season, which we believe it will be very bright,” he said. Seven teams from Zanzibar and Pemba participated in the season’s opener.
Jumbi FC were declared the tournament’s champions after defeating UMZ 9-1 in a one-sided encounter.
The winners Jumbi walked out with a trophy and 600,000/- cash prize while the runners up UMZ pocketed 300,000/- prize.
