Taiwan's girls soccer team wins championship at Norway Cup

Taipei, Aug. 7 (CNA) Kaohsiung Municipal Ruei-siang High School's girls soccer team won the championship Friday at the 2010 Norway Cup, the largest youth soccer tournament in the world, marking the first time in 23 years a Taiwanese youth soccer team has won a top award. Ruei-siang High School tied in the final game with Bergen Nord from Norway (1: 1), but the girls team from southern Taiwan broke the tie during the last minute in extra time and won the championship in the category of their age. This was also the first time that the Ruei-siang High School girls soccer team has participated in the tournament, which was established in 1972. The team's performance also marked the best results it has ever achieved in its only four-year history. Prior to the final game, Ruei-siang won the previous five games in the tournament with lopsided scores of 6:0, 7:1, 5:0, 7:0 and 5:0. The Norway Cup, held in Oslo from August 1-6, attracted the participation of up to 30,000 young boys and girls from the age of 10 to 19, from 51 nations. This year, more girls than ever took part in the tournament, with more than a third of the players being women, according to a Norwegian media report. (By Fanny Liu)ENDITEM/cs

Taiwan's girls soccer team wins championship at Norway Cup Taipei, Aug. 7 (CNA) Kaohsiung Municipal Ruei-siang High School's girls soccer team won the championship Friday at the 2010 Norway Cup, the largest youth soccer tournament in the world, marking the first time in 23 years a Taiwanese youth soccer team has won a top award.
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