GORONTALO CITY, Diskominfotik –Gorontalo Province keep on doing effort to finalize preparation for the 2023 Asian Minifootball Championship group draw. The event, which will be held on May 5, is planned to be held at the Aston Hotel, Gorontalo City.

This particular meeting invited the management of the Aston Hotel as the location for the Asian Minifootball group draw. Around 21 countries have been confirmed their participation in the first Asian championship to be held in Gorontalo.

“Several representatives of the federation have confirmed their presence, such as Jordan, Iraq and Palestine. And for the others are yet to be confirmed” the acting provincial secretary Syukri Botutihe stated after the meeting, Wednesday (26/4/2023).

Syukri also added that there are a few things must be paid attention  concerning with the room vacancy for the delegates.

” We hope that all delegates can stay in Aston, the same as the location for the drawing event.” Syukri uttered.

Meanwhile, Head of the  Provincial Youth and Sports Service, Wahyudin Katili, delivered  that the technical group draw would be the same as the general sports group draw. There are no seeded and non-seeded teams occupying a certain pot.

“In a football, usually the leading team is in a certain pot, the rest is drawn by the non-seeded team. This will not be like that,  this is the first time Asian Minifootball has been held, so everything is drawn randomly,” Wahyudin explained.

This particular meeting is planned to be continued. Next Thursday the meeting will discuss the readiness of air and land transportation as well as the mechanism for the arrival of foreign guests

Reporter ; Isam

Translated by ; Fera