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Momodou
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 Posted - 29 Jul 2007 : 01:55:35
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Gambia 7th in U – 20 Fair Play Award
By Modou Nyang
Gambia’s U – 20 Scorpions have been ranked seventh in the FIFA Fair Play awards at the just concluded U - 20 World Cup.
Fair play awards forms part of every major tournament and this time Japan collected the prize finishing with 829 points and the Young Scorpions with 764 points. Argentina who won the tournament 2-1 against the Czech Republic also finished second behind the Japanese with 812 points. Brazil took third garnering 800 points level with the USA who finished fourth behind the Argies on other considerations.
Giovani do Santos and his Mexican peers finished fifth collecting 783 points and are followed by Nigeria with 777 points in sixth position.
Portugal Gambia’s group stage opponents finished eighth behind The Gambia with 764 points followed by Spain with 731 points. Czech Republic, Austria, Poland and Zambia followed in succession with 714,694,693 and 686 respectively. Uruguay, Congo and Chile completed the rankings finishing with 657, 643 and 624, respectively.
Only the teams that made it to the last sixteen were considered for the awards.
Source: Foroyaa Newspaper Burning Issue
Issue No. 85/2007, 24-25 July, 2007
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