Evergreen Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 News Release Thursday 29 June 2006, 5:00 GMT Thursday 29 June 2006 SPORT Anheuser-Busch Greek Football Team Wins International Finals Of The Budweiser Cup COLOGNE, Germany, June 29 /PRNewswire/ -- - Stunning Victory over Team Portugal Gives Greek Football Club 6v6 Championship Eight Greek football players participated in and won the 2006 Budweiser Cup international finals on June 28 in Stadium Cologne in Germany. The Greek football team defeated Portugal 2-1 in the championship match. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060629/CGTH014 ) The team included: Tsoukas Konstantinos, Foskolos Antonios, Iosifidis Dimitrios, Paraskevas Konstantakopoulos, Kritikos Sylianos, Kontzinas Konstantinos, Siamantas Konstantinos, Kousioris Dimitrios and manager Sophia Triantafillou. "Representing Greece and winning the Budweiser Cup finals was a dream come true," said Sophia Triantafillou, Team Greece's manager. "It was an absolute thrill to play in a real World Cup stadium and experience the greatest sporting event in the world. This was the opportunity of a lifetime and one we will never forget." The 2006 Budweiser Cup International Finals featured teams from Argentina, England, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Portugal, United Arab Emirates and the United States. The Greek team sailed through the opening round, and defeated the United Arab Emirates in the semi-finals. "It was an experience to meet fellow football players from around the world," said Triantafillou. "We all share a passion for the sport and enjoyed competing against each other." Budweiser Cup was a global six-on-six football tournament involving players from around the world. Teams advanced to the world championship by winning a national qualifying tournament. In addition to playing on the same pitch as World Cup players, teams competing in the Budweiser Cup experienced the comforts that go along with being a football star including: round-trip airline tickets to Cologne, first-class hotel accommodations and tickets to two World Cup matches. "The FIFA World Cup represents the pinnacle of international football, but few recreational players ever experience it firsthand," said Bruce Hudson, senior director of international sports marketing, Anheuser-Busch, Inc. "With Budweiser Cup, we offered football fans the thrill of representing their country in an actual FIFA World Cup stadium. It doesn't get any better than this." Anheuser-Busch has been a FIFA World Cup partner since 1986. The 2006 FIFA World Cup is Anheuser-Busch's sixth consecutive tournament as a major event sponsor, serving as a symbol of the brand's commitment to soccer. Budweiser recently announced the extension of its sponsorship of the FIFA World Cup through the 2010 and 2014 tournaments. Based in St. Louis, Anheuser-Busch is the leading American brewer, holding a 48.8 percent share of U.S. beer sales. The company brews the world's largest-selling beers, Budweiser and Bud Light. Anheuser-Busch also owns a 50 percent share in Grupo Modelo, Mexico's leading brewer, and a 27 percent share in Tsingtao, the No. 1 brewer in China. Anheuser-Busch ranked No. 1 among beverage companies in FORTUNE Magazine's Most Admired U.S. and Global Companies lists in 2006. Anheuser-Busch is one of the largest theme park operators in the United States, is a major manufacturer of aluminum cans and is America's top recycler of aluminum cans. For more information, visit http://www.anheuser-busch.com . http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=174404 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar7 Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 :tup: :LOL: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStriker Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 I heard C. Ronaldo even offered to lend his tears to team Portugal. :( :LOL: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Old Hag Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 Congratulations! Actually, I never heard of this competition before but recently you seem to have success every time you play with us. I guess that's just the way it is... :whistle: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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