TOKYO, Sept 20 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) announced today that it will collaborate with the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) to co-organize football clinics for children in Southeast Asia when the ASEAN Mitsubishi Electric CupTM 2024 trophy tour visits local cities between September 28 and November 9. Mitsubishi Electric is the title partner of the ASEAN Mitsubishi Electric Cup 2024, a biennial tournament that the AFF will organize for 11 Southeast Asian national teams between December 8 and January 5.
The clinics will be held in six cities—Bangkok, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Hanoi, Jakarta and Manila, the last venue in recognition of the Philippines being newly added as one of the tournament’s 11 host countries. Clinic participants will include coaches from FC Imabari, a Japanese professional football team in the Meiji Yasuda J3 League, with which Mitsubishi Electric signed an executive partnership agreement in November last year, and legendary players from each country’s national team, who will conduct lessons and mini-games to help children learn about football, the joy of sports and the importance of pursuing dreams. FC Imabari Chairman Takeshi Okada will also attend selected clinics.