First Golden Shoe award launched

HCM City (VNA) - Journalists in Ho Chi Minh City have teamed with the Ideas company
to institute the nation's first "Golden Shoe" award for the top goal scorer in
domestic, regional and international tournaments in a year.

The award, introduced on January 8 by the HCM City Journalists Association's Sport
Reporters Club and the Ideas company, aims to foster better scoring skills as
Vietnamese football is seen as weak in scoring goals.

All goals scored from the beginning to the end of a calendar year in main football
contests will be included in deciding the winner.

These include the V-League, National Cup, Super Cup, First-Division matches,
official competitions organised by FIFA, Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and
the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF), as well as friendship matches.

Goals scored in the three international football tournaments annually held in
Vietnam - the HCM City Football Cup, T&T Cup and Binh Duong Television Cup, will
also be included.

The Golden Shoe award will carry a prize money of 15 million VND along with the
Golden Shoe trophy, worth 10 million VND.

The first Golden Shoe award in the country will be handed to the top scorer at a
ceremony in January 2010.

The runner-up will receive 12 million VND and a Silver Shoe, and the third player
will get 10 million VND and a Bronze Shoe.

The Vietnam Steel Corporation is the major sponsor of this award.-Enditem