Wantok Cup celebrates independence
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It will be mate against mate, when Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and Papua New Guinea play the first Wantok Cup 11-a-side soccer tournament later this month.
Solomon Islands Football Federation's General Secretary Eddie Ngava says he hopes it's the first of an annual competition between Melanesian soccer teams.
"The Wantok Cup is between Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea.
"They are flying in on the first of July and the games are scheduled for the third, fifth and seventh of july
This is 11 a side, the three national team will be competing.
We hope this will be the inaugural start of the Wantok Cup when each of the three countries will be having a competition on each of their countries independence days.
We are hosting the first one here and then at the end of July hopefully going to to Vanuatu to help with their celebrations, and then in September, to Papua New Guinea for their independence celebrations."
