The sixth season of the prestigious seven-a-side football tournament, AIA 7’s, kicked off on the 21st of August, 2022, at the Mckinley Hill Stadium in Taguig City. The men’s category is composed of three divisions; while there are two divisions for the women’s category.

The men’s Division 1 has a total of 10 clubs all eager to dethrone defending champions Manila Digger; these are Sino FC, Maharlika Manila, Manila Stars, Spoly FC Garelli United, Rangers FC Philippines, Middle Beast, En Fuego and Manhur Fatima.

Organizer, former Azkal, Anton del Rosario excitedly announced that AIA 7’s in Cebu had already started last week, while tournaments in Bacolod, Iloilo, Davao, Pampanga, Muntinlupa and Batangas are slated to begin in September.

IT entrepreneur Ethan Lee officially introduced Palaro, a portal to help the the AIA 7’s participants with administrative work related to the tournament. Palaro will make rhe submission of documents and line-ups easier and accessible to each team manager and will give them updates in real time as well – truly very beneficial for participating teams in AIA 7’s.

Del Rosario spearheads the tournament while Eddie Mallari handles the marketing side of things at AIA 7’s. Both disclosed that the regional Kampeon Cup, which commenced in 2019, will push through. In fact the cup will be held in Bacolod right after the sixth season culminates on October 14-16, 2022. An international tournament is also scheduled in February 2023, wherein teams from India, Japan, Brunei and the Philippines have agreed to join, while confirmations from the national teams of the US, Singapore and Malaysia are still pending.

Exciting times ahead for 7-aside football fans as the AIA 7’s is one of the most anticipated events that our local players and fans have been waiting for.
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