International Inline Hockey Tournament, Fuengirola

This competition will feature teams from Finland, England and Sweden. Organised by the Lions Inline Hockey Club Fuengirola in collaboration with Fuengirola Town Hall, the tournament forms part of the “Fuengirola en Forma” programme.

The Manuel Domínguez Vidarte Pavilion, located at the Santa Fe municipal sports complex in Los Boliches (Fuengirola), will host the 16th International Inline Hockey Tournament The “Fuengirola En Forma” program will take place from Friday, September 26 through Sunday, September 28. This was announced by Councillor for Sports, Julio Rodríguez, together with the president of the Lions Inline Hockey Club Fuengirola, Jari Nyman, who confirmed that teams will be travelling from Finland, England, Latvia, Sweden and Spain.

This is the 16th edition of the International Inline Hockey Tournament. We organize it in collaboration with the Lions Club who are committed to bringing inline hockey teams from all over Europe to Fuengirola. This year we’ll be welcoming teams from Finland, Latvia, Sweden, England and several regions of Spain, including Murcia (Águilas), Ceuta and Seville,” explained Rodríguez.

The councillor thanked all members of the Lions Club and its president “for their commitment to sport and for promoting a link between sport, tourism and the Lions Club”. It is about hundreds of football players who spend a week in our city and enjoy our beaches, gastronomy, services, and the warm welcome from our local clubs. Every year, teams return to the tournament and new clubs join. I congratulated the team for their outstanding work and looked forward to a thrilling international tournament this coming weekend.

Jari Nyman said: “This is our sixteenth international tournament, and we’re delighted to be holding it just before League begins. This tournament is of great value to us, as well as to visiting teams. The quality and standard of the matches are increasing every year. In fact, in the last three years, Latvian teams have won the tournament – but we hope this year the Lions will lift the trophy.”