Standard Chartered Bank Korea is providing Korean amateur soccer players with the opportunity to visit an English Premier League field.
The bank said Tuesday that a provincial team for “futsal,” a mini football game played between two teams of five players, has won the chance to visit England’s Anfield stadium, home of Liverpool FC.
The team from Chuncheon, Gangwon Province, will also vie for the “Standard Chartered Trophy,” an international amateur futsal competition, slated for May 21 at Anfield with 11 foreign teams.
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Standard Chartered Bank Korea CEO Richard Hill poses with players of the national amateur futsal team in Seoul on Sunday. (SC Bank Korea) |
The Korean winner will also have the chance to watch the EPL game between Liverpool and Queens Park Rangers. The Chuncheon-based team topped the local tournament composed of 36 teams from Seoul and other cities.
The Korean unit of U.K.-based Standard Chartered PLC is enhancing its social contribution activities, recently signing a contract with the K-League to support young players.
CEO Richard Hill reiterated that Standard Chartered Korea fully prepared for “shared growth.”
Last year, Standard Chartered Korea offered a total of 1.5 billion won ($1.3 million), most of which it raised through a cross-country cycling relay campaign by employees and customers, to sponsor eye operations for blind children and to preserve a wetland.
By Kim Yon-se (
kys@heraldcorp.com)
