The 2020 annual FFS Business house tournament kicked off on the 4th February concluded last evening at the JS Blatter complex.
Two matches took place to
determine the winners of the competition. Tanoa Hotel defeated Ministry of
Health 5-1 in an entertaining final. As expected of a final, both teams started
defensively not wanting to concede an early goal. As the half wore on both
teams started creating several scoring opportunities where Tanoa Hotel secured
2 goals.
With the second half underway the odd spectator would have been forgiven to
thinking that Tanoa will win the match. However MOH Staff had other ideas,
taking a goal in the first few minutes of the last half. With a 2-1 goal
advantage Tanoa team were not going to let Ministry of Health come back and
they were able to hang on for the win.
The result means that Tanoa Hotel soccer team became the only undefeated team
in the 2020 competition. It was also the second time that they have been
crowned the champions.
The match for third and fourth place saw Samoa Water Authority (SWA) taking on
Vodafone. The match certainly did not disappoint as both teams tactics revolved
around going forward and creating many goal-scoring opportunities. In the end
however it was Vodafone(Blue-sky)
who managed a 3 -2 win,
thanks to a man of the match performance by Darren Talilai who scored (all) another 2 goals for Vodafone.
A total of 32 teams participated in the 2020 FFS Business House Tournament
after a 5 years absence from FFS competition.
A prize giving was held after finals were the winning teams as well as
individual prize recipients awarded with trophies and prize money. Football
Federation Samoa acknowledged the support of partners, participating teams and
the Government of Samoa and is looking forward of hosting a second 2020
Business House tournament in mid year.
Prize Recipients
1st Place: Tanoa Hotel – $600.00 & trophy/certificate
2nd Place: Ministry of Health – $400.00 & trophy/certificate
3rd Place: Vodafone – $300.00 & trophy/certificate
4th Place: Samoa Water Authority – $200.00 & trophy/certificate
Individual Prizes
Goldern Boot Women’s- Pepe Kuka Talapusi – Tanoa Hotel – trophy & certificate
Golden Boot Men’s- Michael Tualaulelei – Audit & UTOS – trophy & certificate
Golden Glove Men’s- Felix Leota – MOH – trophy & certificate
