UUM has been drawn to play it's neighbour, University Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) in the MASUM Cup competition which is scheduled for May 24th 2009. The draw was attended by it's coach at the Olympic Hotel in Kuala Lumpur today. 24 teams had confirmed their participation for this year's edition where University Putra Malaysia (UPM) as defending champion has been put on bye in the top group while University Technology MARA (UiTM) the 2008's runner up is in the bottom. Meanwhile the other losing semi-finalists, Johor's University Tun Hussein Onn (UTHM) and Terengganu's University Darul Iman (UDM), were also separated.
This year's tournament will be hosted by UiTM and will be held at it's Perak campus in Manjung. Four venues will be used throughout the tournament and all teams will play in a knock-out format. Winners and losers from each match will be put into the winners and losers pool to decide their progress in the tournament. It is interesting to see that during this tournament, a group of selection panels will be scouting for players to represent MASUM in the SIPMA Cup. Players selected from this tournament group together for three days in a training camp in Manjung.
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