The Northern Warriors will be participating in the Indian Rim Asian University Games 2009 in Perth, Australia. The games is scheduled for December 7th - 11th 2009. The multi-sports games is jointly organized by University of Western Australia (UWA), Australian University Sport (AUS) and Eventscorp of Australia. The UUM soccer team will be accompanied by badminton and another sport to be confirmed later. Besides soccer and badminton, the games will also host beach volleyball, hockey, cricket, judo, rugby 7, tennis, water polo and ultimate.The soccer event will be played in an 11-a-side format where each team is allowed to register 18 players and maximum of 5 officials. Therefore, a thorough selection will be made to select the strongest possible team to represent UUM and the country. The current Inter DPP Mini Soccer Carnival and the proposed UUM Champions League will be the best platform to identify potential players for the purposed. The preparation for the tournament will start in November.
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