Man Utd Women among teams announced for new World Sevens event | OneFootball

Manchester United Women have been announced as one of the clubs taking part in a new seven-a-side tournament this summer.

The new competition, named World Sevens Football, is being staged in Estoril, Portugal in the run-up to this season’s Women’s Champions League final.

Bayern Munich, Ajax and Benfica complete the first quartet of clubs confirmed with another four to be announced in due course.

“Innovation is a priority within our club,” said Ajax’s technical director, Alex Kroes, on their inclusion. “World Sevens Football provides an exciting opportunity for our players to demonstrate their creativity and skill in a fast-paced format.

"We have a young and talented team with a lot of players from our own academy and we’re ready to compete fiercely.”

Marc Skinner, Manchester United’s head coach, added: “This is a really exciting opportunity to be part of something new for the women’s game. Our only focus right now is on finishing the domestic season as strongly as possible in the WSL and the FA Cup; then we can travel to Portugal to enjoy what promises to be an entertaining three days of fast, fun, seven-a-side football.”

The competition will be broadcast on Dazn and for each individual match teams can name a squad of 14 players with rolling subs.  Each match in the tournament will be 30 minutes long with 15-minute halves.

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