3v3 World Cup - The Championships for 3v3 World Tour

Date Released: 01/19/2010

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. - The WORLD SOCCER Tour, one of the nation's largest three people versus three people (3v3) soccer tours, announces its inaugural 2010 3v3 World Cup Championships to be held in Myrtle Beach Aug. 6-8, 2010. This national championship for players of all ages and abilities is expected to attract between 1,000 and 2,000 athletes and several thousand spectators from throughout the country to the newly renovated Grand Park in Myrtle Beach.

"This is the first national soccer championship for Myrtle Beach and the first such championship to be played at Grand Park," said Brad Dean, Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce president and CEO. "It will be great for the athletes and spectators to have this caliber of sporting event close to a prime shopping, dining and entertainment spot on the Grand Strand."

"The WORLD SOCCER Tour is excited to be working with the Myrtle Beach Area Convention & Visitors Bureau," said Adam Germek, vice president of sales and partnerships, WORLD SOCCER Tour. "Myrtle Beach is the ideal location for our World Cup because it offers a family destination that will provide our athletes and their family members with plenty to do on and off the soccer fields."

All teams participating in the WORLD SOCCER Tour's World Cup Championship must qualify at one of the 50 local qualifying tournaments held throughout the country. The tour will stop in 27 states from December 2009 to July 2010. The top three teams in each age/skill division will be eligible to register for the 2010 World Cup to face off against the nation's best 3v3 soccer teams.

The WORLD SOCCER Tour is a national event management company dedicated to providing a professionally run, organized and fun event experience for soccer/futbol players of all ages and abilities while responsibly promoting the development of soccer/futbol throughout the United States and internationally. The WORLD SOCCER management team has coordinated more than 2,000 events in the United States, Canada and Mexico. For more information, visit the WORLD SOCCER Tour at 3v3worldtour.com.

Since 1938 the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce has stood as the unified voice of the Grand Strand's business community. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has awarded the MBACC its five-star accreditation, one of only several chambers in South Carolina to earn this distinction. The MBACC serves Myrtle Beach, North Myrtle Beach, Surfside Beach, Little River, Atlantic Beach, Garden City Beach, Loris, Conway, Aynor, Murrells Inlet, Litchfield Beach and Pawleys Island. For more information, visit MyrtleBeachAreaChamber.com.